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The Vagina Monologues: Celebrating women, stopping interpersonal abuse
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By Christy Johnson Reporter
When “The Vagina Monologues” was first drafted in 1996 by Eve Ensler, it was meant to help celebrate femininity, but throughout the years the purpose of the piece has been shifting toward stopping interpersonal violence against women. Interpersonal violence affects women more than men, and includes rape, incest, sexual assault, sexual trafficking, mutilation and dating violence, said Lisa
A peaceful alternative for children? Kristy Ganoe explains the benefit of the martial art form, Aikido | Page 3
Richmen, Women’s Center graduate assistant. In 2006 there were 85 total domestic violence calls made to the Bowling Green Police Department, with 27 of those ending in arrests. “The Vagina Monologues is an anti-violence movement — so why not want to stop it? Violence against women and girls affects everyone,” Richmen said. The play is a set of a number of monologues which are read by a number of women. Each monologue relates in some way to the
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vagina, focusing on issues including rape, sex, love, menstruation, mutilation, birth and orgasm. “The monologues are all true stories about women. Some are word for word and others are
a collaboration of stories,” said director Lucé Tomlin-Brenner, alumna. And sharing stories about womanhood is simply human interest. “I think that ‘The Vagina Monologues’ is derived as a very liberal play — when it is about women’s health, it’s not political. It’s something that is necessary to discuss,” Tomlin-Brenner said. Everyone is encouraged to come and listen to stories of the trials and tribulations of womanhood — the good and the bad. “You can support the women in
your life by going to this, guys are incredibly encouraged to attend,” said Hannah Geyer, junior and producer of the production. And men on campus do see the importance of the production. “Its good for men to understand what women are feeling. I think women are less likely to go up to a man or significant other and talk about these personal sexual things, than they would to other women who have similar experiences,” Chris Gross, junior, said.
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By Kristen Schweitzer Reporter
Finding relief for a cold this winter may be a little more challenging than people realize. Over-the-counter medications such as Sudafed, Tylenol-Sinus and Claritin-D will now be kept behind many pharmacy counters so the pharmacies can monitor the amounts being bought by patients. The medications are now under surveillance because of an ingredient they contain: Pseudoephedrine. “Sudafed is the main brand name, or anything with a “-D” has pseudoephedrine,” said Glenn Egelman, the director and physician in chief at the University health center.
Medicare cuts has several implications
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Old age stability could be a thing of the past and affects everyone believe it or not | Page 4 Should students be allowed to report on fellow students violating the code of student conduct?
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It’s winter time and the snow has finally come. Unfortunately that does not mean students are prepared for the unsafe driving conditions that come along with it. In a report from the Ohio State Highway Patrol, lack of experience and speeding were two of the highest factors in crashes on winter roads from 2004-2006. Speeding was the main factor of 79 percent of snow and ice crashes among drivers age 20 or younger during these years. Last week, when some of the first major snow of the season arrived, there were 33 car accidents in Wood County, up from the week before, which only had 17 accidents. Eleven accidents in Bowling Green last week were caused by either snow or ice on the road. Lack of experience is a big factor contributing to crashes on snowy and icy roads, said Lt. Tony Hetrick of the Bowling Green police division. Hetrick also commented that drivers can be cited on snowy and icy roads for excessive speed for conditions, even if they are driving the speed limit. He also enforced cleaning the windshield and all windows of the car, because drivers can be cited for an obstructive view. Jim Mitchell, a training manager at Master & Sylvania Driving Schools, said there is a whole chapter dedicated to bad weather in his driver’s education classes. Slowing down, backing 10 miles off of the speed limit and keeping your distance from other cars are all practices Mitchell teaches his students. “A lot of those things do come with experience,” Mitchell said. He also strongly suggests that students keep blankets, flashlights and flares in their cars in case of an emergency. Another important object to have, Mitchell said, is a cell phone. However, it should only be used to call for help, if necessary, and not to contribute as a distraction to driving. Sgt. Brett Gockstetter, from the Ohio State Highway Patrol, also said to avoid any distractions while driving. He also suggests students
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Students bust students for conduct By Freddy Hunt Reporter
Be careful who is watching, because they might be a tattletale. Believe it or not, students are able to hold other students reliable for violating the academic and student codes of conduct by submitting a report to the University. Michael Ginsburg, assistant dean of students, believes giving students the privilege to
report violations allows students to play an active role in maintaining a suitable learning and living environment. The student handbook defines academic dishonesty as cheating, forgery, bribery, fabrication, plagiarism and facilitating academic dishonesty. In the classroom setting, Ginsburg said, a student can contact a faculty member if they observe an act, or what the student believes to be an
act, of academic dishonesty and then file a report. Ginsburg explained there is a difference between the student code and academic code of conduct, and that violations are reported and dealt with differently. The code of student conduct is a little more detailed in terms of what conduct is prohibited for students and is also outlined in the student handbook.
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BGSU professor honored By Molly McCabe Reporter
A University professor, devoted to family studies, has been recognized as a National Council on Family Relations Fellow. Thomas R. Chibucos, a professor of family and consumer sciences, has been named an NCFR Fellow by the National Council on Family Relations. Chibucos grew up in the Chicago area and currently resides near Bowling Green.
He is married and has four children. Aside from his personal life, Chibucos has worked locally and nationally on family issues. Chibucos received his doctorate from Michigan State University in developmental psychology with a focus on infancy. This degree was what brought him to where he is in his life now. He has served as the head of
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Two women reported to be fighting over a vehicle at an East Napoleon Road apartment complex. 12:12 P.M.
Mailbox reported damaged on Lafayette Boulevard. 1:12 P.M.
Woman reported her purse was stolen at St. Thomas Moore Church on Thurstin Avenue. 3:52 P.M.
Terry S. Sampson, 39, of Dayton, arrested for disorderly conduct while intoxicated after she was reported to have thrown a glass at a North Main Street bar. 4:47 P.M.
A verbal warning was given for driving on the grass behind the stadium. 5:45 P.M.
New York Yankees coat reported stolen at an East Wooster Street bar on Friday. 6:02 P.M.
A student’s cell phone was stolen from the Rec Center dressing room. 7:16 P.M.
