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SBC puts hold on budgets

March 20, 2007 Volume 101, Issue 119

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“Jesus Camp” to show in Olscamp

Student organizations left in question about next year’s budgets

The film, presented by the College Democrats will be shown tonight at 9 p.m. | Page 3

By Megan Schmidt Senior Reporter

Student organization leaders will have to wait longer to find out how much money they will receive from the University for the 200708 academic year.

The Student Budget Committee, which decides how to divide state funding between all campus organizations each year, was slated to release next year’s budget this

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morning.

Now allocation announcements for all organizations have been postponed until April.

An e-mail sent to student organization leaders by the Office of Campus Involvement last Thursday explained allocations would not be ready to be announced today.

“Due to the uncertainty of the state funding of higher education we cannot notify student

organizations of their respective 2007-2008 allocation until early April,” the e-mail stated. “When these are made available, we will notify organizations immediately via e-mail.”

Clint Stephens, interim coordinator of student organizations for OCI, said because the state legislature determines budgets for universities biannually, the results are not available as early as last year, when the budget was already

set and SBC was able to announce allocations by mid-February.

“It’s just part of the budgeting process,” Stephens said. “We need to have all the information [from the state] before we can make the announcements.”

For some student organizations, the delay will cause problems with getting a head start on planning events for next year.

“It’s a minor setback,” Tai Brown, treasurer for Black Student Union,

The House will vote on effective legislation

By Jennifer Loven The Associated Press

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said. “We put a lot of work into figuring out our own budget, and it’s hard to have to keep anticipating what it will be.”

Brown said without knowing how much money it will have, BSU can’t begin planning activities such as its annual fashion show and black family weekend.

Other organization leaders say the delay hasn’t been a major

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FREEDOM: Junior and College Democrat, Ronald Collier, reads a story about a fallen soldier.

WASHINGTON — The Iraq war lumbered into its fifth year yesterday with President Bush pleading for patience to let his revised battle plan work and Congress’ new Democratic leaders retorting that none remains.

“The new strategy will need more time to take effect,” Bush said in remarks televised from the White House to mark the four years since he ordered the invasion. He challenged Congress to send him a war funding bill “without strings and without delay.”

He got a swift response from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

“The American people have lost confidence in

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Three officers face charges of manslaughter The policemen could serve 25 years for shooting a man on his wedding day | Page 5

IN HONOR: Students and community members gather for a candle light vigil to honor fallen soldiers in Iraq. Some people read stories about fallen soldiers and shared their views.

Watch out for The BG News’ blog tonight

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LIGHT THE WAY: Students and community members gather for a candlelight vigil last night to read stories written by fallen soldiers’ families and discuss feelings about the war. The vigil was put on by MoveOn.org.

Now that it’s five years later, how do you feel about the Iraq War?

Don’t forget to keep up with the women’s basketball game by visiting www.blogs.bgnews.com Have you seen the movie “300” yet?

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“I feel like people are dying for no reason.”

“It’s very important that we take the right actions and not pull out of Iraq too soon.”

“I don’t really agree with it. I don’t think that war is the answer.”

“I feel that it’s unnecessary.”

Dwana Holmes, Freshman, Journalism

Aaron Spence, Sophomore, Criminal Justice and Psychology

Lisa Daugherty, Sophomore, HDFS

Darion Burks, Freshman, Construction Management

Former College Dem. USG concerned with off-campus project stresses activism

By Kelly Day Senior Reporter

By Quentin Kilpatrick Reporter

College Democrats kicked off Dems Week yesterday with speaker Chris Redfern, chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party.

Redfern, a University graduate, stressed political activism.

“We could stand on the sidelines and bitch and moan, or we could get involved,” Redfern said.

Redfern has been involved with politics from an early age, serving as College Democrat president while at BG, where he received his bachelor of arts in political

science and his master’s degree in state and local government.

As party chairman, he is in charge of statewide campaigning.

His “88 County Strategy” was credited with helping Ohio Democrats gain ground in the 2006 election. Under his leadership, Ohio elected a Democratic United States senator, governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state and state treasurer, breaking 16 years of Republican rule.

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After feeling left in the dark, the Undergraduate Student Government, in accordance with the Resident Student Association, will voice their concerns regarding the Dunbridge Project to the University General Council.

Several senators are concerned the plans have been poorly communicated to students.

The Dunbridge Project, which has been in the works for over a year, would develop a plot of land on the East side of I-75 near Copper Beech Townhomes on Dunbridge Road. The development would include dormitories, as well as a possible hotel

or nursing home meant to give students an opportunity for hands-on practical experience in their field of study on BGSU’s campus.

After sitting on a committee meeting in July and August of last year, USG President Bernard Little was concerned when the committee didn’t meet again until earlier this month. At the meeting, Little discovered a market analysis, paid for by the current landowners, had already been conducted and an update about the project would be presented by General Council member Tom Trimboli at this Friday’s Board of Trustee’s meeting.

The land, which is owned by CalderonProperties,LTD.,would

be leased to the University for 20 years, leaving some senators questioning what the University would do when the lease was up, or if students were disinterested in the learning community after only a few years.

Little asked senators Jason Snead and Jeremy Lehman to write emergency legislation for last night’s meeting. The legislation was supported by Little and Chief Administrator Tony Wagener and stated the position of USG was not necessarily against the project, but demanded that students have input into the decision making process.