Unauthorized withdraw of money from a bank account was reported by a Kilarney Circle.
WOMEN From Page 1 “The Vagina Monologues” makes room for stories which society may deem taboo, stories which could bring to light topics that have seldom been discussed in public forum. “It is a way to get information and insight that you wouldn’t get any other way,” Geyer said. That message is being portrayed by 17 cast members who will be performing in the Union Ballroom at 8 p.m. tonight, Friday and Saturday. Tickets for students are $8 and are available in the Union lobby Thursday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. General admission tickets are $10. Both can also be purchased at the door. Proceeds from the event will go toward victims services of interpersonal violence, including local sexual abuse victims, as well local women’s shelters. “We welcome everyone to come, no matter where you come from, or who you vote for.
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A dine and dash was reported at Campus Corners. 11:23 P.M.
The smell of marijuana was coming from a room in Mac East; the male student was reported to Student Discipline.
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DRIVING From Page 1 practice maneuverability skills in a private lot to gain experience with driving on winter roads. “Number one thing is to obviously leave yourself a lot more time to get to your destination,” Gockstetter said.
TATTLE From Page 1 Only a small handful of reports are received from students at the University level each year, but a large handful are received from the residential level, Ginsburg said. Students in the residence halls or Greek houses most often report their neighbors for playing their music too loud and for other disruptive behaviors, Ginsburg said. Students can make sure rules are enforced by either reporting the violation to their resident adviser or hall director or by requesting a self-report form from the front desk. Jennifer Beerman, senior, and Michelle Simmons, junior, both took trips to the dean’s office because a student in their class filed a report. Simmons said the only thing she did that was disruptive was yawn during a group presentation and occasionally talk to Beerman during class. Simmons said she works full-time and was simply tired during her recreation and tourism class at 8:30 a.m. If she was being disruptive the professor would have told her, Simmons said. “The teacher likes me and he never told us to be quiet or said that we were being disrespectful,” she said. “Then I get a letter in the mail from Ginsburg, which looked like some sort of police report, saying I was yawning and being disruptive.” Beerman said she felt like she was back in elementary school being summoned to the principal’s office and
believes the student who filed the report was not looking out for the good of the class but acted out of her own vindictiveness. Beerman and Simmons received no sanctions for chatting during class and said the meeting with Ginsburg was very polite but unnecessary and inconvenient. Even though the girls’ infraction was very minor, Ginsburg believes acknowledging the problem is still important. “I think there’s an expectation that students behave in respectful manors so that they’re not interfering with other students ability to get the education they are paying for,” Ginsburg said. “So I think at times we do have to have even the most basic of conversations to help people remember what they should be behaving like as adults in the classroom.” According to the student handbook, the proper academic or student dean may conduct an investigation to determine whether a complaint is valid enough for the offender to issued consequences; If the complaint does hold merit, the offender will be sanctioned in regards to the violation. The present code of student conduct has been around since 1995 with only some minor changes. “The current model I think definitely is focused on letting students learn from their mistakes and giving them in some situations the benefit of the doubt that what they’re saying is what happened and it does not rise to the level of a policy violation,” Ginsburg said.
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quantities?” Egelman said. The board has placed restrictions on the amount to be sold to individuals and purchasers must now be over the age of 18 in order to buy drugs containing pseudoephedrine, according to the Ohio Board of Pharmacy Web site. “You don’t need a prescription for it, you just have to ask for it,” Egelman said. The University Health center requires each person who purchases a drug containing pseudoephedrine to record their signature in a log book. The log book allows the health center to keep track of the quantity, as well as the date and time of purchase. The person’s student ID is also recorded. Some drug companies are altering their drugs just so customers will continue to have easy access to the product. “Some of them change their formulation so they are not stuck behind the pharmacy counter,” Egelman said. Sudafed for example, now has Sudafed PE, which does not contain pseudoephedrine and can be picked up right from the medicine aisle, according to Sudafed’s Web site. Some people don’t even realize changes have taken place. Pamela Esquilin, Wendy Vanderzwaag and Elisa James, all graduate students, weren’t aware of the problem of pseudoephedrine being readily available, and asked how making hardcore drugs out of medication was even possible. Students are more likely to buy generic decongestants, because they are cheaper. Therefore, they may not realize there are other options behind the pharmacy counter.
Pseudoephedrine is a common ingredient in many cold decongestant medications. It is still OK, however, to use these drugs because they are still considered safe. “The reasoning is not because [pseudoephedrine] is not safe; it’s because people were using it to make methamphetamine,” Egelman said. It’s been reported being extracted from these common medications and used to manufacture the hard-core drug methamphetamine. “It’s one of the ingredients used to make crystal-meth. It wasn’t an issue when it wasn’t popular,” Egelman said. National and state governments have since stepped in, in order to prevent the manufacturing of methamphetamine through over-the-counter drugs. According to the FDA Web site, on March 9, 2006, President Bush signed the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005, which was included in the Patriot Bill. The Act would ban over-the-counter sales of cold medicines that contain ingredients that are commonly used to make methamphetamine, such as pseudoephedrine. The FDA has since revised the act, requiring the drugs to be monitored, rather than banned completely, according to the FDA Web site. According to the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy, pseudoephedrine, along with the more recognized relation used in diet pills, ephedrine, is now considered a controlled substance. “[Pharmacies] keep a log of who’s getting it. Is someone coming in and getting excessive
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7:30 p.m. International Film Series: “C.R.A.Z.Y.” “C.R.A.Z.Y.” (2005), a French-Canadian film by director Jean-Marc Vallée, is the story of two love affairs: a father’s love for his five sons and one son’s love for his father. The film was the official Canadian entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2005 Academy Awards. Gish Film Theater, Hanna Hall
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Forensics team works to win it all By AJ Utendorf Reporter
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A recent grad student shared her personal experiences with the successes and drawbacks of teaching martial arts to children at the weekly Brown bag lunch series. Kristy Ganoe, 2004 graduate of the American Culture Studies Department, has been involved and done some independent research on this subject outside of her academic Ph.D. work. Ganoe was interested in studying the martial art form, Aikido, as a peace-building performance practice. Ganoe detailed how the Children’s Peace Project, a martial arts program for children, began. “In essence, the whole project was born in my mind through someone else’s experience with an abusive relationship,” Ganoe said. “Essentially the purpose ... is to develop self-defense skills through the martially-applicable skills we teach in the class.” As Ganoe started the presentation, she gave a brief background information about this form of martial arts. She explained that Aikido was developed throughout the earlier part of the 20th cen-
Grad student who spoke about teaching martial arts to children.
“What would happen is that for four weeks, the CPP took over regular gym classes and we would invite students to join in on the regular dojo classes,” Ganoe said. “We always started with breathing exercises and stretching.” Ganoe noted the positives are that students develop and practice reacting to random situations, in terms of the quickness in their reflexes, students increase their physical flexibility, aerobic endurance and concentration.
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required to attend each one. Baker described an “explosion on our team” this year, with 10 active novices and freshmen. An “education-based team,” forensics can help a person to better organize their thoughts and speak before other people, but what is important is what they can do with the skills they learn. Many forensics team members go on to great careers. The past two faces of Fox News have been members. Leah D’Emilio is now moving on to Los Angeles television.
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The Graduate Student Senate will be seeking an extra $15,000 next year to fund an increasingly popular program aimed at advancing the careers of graduate students. On Friday, the GSS presented its planned budget for the 2007-08 academic year proposing a 50 percent increase in funding for its professional development program. The program awards funds to individual graduate students in order to help them cover the cost of attending academic meetings and conferences. The $30,000 being sought would account for nearly 60 percent of the GSS’s total budget next year. The program is in need of additional funding because of its increased popularity, said Luke Nichter, GSS vice president. The program has gone from receiving 50 applicants a semester two years ago to 131 this past semester. “The reason why the number has gone up, not down, is because of the success of the program,” Nichter said. With the increase in student applicants, GSS has been stretching current funds to their limit. “The maximum that a grad student can ask for is $250,” Nichter said. “But now it’s hard to get more than $50 because it’s such a popular source of money.” With academic conferences sometimes costing hundreds of dollars to attend, the senate hopes that increasing the amount of funding will allow more students to attend such events, according to Linh Nguyen, GSS treasurer.
“We want to be able to give students more,” Nguyen said. “It’s difficult to take part in some of these activities and conferences when you’re only given $50 and it’s going to cost you $600.” Even though the budget request still has to be approved by the Student Budget Committee and the dean of students, Nguyen is confident the increase will go through. “We think we’ve made a sound argument for it,” she said. Although a 50 percent increase may seem like a lot, according to Nichter, the GSS has often had to ask for additional funds beyond the initial $15,000. “In the past we requested the smaller number of $15,000 and then asked for supplemental funding throughout the year,” he said. “This time we’re just putting it all on there on one page, so it seems bigger than it really is.” At the GSS meeting on Friday, Heinz Bulmahn, graduate college dean, addressed members about the importance of professional development as well as its financial challenges. “Finding support to cover educational cost used to be a problem for undergraduate students,” Bulmahn said. “But now it’s a growing problem for grad students as well.” According to Nguyen, it’s important for graduate students to be able to attend conferences to advance their careers. “Attending conferences and workshops is a big part of developing a career, and hopefully this increase will do more to help provide them with the necessary funding,” she said.
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PEOPLE ON THE STREET Should students be allowed to report on fellow students violating the codes of student conduct? “Absolutely, because it’s devaluing their education if they don’t.”
“I think they should be able to express their own opinion, but no one likes a tattle-tale.”
“No, because we’re all adults.”
BRAD GOSCHE, Graduate Student, French and Linguistics
ERIN WELSH, Sophomore, Marketing
ELLEN SIMON, Sophomore, Health Science
“As long as it’s not about marijuana.”
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Bush Medicare plan puts senior citizens, future Americans at a greater risk KRISTEN VASAS OPINION COLUMNIST
MATT MAUK | BG NEWS ILLUSTRATOR
We’re not getting any younger, or so the saying goes. With each passing year, our bodies will change, memories will become inconsistent and we’ll eventually reach the stage when wearing our pants up past our navel will be considered normal. Sounds thrilling, doesn’t it? On the other hand, growing older definitely has its perks. I mean, who passes up on 55 cent coffees at McDonald’s anyway? However, in all seriousness, old age can be an incredibly stressful time in a person’s life. Due to the many problems that can arise when senility hits, one may have to retire before one has the life funds capable for that anticipated luxury, turning that moment of joy into a nightmare. But not to worry. Believe it or not, the government established a program back in 1965 that now covers medical, pharmaceutical and insurance costs for Americans 65 and older. This fabulous program, known as Medicare, helps a generation that may not have the funds to pay for such important necessities, cutting back on an unnecessary stress that only makes life harder for those who are unfortunate enough to have to experience it. And not only does Medicare
cover those over 65 years old, but the law was also “amended in 1972 to include people with disabilities and end-stage renal disease,” according to www. medicare.org. Medicare is a program that was installed by a government that cared about its citizen’s well-being. The people ruling our nation were concerned with common issues that arise when one gets older, creating a program that eliminates a few of those very major problems. But unfortunately for the citizens of the U.S., our government seems to care very little about the problems surrounding their people’s lives these days. According to a recent article published in the Boston Globe, President Bush warned during his weekly radio address that “unless programs like Medicare and Social Security are changed, future generations will face tax hikes, government red ink or huge cuts in benefits.” He claims that spending for programs such as Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security are growing faster than inflation, faster than the U.S. economy and faster than taxpayers’ ability to pay for them. The president’s solution to these problems: propose a $70 billion cut to these much-needed programs. “Unless we act, we will saddle our children and grandchildren with tens of trillions of dollars of unfunded obligations,” the President said. “They will face
three bad options: huge tax increases, huge budget deficits or huge and immediate cuts in benefits.” It’s too bad this sudden concern over debts and tax increases is all a scam. For a man who has already spent nearly $400 billion on the Iraq war, it seems like quite the hypocrisy for President Bush to suddenly be concerned with our country’s spending issues. On top of the enormous sum of money President Bush has spent on the war comes the knowledge that most of the funds have gone towards unneeded commodities. “Too much of [the money] has been wasted on boondoggles like Olympic-sized swimming pools in unused multimillion-dollar training camps in the desert,” said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. Add to this already disturbing news the fact that the Bush Administration has asked for $100 billion more for military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan this year and also plans on obtaining $145 billion for 2008, according to a senior Pentagon official. Clearly, the reasoning behind Bush’s sudden concern with Medicare is based, once again, on his undying obsession with the war in Iraq. Because Medicare has been in the political spotlight recently, it was an easy target for Bush to choose. However, making changes to the government
Financial aid needs to amend requirements AMANDA HOOVER OPINION EDITOR