“For some reason this has just been rushed through,” Senator

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The odor of marijuana was reported coming from a room in Conklin, and alcohol was found in the room and was dumped out. Hall staff will handle the situation.

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Windshield of a vehicle parked on West Gypsy Lane Road reported smashed, causing $200 in damage.

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Rock reported thrown through the living room window of a Clough Street home, causing $200 damage and breaking the window.

Amber Bretland was cited for two counts of assault on a police officer and one count of menacing in Offenhauer East.

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A Rodgers resident requested an ambulance for a friend who bumped her head while dancing off-campus.

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Bowling Green police called requesting truck from the fire department to 209 S. Summit with a report of open burning. A Christmas tree had caught on fire, but was self-extinguished before firemen arrived. Four other trees appeared to be waiting to be burned. Occupants were told no open burning is allowed in the city and told to find an alternative way to dispose of trees.

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Michael P. Dragar, 23, of Painesville, Ohio, arrested for public indecency after he was reported exposing himself as people arrived at the Church of the Nazarene on Gorrill Road. His bond was posted at the police station.

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Rear passenger side window of a vehicle parked on Frazee Avenue reported busted, causing $50 in damage.

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Purse reported stolen at Sky Bar on North Main Street.

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Chicago — The BG Curling Club played in the Nationals competition over the weekend. The team of Nik Geller, PJ Wolf, Jeff Young and Adrienne Utter defeated Illinois University to finish in third place in D3 competition. In D-4 play, the team of Matt Holtwick, Paul Eckert, Rick Cousins and Jordan Wesler finished in second place, only losing to the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Additional news, Tyler Zollars teamed up with two Iowa State players and was the captain. The team finished in fourth place after losing to Northwestern by one point in the bronze medal game. For more information, visit www.collegecurling.org

President Bush’s plan for a war without end in Iraq,” said Pelosi, D-Calif. “That failed approach has been rejected by the voters in our nation and it will be rejected by the Congress.”

Four years in, the war has claimed the lives of more than 3,200 members of the U.S. military. Predictions about the cost and length of the war have been far surpassed. The public overwhelmingly opposes the war, and Bush’s approval rating stands near his all-time low. Trying to halt spiraling sectarian bloodshed, Bush has ordered nearly 30,000 more combat and support troops to Iraq, mostly to stabilize Baghdad.

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“Until Baghdad’s citizens feel secure in their own homes and neighborhoods,” Bush said, “it will be difficult for Iraqis to make further progress toward political reconciliation or economic rebuilding, steps necessary for Iraq to build a democratic society.”

From Capitol Hill, the Democrats now in charge showed no truck with negotiation.

House Democratic Whip James Clyburn of South Carolina said Democrats were intent on “ending the blank check for the president’s war and setting a timeline for the phased redeployment of our U.S. military.” The House will vote this week on legislation that would effectively require the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq by next year, while providing funding for the wars in Iraq and

“By August 2008 at the latest, U.S. combat troops will be redeployed from Iraq.”

James Clyburn | Democratic Whip Afghanistan for the year.

“By August 2008 at the latest, U.S. combat troops will be redeployed from Iraq,” Clyburn said.

A new poll reflected the stress and hopelessness that are the result of the unrelenting violence and uncertain political situation. The poll, by ABC News, USA Today, the BBC and ARD German TV, found only 18 percent of Iraqis have confidence in U.S.

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Caller reported her wallet was stolen on Napoleon Road. The wallet was eventually found, but her credit cards were missing and someone attempted to use one at a Perrysburg gas station.

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Laundromat owner came to the station to report damage to equipment and furniture at his East Wooster Street laundromat.

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Man came to the police station to report he was conned. He reported he was sitting in front of Dollar General on South Main Street when a man got into his vehicle and said he was district manager of all Dollar General stores. The unknown man had the complainant fill out a slip of paper and asked for his name and zip code. On Saturday, the complainant said his credit card company called.

cause for concern within their groups.

Jon Smith, treasurer for the College Republicans, said his organization is too busy planning this year’s activities to begin preparing for activities with next year’s budget.

“Whatever we get will make or break our plans for next year, but we would still have all summer to go over [our SBC allocation],” he said.

Stephens said campus groups should rest assured that as soon as OCI is ready, it will release the information to students immediately.

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In addition, Democrats won several local races.

“I didn’t really know what to expect,” said junior and College Democrat Adam Eckstein. “But I thought it was great that he talked about campaigning, I didn’t know much about it except for what we’ve done here on campus.”

Mark Ingles, the College Democrat’s treasurer, valued Redfern’s political insight.

“I got a lot out of it, especially Chris’s thoughts on state and national politics,” he said.

Despite Democrats riding high from the 2006 election, Redfern stressed a need to focus on the upcoming 2007 local elections.

He criticized the Ohio Democratic Party for not helping build strong county organizations in the past and pledged more support through a “big tent policy.”

“We’re going to get more involved, and provide more resources for all levels of campaigning,” Redfern said.

Prior to becoming party chairman, Redfern served in the Ohio House of Representatives and was the House Minority leader from 2002 to 2006.

In 2004, the University awarded Redfern its Accomplished Graduate Award.

City council discusses possibility of pools

By Kristen Schweitzer Reporter

Students and community members may soon have even more options to satisfy their need to go swimming.