It’s the beginning of a new year, a new semester and a new FAFSA season. That’s right, after millions of students finish filing their 2006 income tax returns, it will be time to sit down and fill out the form which will determine how much money the federal government will give them for education. For most traditional students, this includes a pow-wow with their parents, as the FAFSA requires all dependent students to include their parents’ tax information. They use this information to determine how much money your family can be expected to contribute to your education costs. But wait a second... what about students whose parents refuse to pay for their college? Well, in a word: too bad. According to the University financial aid department, there are five circumstances that are NOT sufficient to classify you as an independent student. They are: 1. You don’t live with your parents, 2. Your parents flat out refuse to pay for college, 3. Your parents have no money to give you (i.e. they’re broke), 4. You got married after you
applied for financial aid, 5. You don’t want your parents help and have decided to jump into real life with both feet and your piggy bank in tow. At BGSU, the only way to be considered an independent student (outside the FAFSA requirements) is if you’re experiencing “adverse family situations,” which basically means abuse, neglect or estrangement. So what about the FAFSA requirements? Well according to FAFSA.gov there are six tests to determine if you’re a dependent student. If you can answer yes to any of the following, you’re an independent student: 1. Are you 24 or older (if a fulltime student)? 2. Are you or will you be enrolled in a master’s or doctoral degree program in 2007-2008 academic year? 3. Are you married? 4. Do you have any dependents (children)? 5. Are your parents deceased or were you a ward of the court until you were 18? 6. Are you a veteran or active member of the U.S. military? So the federal government is basically telling you that no student under the age of 24 can be a self-sustaining individual unless you’re married or have kids. That’s just a little to traditional for me. By the time I turn 24, I will have graduated college, be married and have been in the work force for
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four years. The government and our University need to take into consideration those students whose parents either cannot afford to pay or flat out refuse to pay for their children’s education. Logically, if I never see a penny of my parents’ money then my financial need should not be based on how much money they make. Now, some counselors at the financial aid department will suggest these student’s file special consideration forms to report major financial changes such as unemployment, loss of child support and major medical circumstances. So go ahead and file the paperwork. Sometimes it helps. Unless your special circumstance is bankruptcy. If your parents have no money because they are paying it all to the court in a bankruptcy settlement, you’re in big trouble. You can still fill out all the proper forms, but, as I was told about my application, personal debt doesn’t count as a special financial circumstance. So, instead, the University will pretend like your parents have money they don’t have and will base you financial need on this imaginary money. This leaves poorer students with only the option to get out of college as fast as possible in a desperate attempt to save themselves a few semesters of tuition. At the same time, these stu-
dents are usually working one or two (or more) jobs trying to pay for college. What happens when you try to work two jobs and take 18 credit hours? Your GPA will probably suffer. Exhaustion and full schedules can lead to less time for homework and studying, causing some students’ grades to drop. And as we all know, when your grades drop, so does your ability to get scholarships. Many scholarships here have a 3.0 or higher GPA requirement. So you can see the vicious cycle being created by the University and the government’s refusal to recognize students who are struggling to be self-sufficient. Even if you can prove your self-sufficiency, like I had to do to be considered an Ohio resident for tuition purposes. I had to fill out a worksheet showing that I make enough money to cover all my living expenses. Even so, I am considered a dependent by the University and by the government. These are the types of situations that can only be remedied by loud and persistent voices. If you’ve experienced these sorts of hardships during your time at college, send The BG News a letter to the editor, let the financial aid department know this policy is unfair and it is only hurting our students.
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program would most certainly affect thousands of people who rely on the medical expense coverage in order to function in their daily lives. And for those of you who feel that cuts to Medicare will not affect you, think again. Anyone with grandparents or even parents over 65 have something to be concerned with. Most of these people probably have signed up for Medicare, ensuring them the continued ability to be in control of their health and wellbeing expenses. Cutting $70 billion dollars from this program and its sister programs would put many of the people who rely on the health care plans in jeopardy, possibly even including those in our very own families. And not only will these cuts concern our parents and grandparents, but they will one day affect our generation as well! Although the scenario is not true for all of us, without the funds to pay for proper health care, many of those who cannot afford to pay for the simplest medical treatments will die of minor infections and poor health. Cutting these much needed funds from Medicare will not only affect those who rely on the program today, but it will also put into jeopardy our own generation’s health care in the future.
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LETTERSTO THE EDITOR “Monologues” degrades dignity of women So let’s further discuss the pitfalls of “The Vagina Monologues”, shall we? In Chad Puterbaugh’s column, he asserted that words such as “vagina” and “cunt” are “tools to make the women comfortable using them.” While this may be Eve Ensler’s intention, the association of these two words under the same “taboo” umbrella is proof enough of how degrading productions such as “The Vagina Monologues” have contorted society’s, and especially guys’, view on the dignity of women. First of all, as a female, if I were to overhear the word “cunt” being used, it’s 100 percent more likely to receive a turned head from me than the word “vagina.” Second, implying that this production is some sort of a milestone for women, simply because they receive more air time, is a poor argument to justify an hour and a half of female degradation. To pacify the issue of women’s rights by feeding the very source of the problem instead of dismantling it at its core, is not only worse than suppressing it — as Chad stated that society often does — but it’s a copout. In the end, it’s the quality, not the quantity, of the attainment of equality that will overturn society’s view and heal the hearts of
women, (or in Chad’s words, “the women”). It’s through the enhanced respect and appreciation for one another that this will ensue, that females will feel truly liberated when they enter into an intimate relationship. I found it rather interesting that both of these articles were written by the dominant gender. However, offered from my own female perspective: Dan Lipian’s column reflects the beauty of reality, as it is much more reflective of the desires of the female heart. At one point, Dan wrote, “God created women from man as beautiful, angelic beings of purity and limitless love, whose spirit, soul and body work in communion with others to better themselves and the world around them.” Women — if this doesn’t liberate us, then what does? Women and men: if you are still not convinced of the evasive nature of “The Vagina Monologues,” I challenge you to open your minds and discover the true meaning of the female gender by attending the Christopher West seminar on Theology of the Body. Although this March 29 talk may not make the February 14 deadline, I assure you, it’s worth the wait. — Angela Wasserman, Junior, Psychology angelaw@bgsu.edu
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BRIEFS BG NEWS WIRE SOURCES Investigation shows no abuse of prisoners SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.S. Army officer who investigated abuse at Guantanamo Bay after guards allegedly bragged about beating detainees found no evidence they really mistreated the prisoners, military officials said yesterday. Col. Richard Basset, whose findings were approved by the Navy admiral in charge of the Miami-based Southern Command, did not recommend disciplinary action against the sailors named in the statement by Marine Sgt. Heather Cerveny.