At last night’s city council meeting, the prospect of a new community aquatics facility was discussed by Michelle Grigore, the Parks and Recreation director and the Bowling Green Community Center.

Earlier this month, the Bowling Green Parks and Recreation Department sent out surveys to each household pertaining to the possibility of a new aquatics facility in the city. Residents answered a series of multiple choice questions about what citizens desire in an aquatic facility. The surveys were a response to earlier assessments distributed for the Bowling Green Community Center.

In 2005, a recreational needs assessment was sent out to city households in order to discover what the Bowling Green community wanted in an aquatics facility.

Many community members responded saying they would have either liked to see the construction of an indoor pool or the renovating of the city park’s outdoor pool, according to Grigore.

After the 2007 survey was sent out, there were several public

USG From Page 1 Nate Wiedenhoft said of the project. “They’re looking at this as a way to stay ahead of the curve as far as other universities are concerned.”

At-Large Senator Patrick Dehnart said when the project was explained to him by those involved, his impression was that its purpose was to attract prospective students to the University.

“This would be a chance to show the best of the University so every time they drove down I-75 they’d see the brand new shiny buildings,” Dehnart said.

Little’s primary concern with the project is how it might take away from student engagement on campus, one of Sidney Ribeau’s primary efforts this year.

“If I can’t get a student out of the McDonald residence hall to come to the Union, how can I get a student from the other side of I-75 to come to the library,” Little said.

He was also adamant in that buildings in the heart of BGSU’s main campus are in dire need of

meetings to discuss the different options of facilities and funding.

“Registered voters will ultimately decide this issue,” said Grigore.

“I’m happy to do whatever the community tells me they want,” she said.

However, there are drawbacks to a new aquatics facility.

“We can’t operate an indoor pool on current budget. If people want an indoor pool we’re going to go to a consultant,” said Grigore.

So far, according to Grigore’s city council report, 350 of the household surveys have been returned. Grigore expects to have more information in early May, once all the surveys have been received.

Also discussed at last night’s city council meeting was the construction on South Main Street in downtown Bowling Green.

The present focus of the work is the trenching of the sewer, according to John Fawcett, the city municipal administrator. Fawcett spoke for Public Works Director Bill Blair who wasn’t able to attend the meeting.

“We’re very optimistic that the contractor will remain on schedule if not be ahead of schedule,” Fawcett said.

Blair reported at the last city meeting that the contractor is required to complete the task by July 30.

“If they decide to open this project up, then maybe we can support this.”

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“Before we can take care of anything else we need to take care of what we have here,” Little said.

During her adviser remarks, Dean of Students Jill Carr, stressed the value of old buildings on campus, stating Rodgers Hall is the first dormitory to fill each year, due primarily to its location. With the development of the Dunbridge project, Rodgers Hall would be torn down.

The Senate passed the resolution unanimously 19-0. Though USG is not necessarily against the Dunbridge project, they do take the official stance that more research and time should be put into the development of the land and that more student input is crucial.

“If they decide to open this project up, then maybe we can support this,” Little said.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS Some events taken from events.bgsu.edu

5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Pub: Beer Tasting

Film shows religion’s influence in politics

Black Swamp Pub

6 - 9 p.m.

Aligning the Firelands to the 21st Century BG Firelands/CPC Auditorium

7 - 8:30 p.m.

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228 Union

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Film Screening: “Metamorphosis�

Gish Theater

8 p.m.

Clarinet Choir Bryan Recital Hall -Moore Musical Arts Center

8 p.m.

Nine Planets and Counting 112 Physical Science Building

8 - 9 p.m.

Believe It or Not, Out On Your Own Have you ever wanted to start your own business. Are you entrepreneurially minded? Professor Brent Nicholson will be talking to students about how they can start their own business.

Kreischer Compton Activity Room

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Pub Unplugged: Steven Walker Black Swamp Pub

9 p.m.

College Democrats Informational Meeting 215 Olscamp

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Vision (GLBT+) Weekly Meeting 107 Hanna

By Theresa Scott Reporter

Kids, camp and politics. That is the topic that the College Democrats hope to address with the screening of the film “Jesus Camp� tonight at 9 p.m. in 115 Olscamp.

The documentary, which will be shown as a part of the BG Democrats “Dem’s Week,� follows three young campers who are enrolled in the Pentecostal bible camp “Kids on Fire.�

The camp, headed by pastor Becky Fischer, is located just outside Devil’s Lake, N.D., and teaches children fundamental Christian values while mixing having camp activities.

According to the film’s Web site, jesuscampthemovie.com, the film shows the children, aged six to 12, as they gather around for prayer meetings, ride on go-carts and become “dedicated Christian soldiers in God’s army.�

Mark Ingles, treasurer of the BG Democrats, said the organization chose to show the film this week because there is great interest in the film among the group. “It should be a good movie, a good social time and hopefully it will spark some interesting discussion about the religious minority’s influence in politics,� Ingles said.

One of the most dominant themes in the film is the camp’s involvement in politics.

The children are followed throughout the summer as they preach and pray with a cardboard cut out of President Bush and publicly protest the Supreme Court’s decision in the Roe vs. Wade ruling.

The film, which was nominated for an Oscar this past year, has not been free from controversy. According to a report on abc.com, many Christians feel that the film set out to “demonize the evangelical religion.� Others, including pastor Fischer, have embraced the film using it as a tool in recruiting evangelicals.