Optimism toward disarming North Korea BEIJING (AP) — International talks on North Korea’s nuclear program convene today with a new sense of optimism about the possibility of the first tangible progress on the communist nation’s disarmament since negotiations began more than three years ago. The main U.S. envoy said yesterday that the first steps on dismantling Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons could be agreed upon at this round of meetings in Beijing.
They said witnesses in nearby Marine aircraft saw the flames but saw no sign that it involved hostile fire. An Iraqi air force officer, however, said the helicopter was downed by an anti-aircraft missile. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release information. An Iraqi farmer who lives about a half mile from the crash site said he heard a missile fired moments before the SAMIR MIZBAN | AP PHOTO crash, which took place in an insurgent-infested region. CHECKPOINT SEARCH: An Iraqi army soldier searches a driver on a vehicle checkpoint “The helicopter was fly- in central Baghdad, Iraq,. At least five people were killed in morning attacks. ing and passed over us, then dense plume of black smoke rose went down.” we heard the firing of a misAssociated Press Television over the remains. The Marine sile,” the farmer, Mohammed al-Janabi, said. “The helicopter video showed the flaming officials suspected the fire was then turned into a ball of fire. It wreckage lying in a field in front caused by a mechanical probflew in a circle twice and then of a cluster of mud homes. A lem, the officials said.
By Robert H. Reid The Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq — A U.S. Marine transport helicopter crashed in flames yesterday in a field northwest of Baghdad, killing all seven people aboard, the U.S. military said. It was the fifth U.S. aircraft lost in less than three weeks and the latest sign of growing problems with aviation in Iraq. A U.S. military statement gave no reason for the crash of the CH46 Sea Knight, which went down near Fallujah in Anbar province, about 20 miles from Baghdad. However, at the Pentagon, three Marine Corps officials said the troop-transporthelicopterwasin flames when it went down, with the pilot appearing to attempt a hasty landing but losing control as the aircraft descended.
ROME — They died young and, by the looks of it, in love. Two 5,000-year-old skeletons found locked in an embrace near the city where Shakespeare set the star-crossed tale “Romeo and Juliet” have sparked theories the remains of a far more
By Matti Friedman The Associated Press
JERUSALEM — Fighting broke out between Israeli and Lebanese soldiers last night as Israel searched for Hezbollah bombs along the frontier between the two countries, officials from both sides said. Lebanese soldiers opened fire and Israeli troops responded with tanks and light weapons, Israeli security officials said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. Lebanese military officials said their troops opened fire with machine guns on a bulldozer after the vehicle crossed the so-called Blue Line — the U.N.-demarcated boundary — and entered about 20 yards into Lebanon. It was the first time that shooting erupted across the border since shortly after a cease-fire on Aug. 14 ended a 34-day summer war between Israeli forces and the Lebanese Hezbollah militants. Lebanese Army troops serve alongside international peacekeepers in south Lebanon, a force meant to maintain the U.N.-brokered cease-fire that ended the 34day war between Israel and Hezbollah last summer. The Israeli army spokesman’s office confirmed the incident, but could not confirm that the source of the shooting was Lebanese troops.
Child porn found on internet server By Brian Bergstein The Associated Press
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BUSTS: Austrian Interior Minister Guenther Platter announces during a news conference in Vienna they have busted a major international child pornography ring.
The numbers behind an international child pornography bust yesterday were themselves disturbing: Nearly 2,400 suspects from 77 countries allegedly paid to view videos depicting sexual abuse online. But the nature of Internet traffic makes it sadly unsurprising that people would figure they could hide so much hideous material. Finding and stamping out such content “is needle-ina-haystack work,” said Carole Theriault, a security consultant
with Sophos PLC in London. Austrian authorities said an employee of a Vienna-based Internet file-hosting service approached his national Interior Ministry last July with word that he had noticed the pornographic material during a routine scan. The videos showed “the worst kind of child sexual abuse,” said Austrian Interior Minister Guenther Platter, citing the rape and sexual abuse of girls and boys younger than 14. At times the children could be heard screaming.
Lead investigator Harald Gremel said the videos were online for at most a day before they were discovered. The Austrian Internet service employee blocked access to the videos while recording the computer addresses of people who tried to download the material, and gave the details to authorities. Within 24 hours, investigators recorded more than 8,000 hits from 2,361 computer addresses in 77 countries around the world, including the United States, according to Gremel.
Skeletons found embracing each other By Ariel David The Associated Press
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U.S. soldier indicted for Baghdad shooting ROME (AP) — A judge, yesterday, ordered a U.S. soldier to stand trial in absentia for the fatal shooting of an Italian intelligence agent at a checkpoint in Baghdad, the prosecutor said. Spc. Mario Lozano is indicted for murder and attempted murder in the death of Nicola Calipari, who was shot on March 4, 2005, on his way to the Baghdad airport.
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ancient love story have been found. Archaeologists unearthed the skeletons dating back to the late Neolithic period outside Mantua, 25 miles south of Verona, the city of Shakespeare’s story of doomed love. Buried between 5,000 and 6,000 years ago, the prehistoric pair are believed to have been
a man and a woman and are thought to have died young, because their teeth were found intact, said Elena Menotti, the archaeologist who led the dig. “As far as we know, it’s unique,” Menotti told The Associated Press by telephone from Milan. “Double burials from the Neolithic are unheard of, and these are even hugging.”
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On the dotted line National signing day brings 20 news faces to BG football By John Turner Sports Editor
WOMEN’S SOCCER Falcons announce additions to roster BG women’s soccer coach Andy Richards has announced the addition of six student-athletes to the program. Alicia Almond (Findlay, Ohio), Sarah Haferkamp (St. Louis, Mo.), Ashley Lintz (Mason, Ohio), Meagan Moran (Beavercreek, Ohio), Katie Stephenson (Lexington, Ohio) and Jackie Tamerlano (North Royalton, Ohio) will join the Falcons this fall.
On the heels of a disheartening four-win season, BG football coach Gregg Brandon was all smiles yesterday as the team unveiled its 2007 recruiting class. Brandon spoke highly of the group’s athleticism and speed — an area the coaching staff has focused heavily on improving over the past few seasons.
“To me, it’s a speed-oriented class, an athletic class and we’ve filled some positions we’ve needed to fill,” Brandon said. Of the 20 players in this year’s class, 17 were recruited from out of state. The state with the most recruits was Florida, with six, showing the coaching staff’s continued trend of heading to the Sunshine State for high school talent. “I think with the success this program has had down there,
with the Omars [Jacobs] and the Chucks [Sharon] and kids that have set records down there, it continues to make sense to recruit that state,” Brandon said. Brandon also acknowledged the team’s lack of impact on Ohio high school football recruiting, but pointed out the staff worked hard in state but didn’t see the results it may have hoped for. “We recruit the state of Ohio
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BOWLING GREEN 86 | BALL STATE 76
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BG coach Gregg Brandon on generating interest in recruits...
“Kids like the bling, they like the facilities — all those things. It’s just a matter of staying up with the Joneses.” OUR CALL The List National signing day has come and gone, but not without a healthy dose of lists, projections and opinions. Here’s the top five high school recruits in the country, according to ESPN.com:
1. Joe McKnight [below]: This running back has balance, break away speed, good hands and just about every other skill to make a college coach drool. In McKnight’s case, that coach will be Pete Carroll of USC. 2. Chris Galippo: A future USC linebacker with all of the intangibles scouts love to talk about. Being 6-foot-3, 230 pounds and running a 4.6 forty never hurts either. 3. Marc Tyler: A bruising back with an even mix of speed and power. Needless to say, he’s headed out to Southern California. 4. Eric Berry: Can play just about every position on the field, but will showcase his talent at cornerback for the Volunteers next fall. 5. Noel Devine: Rare explosion ability, quickness and vision make him a good fit in West Virginia’s offensive scheme.
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ANNOUNCEMENT: BG coach Gregg Brandon discusses this year’s recruiting class with reporters yesterday afternoon at Doyt Perry Stadium.
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SMOOTH OPERATOR: BG’s Kate Achter drives past a Ball State defender in last night’s 86-76 victory. Achter finished the game with 18 points on 8-of-10 shooting.
Buckeyes welcome 15 recruits By Rusty Miller The Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Almost exactly a month after Ohio State’s meltdown at the hands of Florida in the national championship game, coach Jim Tressel welcomed 15 recruits who were not swayed by the lopsided loss. “I’m not sure how many guys we had committed prior to Jan. 8,” he said, referring to the day the top-ranked Buckeyes were pounded 41-14 by the Gators. “I can’t picture anyone we lost because of that. (We) probably faced more serious questions from ourselves than we did from them.” Ohio State locked up 15 players on Wednesday, the first day for the signing of national letters of intent. The headline players were Ohio Associated Press Mr. Football Brandon Saine, a running back from Piqua, and Cincinnati Colerain defensive back Eugene Clifford. “He is so fast,” running backs
“I can’t picture anyone we lost because of [the BCS loss].” Jim Tressel | OSU Coach coach Dick Tressel, Jim Tressel’s older brother, said of Saine, a state sprint champion. “He can be an athlete who can play anywhere.” Clifford is a lockdown cornerback that could see playing time right away. “We feel he has all the attributes to be a great corner here,” cornerbacks coach Tim Beckman said. Although ranking recruiting classes is a crapshoot, several national scouting services were in agreement that the Buckeyes had only a mediocre year. Rivals.com had the Buckeyes taking only one (Saine) of the top 50 players in the country — and he was listed at No. 50. The Web site listed Ohio State as 16th best in the country, with
Michigan at No. 10. Recruiting guru Tom Lemming’s top 100 recruits included just two Ohio State signees, Saine at No. 29 and Clifford at No. 32. SuperPrep had the Buckeyes listed 14th in the nation. Florida was No. 1, followed by Texas, Tennessee, LSU and USC, with Michigan three spots ahead of Ohio State. Asked if fans should give much credence to such recruiting experts, Tressel facetiously said, “Those guys are brilliant! I don’t know how much stock they should put in our choices. You’ve got to find out how good the guys are. You do your best to evaluate.” Ohio State could have signed 19 or 20 players, but missed out on some big names and then elected to go with a smaller class to bank the extra scholarships for next year, when the Buckeyes are expected to lose only a handful of players to graduation.
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Winning at Anderson Arena is no easy task these days. Ball State found that out last night as they became the 28th straight victim of the BG women’s basketball team at home by a score of 86-76. Ball State coach Tracy Roller was impressed. “This was a great atmosphere, it was really what women’s basketball is all about,” she said. An attendance of 2,049 was loud all game, and BG coach Curt Miller appreciated it. “The crowd now is a sixth man, the crowd now is a factor. They keep you going and they just get you over the hump and they make it tough,” Miller said. “It is a tough place to play, obviously the streak is showing that.” On the floor, Amber Flynn was BG’s sixth man in the physical sense. Her game was even better than the ‘Anderson Animals.’ She scored a career-high 18 points, went 6-for-7 from the field and 6for-7 from the foul line. She also pulled down eight rebounds and dished out three assists. “She was the difference. She was the X-factor tonight as she is a lot,” Miller said. “The big difference tonight was that our bench outplayed their bench.” Flynn was also solid on the defensive end. BG held Ball State’s post duo of Lisa Rusched and Julie Demuth to a combined 3-of-14 from the field and 11 points. “Their two post players didn’t really have the nights that they’re capable of having and that was good on our part,” Flynn said. As always, Flynn was just happy to do her part. “Going into every game that’s
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my main goal is to be a spark for my team,” she said. “Anything I can do to help, I always want to do.” The Cardinals were held to just 2-of-15 from beyond the arc last night. The reason? “Goldsberry,” Flynn and Honegger said in unison. “Goldsberry does a good job of getting over screens. She fights, that’s a hard job getting through screens, but Goldsberry, that’s what she does,” Honegger said. Kate Achter led the Falcons with 18 points, going 8-of-10 from the field. Honegger scored 17 and had six rebounds. Mann chipped in with 15 and went 11of-13 from the foul line. Ball State was led by Porchia Green and Kelsey Corbin who scored 24 and 27 respectively. BG shot 53 percent in the game which was helped by a second half where they shot 60 percent. The Falcons also shot 44 percent from three-point range.