“They think about others, and they lack vanity I’ve seen in other kids.�

Rachel Grady | Film Director On Fisher’s Web site, kidsinministry.com, she defends the movie saying that she hopes those who see the film will leave the theater with a positive image of the Evangelical faith. “I hope they will come away with a new awareness of how dedicated and committed children can be for Jesus Christ when they are given the chance and seriously disciple in the Christian faith,� she wrote. “I hope they will see children are capable of doing great things for God and can have an understanding of deep truths of the Bible, which go far beyond simply the Bible stories.�

The film’s directors Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing have stated on Fisher’s Web site that they tried to shy away from being biased in their presentation. “They’re extremely articulate, they’re smart and they do good things for other people,� Ewing posted on the site. “They think about others, and they lack vanity I’ve seen in other kids.�

Ingles said that the organization’s last intention was to alienate or distance the organization from religious groups on campus such as H20. “That was definitely a reservation I had about showing the film, but I think it is important that people understand that this is a small minority within the Christian faith. We are in no way against religion,�

Ingles said. “I may obviously have a difference of opinion on some issues, but I think it is important that we understand this group and understand the power they have on modern American politics.�

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Man cited after falling asleep, crashing into sorority house Campus police have released additional information about a car crash involving a sorority house Saturday afternoon.

While driving East on Wooster Street at approximately 3:15 p.m., Brandon Ruhlen, 21, of Tiffin, Ohio, had fallen asleep at the wheel, veered across the opposing lanes of traffic, nearly striking two other vehicles. The car drove up onto the sidewalk and slammed into the Pi Beta Phi Sorority house located in Conklin, scraping the side of the house and damaging a water main, according to the report.

Witnesses estimate that the car was going nearly 50 mph when it struck the building.

No one in the house was injured but Ruhlen was taken to the Wood County Hospital emergency room where he was treated for a gash on his head and released.

Ruhlen was cited for failure to maintain control of his vehicle and to wear his seat belt.

According to the report, he was not intoxicated at the time of the accident.

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When an employee went to take out the trash, an unknown man followed him back into the restaurant.

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The manager led him to a back office where he was given safety deposit bags.

Hetrick would not say how much money was in the bags.

Police are unsure if the man walked or drove away. They learned of the incident when witnesses called at 3:27 a.m.

The suspect was described as a white male between 5-foot-9 and 5-foot-11 inches tall with a medium build. His head was covered and he wore a stocking cap, glasses and a black bandanna. Hetrick said a surveillance camera captured the incident, but police don’t have any suspects.

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“We thought the school you had before was not good enough, so we wanted to build the best school for you.” — Oprah Winfrey, speaking to new students at her second school to open in South Africa, from Time.com

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Have you seen the movie “300” yet?

“Yeah, it was pretty cool, but it wasn’t slanderous.”

“No, because I haven’t had the time yet.”

“Yes, it’s one of the best movies ever. Chock full of wholesome violence.”

“No, it was sold out, so I went to go see ‘Wild Hogs’ instead.”

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Sex is based on union and marriage, not on lust LAUREN WALTER COLUMNIST

Last week, I introduced the Theology of the Body by Pope John Paul II, a series of writings based on sacred Scripture which reveal God’s plan for human sexuality. I left off by explaining how, according to Theology of the Body, “man can fully discover his true self only in a sincere giving of himself.” To put it simply, we find ultimate fulfillment by giving of ourselves completely in relationships with others.

But why is sex such an integral part of our human nature? In order to understand our sexuality, it’s important to know why sex exists in the first place.

In addition to having a desire for friendships, we (and when I say we, I mean all people) also have a desire to be in a unique union with one person; to know that person and be known by that person; in giving of ourselves in love to them and, in return, receiving their love.

Hence, the reason we’re all interested in relationships. We find fulfillment in that union with another.

According to God’s plan as explained through Theology of the Body, God created marriage as a way to live out that union from the beginning. The creation account of Adam and Eve in Genesis explicates God’s original plan before sin entered the world.

First, it’s important to know that God made man (and when I say “man” I mean mankind) in his image. “God created man in his image, in the divine image he created him; male and female he created them” (Gen 1: 27). Because we are created in his image and “God is love” (1 John 4:16), we are called to love in his image.

God’s love is total and complete in that he gave his own life

for us through Christ, who commissions us to love as he does when he says, “As I have loved you, so you also should love one another” (John 13:34). So this means we are called to love others totally, even as far as being ready and willing to give up one’s life for another.

This is lived out in everyday relationships with other people, but particularly in the sacrament of marriage.

Spouses are called to give of themselves entirely to one another. This is what they vow at the altar on their wedding day.

And this is what makes marriage a holy vocation.

In marriage, spouses give of themselves emotionally, spiritually, but also physically. And here is where the power and mystery of sex is revealed. Christ says, “This is my body, which will be given for you.” When he says “you,” he means mankind. He offers his body on the cross.

In marriage, spouses are called to say the same thing to each other. But they do this through sex. In sexual union, they renew their wedding vows through the language of the body. This act of giving their bodies to one another is an outward sign of their inward love for one another.

This, in a nutshell, is one of the main concepts of Theology of the Body: our call to love as God loves is imprinted right in our bodies. He created us male and female for a reason; the complimentarity of man and woman reveals this call to love.

But God’s love is not only total, but it is life-giving as well. What’s so beautiful about his plan for sex is that life can be conceived through it. So not only does sex renew a couple’s wedding vows, but it can also bear new life.

This profound love that husband and wife share can be seen in the birth of a child nine months later. Love and life go hand-in-hand. Talk about amazing.

Thus, provided that spouses’ act of sex is rooted in selfless love; they are loving as God loves,

“This act of giving their bodies to one another is an outward sign of their inward love for one another.” which is the ultimate purpose of marriage. Don’t people always say they want “good sex”? God’s plan for sex is the best because he created it!

The whole purpose of sex is for us human beings to experience, in a physical form, what it means to love as God loves.

But for those of us who are not married, you may wonder what any of this has to do with you.

Well, first of all, it’s important to understand why God gave us all this sexual energy. It’s meant to be the energy that drives us to love as he loves. This is God’s original plan.

But, sadly, because of sin in the world, God’s plan has become less and less clear. Sex has become less about love, less about marriage and more about lust. And we’re all subject to this tendency to lust; to use people for our own gain.

But we’re meant for more.

We’re meant to overcome this tendency and replace it with loving God with our whole hearts and loving others as God loves us. We’re meant to give of ourselves to others for selfless reasons rather than using them for selfish reasons. It means looking at people in the eye and loving them for who they are.

It means, by the grace of God, getting back to that original plan of love. If we could all get back to this plan of love, I promise that we would experience a deeper fulfillment than we could have ever imagined. We would experience that deep joy we’re all looking for.

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‘300’ criticisms are nothing more than over analysis SCOTT RECKER COLUMNIST

Films have been one of America’s favorite forms of entertainment for some time now and they have also become big business. Some big movies rack in more than $30 million a week in theaters, which is a disgusting amount of money for entertainment. Most people nonchalantly enjoy these films and the characters in them, but some people horribly overanalyze movies. They make a big deal about films that were not made to offend, but instead to recreate history or make some kind of fiction.

As of late, deep thinkers and crazed fans have been taking movies way too seriously and have been “claiming” to uncover the “true meaning” or some kind of insane subliminal message of current movies. People have found movies that were not meant to offend anyone to be ones that are offensive and take cheap shots on cultures and religions.

The most recent example of this is with the new movie entitled “300,” based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller.

“300” is a movie about the battle of Thermopylae where a handful of Sparta’s best warriors stood against a then-very powerful Persian empire.

According to the New Oxford American Dictionary, Spartan King Leonidas led force of 6,000 soldiers, which contained only 300 Spartan warriors against a large Persian army, which was estimated between 200,000 and 2 million.

This movie caused a lot of controversy in media and caused many complaints from many different groups.

According to an article on the Web site Plastic, the movie “300” has brought out much frustration in many people.

The article states, “Some are

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decrying the portrayal of the Persian people as beastly and slave driving. Gays and lesbians protest the homophobic commentary and portrayal of Xerxes and his slave girls, and many are attributing the East vs. West attitude and the political skullduggery in the Sparta Council Chambers as allegory for our U.S. troubles in Iraq and the chambers of congress.”

First and foremost, this was a historical battle that took place in 480 B.C. I do not understand how people can think this is a shot at Persian culture when the movie is just portraying a battle that happened long ago.

Back then, it sounded like the Persians actually were a little bit power hungry and slave drivers.

But again this all happened about 2,500 years ago and I don’t think anyone still hold grudges over that war. If this movie is a shot on Persian culture, wouldn’t every World War II movie be a shot at German culture? Many wars were waged in the past and many countries and empires made many great mistakes, but saying that a movie about a battle that happened about 2,500 years ago is taking a shot at a culture is just ridiculous.

Some people in the gay and lesbian community are protesting the portrayal of Xerxes and I find that this is just as ridiculous as the last accusation. No part in the movie showed any signs of Xerxes being homosexual or disliking homosexuals.

Why would people think that?

Is it because he talks different and acts a little weird. The guy fancies himself a god, what do you expect? These protests are just people assuming things that in no way were meant to be offensive to anyone.

If the protests are about the slave girls making out with each other then obviously these protesters have not been watching movies for the last 10 years.

A countless number of movies have shown women making out with each and people wait to protest about it when a movie

“Many wars were waged in the past and many countries and empires made many great mistakes, but saying that a movie about a battle that happened about 2500 years ago is taking a shot at a culture is just ridiculous.” comes out about a Greek War? Are these protesters actually mad about these issues or are they just complaining to get attention?

Maybe the most absurd comments about this movie are that some people are considering the movie military propaganda.

People are linking this war to the struggles that we are facing in Iraq and think this is an East vs. West attitude. I am not a supporter of the war in Iraq, but I think it is preposterous to think that this movie holds an East vs. West attitude. This is based on a real battle, so this movie is just recreating history and the book that the movie is based on what was written in 1999, years before the current struggle in Iraq.

By writing this article, I am not trying to offend or start conflict with anyone but rather just to state that movies should be enjoyed, not ethically argued about, unless the movie is much more controversial.

The movie “300” recreated a very neat battle in history and showed that free people will always fight for their freedom.