Florida Gators welcome top freshman class By Josh Dubow The Associated Press
Florida won the recruiting crown in nearly as dominating fashion as the national championship. The Gators capitalized on last month’s national title win over Ohio State and down years from Sunshine State rivals Florida State and Miami to bring in the top recruiting class in the country yesterday. “No one is even that close to them,” said recruiting analyst Tom Lemming of CSTV. “They got help everywhere. In the past 10 years, this has to rank right at the top in recruiting classes. Every position is absolutely loaded.” The Gators also were picked as the top class by SuperPrep, Rivals. com and National Blue Chips, beating out Southern California, SEC rivals Tennessee and LSU, and Texas. The Trojans closed strong, adding top running backs Joe McKnight from Louisiana and
“In the past 10 years, this has to rank right at the top in recruiting classes.” Tom Lemming | Recruiting Analyst Broderick Green from Arkansas yesterday to a class that already included another top back in Marc Tyler; defensive end Everson Griffen, SuperPrep’s No. 1 overall player; the nation’s No. 1 receiver, Ronald Johnson from Michigan; and blue chip linebacker Chris Galippo from Anaheim, Calif. “USC continues to be the place that a lot of skill-position players look to first,” said analyst Bobby Burton of Rivals.com. “That doesn’t mean the guys they get on defense aren’t special. It just means they have the pick of the litter when it comes to offensive skill players.”
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OSU From Page 7 “There were obviously 10 guys or more that we offered that we didn’t end up with (this year),” Tressel said. “But I will say this, we did want to end up with less than the number of scholarships we could fill because we didn’t want to recruit eight, nine or 10 next year.” Tressel said he and his coaches have only had one viewing of the video from the national championship game. “We have not sat down and made an autopsy or anything like that,” he said. Elsewhere around Ohio campuses, new Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly received 22
signatures. “We looked at kids that we felt strong about characterwise,” he said. “We would not take athletes that we didn’t feel met the criteria of character and academics.” Kent State grabbed 25 players and Akron (24), Miami (23), Ohio (22), Youngstown State (22) and Bowling Green (20) also restocked their shelves. Toledo coach Tom Amstutz got 20 players to sign on the dotted line, with half coming from out of state. “It takes a lot of traveling to recruit a class like this,” Amstutz said. “We traveled to Florida, New Jersey, Illinois, Tennessee. We also went to every nook and cranny of Ohio to find the best players possible.”
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FLORIDA From Page 7 But the Gators’ class was best of all, signing eight of the top 16 players in talent-rich Florida and the No. 1 players from South Carolina, Indiana, Maryland and New England, according to Rivals.com. A coaching change at Miami and another down year for Florida State played a key part in the Gators’ success. “They play an exciting brand of ball on offense and defense and a lot of kids want be in that situation,” said Allen Wallace, the national recruiting editor for Scout.com and publisher of SuperPrep magazine. “There’s no question they’ve moved into the catbird seat in Florida. They have taken advantage of tough times for both the Hurricanes and Seminoles.” Florida’s class includes Rivals’ third-best pro-style quarterback in John Brantley, the nation’s top guard in James Wilson, top weakside defensive end in Carlos Dunlap, secondbest defensive tackle in Torrey Davis, and top two safeties in Jerimy Finch and Major Wright. Coach Urban Meyer will count on some of those freshmen to step in right away on defense, after the Gators lost defensive ends Jarvis Moss and Ryan Smith, linebacker Brandon Siler and safety Reggie Nelson early to the NFL after beating Ohio State 41-14 in the BCS title game. Florida’s haul was part of a banner recruiting year for the SEC, where Tennessee, LSU, South Carolina, Auburn, Georgia and Alabama all received at least one top-10 ranking. “The SEC is loaded,” Burton said. “They are year in and year out the most talented conference. But even this is unusual.” Jimmy Clausen, the top-
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ranked player by Rivals and CSTV, headlines a top-10 class at Notre Dame and could be ready to step in next season as Brady Quinn’s replacement at quarterback. Clausen is one of many players who already have started college, giving him a leg up because he can take part in spring practice. Clausen made a high-profile commitment to the Irish last April, arriving at his news conference in a limo and predicting four national titles for Notre Dame. “He heaped pressure on himself with the way he announced he was going to Notre Dame,” Wallace said. “He’s demonstrated that the added pressure has not affected him at all. If you play quarterback, especially at Notre Dame, you have to be able to handle that pressure. He could be perfectly suited for the situation.” Notre Dame’s overall ranking was hurt by some late defections. Athlete Greg Little switched at the last minute to North Carolina and offensive lineman Chris Little decommitted and signed with Georgia. The Irish earlier lost a commitment from defensive end Justin Trattou from New Jersey, who decided to go to Florida. The biggest surprise was at South Carolina, where Steve Spurrier brought in a top-10 class to a school that normally struggles to attract blue chip players. Receiver Chris Culliver of North Carolina headlines a class that also includes quarterback Stephen Garcia of Tampa, Fla. “Of all the teams, they may have helped themselves the most because they didn’t have the depth of the teams ahead of them,” Lemming said. “South Carolina could show marked improvement because of this class. They not only had quality, they had quantity.” Other schools that did surprisingly well included North Carolina, Rutgers, Pittsburgh, Georgia Tech, Oregon and Illinois. New Tar Heels coach Butch Davis got a commitment yesterday from CSTV’s defensive player of the year Marvin Austin, a defensive lineman from Washington, D.C. Illinois coach Ron Zook, who recruited many of the players that led Florida to the national title, signed one of the nation’s best receivers, Arrelious Benn out of Washington, D.C., and beat out Notre Dame for one of the top defensive linemen, Martez Wilson of Chicago.