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Gonzales under pressure Firing of eight federal prosecutors raises questions for Democrats

By Jill Zuckman MCT

CHICAGO — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., added her voice to the growing chorus of discontent over the Justice Department’s firing of eight federal prosecutors, saying yesterday, “I believe we need a new attorney general.�

In a meeting with editors of the Chicago Tribune and in an interview with WGN-TV, Pelosi said there was a reason Republicans feared a Democratic victory last November. “They knew that the era of no oversight was over and that they would have to be held account-

able,� she said, citing the scandal at Walter Reed Medical Center over the treatment of wounded soldiers, as well as questions about whether politics played a role in the dismissal of the U.S. attorneys. “I think what is unfolding looks pretty bad for the administration as well as Alberto Gonazales,� Pelosi said, noting that Republicans, in addition to Democrats, have begun calling for the attorney general’s dismissal.

Pelosi said she would reserve judgment until the House and Senate hearings reveal exactly what happened. But she said it seems clear that Gonzales never

stopped acting as President Bush’s lawyer when he moved from the White House counsel’s office to the Justice Department. “I don’t think Alberto Gonzales fundamentally understood the difference between being the president’s lawyer and the attorney general of the United States and the premier defender of the Constitution,� she said. “I think what is important is for us to have the hearings, which will be thorough and reasoned and put the facts on the record.�

Pelosi said she believes Gonzales was not the only person involved in the decision to fire the federal prosecutors, many of whom were involved

in pursuing corruption cases against Republicans. “I don’t think it looks good for him right now,� Pelosi said of Gonzales.

Despite the bipartisan calls for Gonzales’ ouster, the White House said yesterday that, “We hope he stays.�

Asked if Gonzales will serve out the remainder of Bush’s term, White House spokesman Tony Snow said, “Well, we hope so.�

The Justice Department is expected to turn over to Congress documents that could provide more information about the role that officials there played in dismissing the prosecutors.

Three officers turn themselves in on manslaughter

By Pat Milton The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Three police officers surrendered yesterday to face charges in a shooting that killed an unarmed groom on his wedding day and stirred outrage around the city.

The officers were accused of firing nearly 50 shots at three young men in a car outside a nightclub, killing Sean Bell and seriously wounding two of his friends.

Two other officers involved were not indicted.

The eight-count indictment charges detectives Michael Oliver, who fired 31 times, and Gescard Isnora, a decorated

undercover officer who fired 11 shots, with first-degree and second-degree manslaughter, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said yesterday.

Those charges are classified as violent felonies with mandated jail time if the men are convicted.

The maximum punishment for manslaughter is 25 years, Brown said.

Detective Marc Cooper, who fired four shots, faces a misdemeanor endangerment charge, Brown said. The indictment says he fired a bullet that went through the window of an occupied train station.

All three were suspended without pay.

Editing of global warming report under question

By H. Josef Hebert The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A former White House official accused of improperly editing reports on global warming defended his editing changes yesterday, saying they reflected views in a 2001 report by the National Academy of Sciences.

House Democrats said the 181 changes made in three climate reports reflected a consistent attempt to emphasize the uncertainties surrounding the science of climate change and undercut the broad conclusions that man-made emissions are warming the earth.

Philip Cooney, former chief of staff at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, acknowledged at a House hearing that some of the changes he made were “to align these communications with the administration’s stated policy� on climate change.

The extent of Cooney’s editing of government climate reports first surfaced in 2005.

Shortly thereafter, Cooney, a former oil industry lobbyist, left the White House to work at Exxon Mobil Corp. “My concern is that there was a concerted White House effort to inject uncertainty into the climate debate,� said Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., chairman of the House Government Reform

“It doesn’t ring true.

It’s not the American way. And it’s not constitutional.�

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Cooney’s appearance before Waxman’s committee yesterday was the first time he has spoken publicly, or was extensively questioned, about the issue.

Cooney said that many of the changes he made to the reports — such as uncertainty about the regional impact of climate change and limits on climate modeling — reflected findings of a 2001 National Academy of Sciences report on climate.

Waxman’s committee also heard from James Hansen, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies and one of the country’s leading climate scientists, who said the White House repeatedly tried to control what government scientists say to the public and media about climate change. “Interference with communications of science to the public has been greater during the current administration than at any time in my career,� said Hansen, who was one of the first to raise concerns about climate change in the 1980s.

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IN PURSUIT OF JUSTICE: Rev. Al Sharpton, left, is accompanied by police shooting victim Trent Benefield as he speaks to reporters during a news conference outside the Queens Criminal court building yesterday in New York. Three police officers surrendered yesterday to face charges in a shooting that killed an unarmed groom on his wedding day and stirred outrage around the city.

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Some postage rates set to increase while others fall

By Randolph E. Schmid The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The cost of mailing a letter will go up on May 14, but you’ll be able to lock in that price — no matter how rates rise in the future — by buying the new “forever� stamp.

The post office governing board agreed yesterday to accept the new 41-cent rate for first class mail recommended in February by the independent Postal Regulatory Commission.

The board also agreed to the proposal for a “forever stamp,� that will always be valid for mailing a letter no matter how much rates increase.

James C. Miller III, chairman of the postal board, said the forever stamp could go on sale as soon as next month, at the 41-cent rate.

The postal governors asked the regulatory commission to reconsider some of its proposals, saying the suggested price for sending things like catalogs was too high.

For most people, the first-class rate has the greatest impact and the cost of sending a letter will rise from 39 cents to 41 cents, a penny less than the Postal Service had originally requested.

But folks sending heavier letters — such as wedding invitations — will see a reduction in the price.

That’s because the 41-cent rate is for the first ounce, but each additional ounce will cost just 17 cents, down from the current 24 cents.

That means a two-ounce letter will cost 58 cents to mail, compared with 63 cents now.

Also expected to be attractive to many people is the forever stamp.

NEW RATES LETTERS, BILL PAYMENTS, GREETING CARDS: 41 cents for the first ounce, up from 39 cents.

WEDDING INVITATION (2OUNCES): 58 cents, down from 63 cents.

POSTCARD: 26 cents, up from 24 cents.

PRIORITY MAIL FLAT-RATE ENVELOPE : $4.60, up from $4.05.

EXPRESS MAIL FLAT-RATE ENVELOPE: $16.95, up from $14.40.

PARCEL POST, 1-POUND PACKAGE: $4.50, up from 3.95.

BANK STATEMENT, 2 OUNCES, PRESORTED: 45.9 cents, down from 54.4 cents.

UTILITY BILL, BARCODED: 31.2 cents, up from 29.3 cents.

The first forever stamps will sell for 41 cents apiece, but they won’t have a price printed on them and they will remain valid for sending a letter regardless of any future rate increases.

While a forever stamp will always be valid for mailing a latter, that doesn’t mean the price won’t go up. If rates were to increase to 45 cents, for example, that’s what a forever stamp would sell for.

But stamps already purchased at a lower rate could still be used without adding extra postage.

Miller said in a telephone interview that there is no limit on sales of the forever stamps but noted they are generally intended for consumers and won’t be produced in the massive rolls often used by businesses.

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Cure found for ‘wall warts’ The Power Squid solves struggles with cramped outlets

By Craig Crossman MCT

Years ago when I first heard the term “wall wart,” I thought to myself that there must be a nicer name for them. I was wrong. The name isn’t bad enough.

I hate wall warts and wish they would all go away. Unfortunately, that’s most likely not going to happen in the foreseeable future, but at least there’s a way now to deal with them more effectively.

So what exactly is a wall wart?

Take a power cord and look at the end that plugs into the electrical outlet. If the power cord is being used by a fairly large peripheral like a printer for example, chances are you’ll just see a typical three-prong electrical plug. That’s mostly because the electrical transformer, which is basically a large coil of copper wire, is contained inside the printer itself.

But if the device is somewhat smaller, like a label printer or an external hard drive, then chances are you’ll see a big, black, ugly transformer stuck on the wall socket end of the power cord.

That’s a wall wart and anyone who has tried to plug more than one of them into an electrical outlet knows the outcome of trying to do so. For those of you who haven’t tried yet, what happens is that the wall wart is so physically big, it either partially or entirely blocks the adjoining socket, which makes that socket physically impossible to use.

Some manufacturers have heard the cries of anguish when that happens and have attempted to correct the problem by placing the transformer in the middle of the cord. In this case, another power cord plugs into the transformer with a normal plug at the end. Thankfully you see a lot of these on notebook computers since notebooks are usually too thin to internalize the transformer as well.

But when it comes to LCD

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PLUG IN: The PowerSquid is a power strip but without the strip. Instead, each individual electrical receptacle is on the end of its own power cord. And the other end of each of these cords feeds into a single oval-shaped body that joins all of them together.

monitors and smaller or less expensive computer peripherals, you can almost be assured that there’s a wall wart lurking at the tail end of that glamorous product photo from which you made your purchase decision.

So the first reaction to the problem is to simply go out and buy a power strip. That won’t help.

While most power strips will give you five or more power sockets, the fact of the matter is that the power bricks (that’s another endearing name for a wall wart) typically make you waste two or more sockets on the strip. So you’d think that someone would have come up with a better way to deal with wall warts — and you’d be thinking correctly.

I recently had Christopher Hawker appear on my radio talk show, Computer America. Chris is the inventor of the PowerSquid, and the concept is a clever one.

Basically, the PowerSquid is a power strip but without the strip.

Instead, each individual electri-

cal receptacle is on the end of its own power cord. And the other end of each of these cords feeds into a single oval-shaped body that joins all of them together.

Also the lengths of the cords are staggered.

Depending on the model, you’ll find either five or six of them paired at equal lengths, which helps to stagger their positions on the PowerSquid. This in turn minimizes the bulk when all of the power tendrils are in use. At the other end of the ovoid body is a single male power cord that plugs into the wall. That’s pretty much the basics of the PowerSquid. By the way, with its ovoid body and power tendrils, it really does look like a squid — hence its name.

So now each wall wart can plug into its own power cord receptacle with room to spare and with no plugs wasted. In fact, looking at the PowerSquid makes you want to slap your forehead and wonder why you didn’t think of this yourself.

By Lisa Heyamoto MCT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Right now, Lynn Keane is out there somewhere, going about her business, being Lynn Keane.

Which Lynn Keane finds a little weird.

Even weirder, there are three or four Lynn Keanes walking around in their respective Lynn Keane worlds, living completely different lives from the Lynn Keane in question — the Lynn Keane who is a 42-year-old real estate investor from Gold River, Calif., who, until recently, hadn’t even considered the possibility of there being a band of rogue Lynn Keanes.

One of them, she knows, is in her 30s and lives on the East Coast. Another is a 50-something sports psychologist who puts on a benefit 10K every year. A third lives in Britain, but Keane doesn’t know much about her.