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Former Ohio University track coach upset with athletic cut backs ATHENS, Ohio (AP) — A former Ohio track coach mailed his master’s diploma back to the university last week to protest its decision to eliminate men’s indoor and outdoor track and field. The university also is dropping men’s swimming and diving and women’s lacrosse as the school tries to save money and meet a federal requirement that requires men’s and women’s athletic scholarships roughly equal the ratio of men and women on campus. Stan Huntsman, a coach at the school for 14 years, also demanded that a plaque honoring him be taken off the wall in the university athletic hall of fame because of his anger over the cuts.
RECRUITS From Page 7 heavily, and the fact that three players are from the state of Ohio… maybe it was a little bit down year for us in the state but it was certainly not from lack of effort on our part,” Brandon said. While coaches struggled with quantity in Ohio, they made up for it in quality. The class standout is 5-foot-9, 190 pounds is running back Mark Woolridge out of Walsh Jesuit in Akron, Ohio. Woolridge has been named All-Ohio his past two seasons and rushed for over 1,700 yards with 18 touchdowns in 2006. The punting and kicking position was a major point of emphasis heading into the winter after the departure of true freshmen kickers Alonso Rojas and Sean Ellis. Instead of going the high school route once again, the staff opted for more experienced kickers by recruiting from junior colleges. Brandon and the staff now feel confident that transfer kickers Nick Iovinelli and Sinisa Vrvilo will be ready to step in and contribute to the team immediately. “I think that the punter/kicker situation was crucial for us,” Brandon said. “The two kids we
“I hope the university would reconsider all this,” he said from his home in Austin, Texas. “I’ve talked to a lot of former athletes and they feel as strongly as I do. I’m really concerned about what has happened. This is shocking. I thought Ohio University was above this.” Athletic director Kirby Hocutt said the university will comply with Huntsman’s wishes for the plaque. “Coach Huntsman has devoted a great deal of his life to Ohio University, and he’s going to have a negative reaction,” Hocutt said. “I would hope in time he’d reconsider putting his plaque back up. He means a lot to Ohio.”
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signed last year as true freshmen have left the program, and we needed to sign some guys that could come in and do the job.” Size on both the offensive and defensive lines has piqued the interest of many Falcon faithful. Seven players weigh over 250 pounds — two of whom weigh 290 pounds. For Brandon, this size is a welcome addition to a team that has struggled stopping the opponent’s run game. “We need some run stoppers,” Brandon said. “We need some physical guys up front.” While competing against college programs nationwide, Brandon realizes how difficult it is to find that perfect combination of talent and size. “Those guys are hard to find — big nose guards or defensive tackles that are already 280 [pounds] and are not fat slobs, but big physical guys that can run and make plays,” Brandon said. “Those guys are tough to find.” As far as how soon this class could have an impact on the field, Brandon stated that any projections “would just be speculation.” But with the high number of underclassmen who played last year, it’s unlikely this class will see as much playing time as the one before it.
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CLEVELAND — LeBron James did not lead the Cavaliers in scoring, rebounds, assists, dunks or anything vital. And this time, it didn’t matter. Zydrunas Ilgauskas scored 16 points with a season-high 16 rebounds, Larry Hughes added 15 points and the Cavs hardly needed James in an easy 94-77 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night. James scored 11 points — three above his season low and 15 below his average — and spent the first half of the fourth quarter watching as the scuffling Cavaliers, who came in just 4-8 since Jan. 16, won their fifth straight at home against the Clippers.
“Guys took advantage of what we had,� James said. “I didn’t struggle at all. I didn’t force anything. I took what was there. Defensively, we took care of business.� Sasha Pavlovic added 16 points and Drew Gooden 13 for Cleveland, which held the Clippers to 35 percent shooting and without a field goal for a nearly nine-minute stretch bridging the third and fourth quarters. “We’re trying to figure out ways to score and get stops when LeBron doesn’t have one of his normal nights,� Cavs coach Mike Brown said. “It’s kind of been by committee.� Elton Brand led Los Angeles with 21 points and Shaun Livingston added 19 for the Clippers, who have dropped
three in a row. In the aftermath of a stinging loss to Detroit on Sunday, both James and Hughes said the Cavaliers should be running more, their argument being the team is better suited for an uptempo offensive game than the slowdown style preferred by Brown, who preaches defense first. The Cavs pushed the action when they could, attacking the rim when the opportunity was there. “It’s no secret that I like to play that way,� Hughes said. “I like to get up and run. So whenever we can get out and attack a team from start to finish, I think it works best in our favor.� While there was no drastic change in their offense, the Cavaliers did do something dif-
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ferent: They made a few more free throws, going 21-of-28 (75 percent) from the line. Cleveland has been the NBA’s worst freethrow shooting team all season and came in making just 68 percent of its attempts. Leading by 11 at halftime and 13 after three quarters, the Cavaliers pushed their lead to 21 with 5:15 remaining when James drilled a 3-pointer. With upcoming games later this week against Miami and the Los Angeles Lakers, the Cavs, now 7-1 at home against Western Conference teams, needed a relaxing night and the Clippers seemed only too willing to give them one. Playing the second game of a back-to-back after losing in New York on Tuesday, the Clippers had early energy and then faded.
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Huntsman was a graduate student in physical education from 1955-56 and was a coach at the school until 1969. He spent 39 years as a coach at Ohio, Tennessee and Texas and won NCAA titles at Tennessee in cross country in 1972 and outdoor track in 1974. He was the U.S. Olympic coach for the 1988 Games and an assistant in 1976 and 1980. Huntsman was inducted into the National Track & Field Hall of Fame in 2004. Hocutt has said eliminating the programs will save $685,000 and that dropping the men’s programs was the only way to meet the federal requirements.
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