How does she know any of this stuff at all? The same way any of us know anything these days — she Googled it.

More accurately, she Googled herself — performing that quiet

Controversial blogger sparks debate with medical content

By Margarita Bauza MCT

DETROIT — Like hundreds of other medical bloggers on the Web today, neonataldoc writes a riveting thread.

Readers often thank him for his candor, which they find at times infuriating but which regularly lends itself to heated debate.

Discussions have flared on topics such as when to resuscitate 2-pound babies, the costs of caring for children born prematurely, mental retardation and, frequently, what to do about poor, single teenage moms — a group on which this doctor is particularly harsh.

Like 39 percent of medical bloggers, according to a survey, the author of neonataldoc.blogspot. com keeps his identity shielded from the public. His family and a handful of other medical bloggers he has met through the Internet are aware of who he is.

He has kept his blog secret from his employer, and he said he tries to blur details that could reveal where he works or whom he has treated.

That’s what allows him to write about controversial subjects, he said. For example, in a recent blog, neonataldoc debated whether what he called “retarded” children should be allowed to keep their sex organs.

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act of vanity we all undertake when we think no one’s looking, just to see where we rank in the World According to a Search Engine.

It’s a very human impulse, says Robert Thompson, a professor of popular culture at Syracuse University in New York and, he might add, one of three Robert Thompsons at Syracuse alone.

“There is this natural tendency that you want to know that you’re part of the record,” he says. “One Googles oneself for the same reason one gets up really early in the morning in subzero temperatures and stands in front of the window of the ‘Today’ show, so that someone might see you waving a sign [on TV].”

But what starts as an act of validation can sometimes end up being just the opposite.

Rebecca Roush Googled herself, expecting to be rewarded with a laundry list of her own accomplishments.

Instead, she was introduced to some other Rebecca Roush, a limelight-stealing, attentionhogging, clearly overachieving Rebecca Roush who selfishly

“I started to get mad at my Google Twin.

What right did she have to be more popular than me?”

Rebecca Roush | Calif. resident dominated the entries.

She had discovered her Google Twin — that person who shares her name and her Google entry, and with whom she is saddled in the annals of Internet history like siblings forced to share a room.

“There is something offsetting about finding your Google Twin,” the Davis, Calif., resident says in an e-mail.

“It’s like all of your attempts at individuality get swept away.”

Most people will probably never meet their Google Twin.

Some are only children. And some, like Thompson, have so many twins that it’s not even worth it to care. Unless, of course, one of them is stealing your identity.

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Journalist released after being kidnapped Italian journalist found in good health after being held in Afghanistan for two weeks

By Maria Sanminiatelli The Associated Press

ROME — An Italian journalist held for two weeks in Afghanistan said after his release yesterday that he saw his captors cut off the head of one of the two Afghans kidnapped with him and thought he would be next to die.

In an interview with RAI Tg3 News, Daniele Mastrogiacomo described a harrowing experience. “I saw him be decapitated,” he said.

He said the kidnappers threw the Afghan to his knees and suffocated him in the sand as they cut his head off.

“Then they wiped the knife on his clothes. I was shaking.

Obviously I thought ‘it’s my turn now,’” Mastrogiacomo said.

The fate of the other Afghan who had been accompanying the journalist was not immediately known.

In an earlier audio posted on

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the Web site of his newspaper, La Repubblica, Mastrogiacomo said he slept in 15 different prisons that were “as small as sheep pens.” His hands and feet were chained, and he was made to walk for miles in the desert, he said.

Mastrogiacomo said knowledge of the support of his colleagues and countrymen gave him strength.

“I knew that Italy was supporting me and that was the only comfort in the most desperate moments, when I feared I was going to be killed at anytime soon,” he said. “This is the most beautiful moment of my life.”

Mastrogiacomo, 52, who had worked for the newspaper in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and elsewhere since 2002, was kidnapped March 5 along with the two Afghans while traveling in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province. Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility.

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FREE AT LAST: Italian daily La Repubblica Editor in chief Ezio Mauro, right, and the wife of Daniele Mastrogiacomo, Luisella Maria Longo Orhiuela, talk to journalists in the newspaper’s headquarters, in Rome. Mastrogiacomo, an Italian journalist who was kidnapped in Afghanistan two weeks ago has been released and is in good health, the Italian Foreign Ministry and the premier said yesterday.

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Iraqi Government wants Saddam’s aide to be hung at dawn

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday peace talks with the Palestinian coalition government would be impossible as long as it refuses to renounce violence and recognize Israel’s right to exist.

The Israeli Cabinet endorsed Olmert’s hard line, urging the West to maintain harsh economic sanctions imposed with last year’s elec-

BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi government asked U.S. authorities for custody of Saddam Hussein’s former deputy to hang him at dawn today, the fourth anniversary of the start of the U.S.-led war in Iraq.

Taha Yassin Ramadan, who was Saddam’s vice president when the regime was ousted, would be the fourth man executed in the killings of 148 Shiites following a 1982 assassination attempt against the former leader in the city of Dujail.

North Korea may be closer to disarming

tion of the militant Islamic Hamas. Palestinians had hoped the new alliance between the moderate Fatah and Hamas would lead Israel and Western countries to lift the sanctions, urging the international community to give their new government a chance.

“We can’t have contact with members of a government that justifies resistance, or in other words, terror,” Olmert said, according to meeting participants.

“We can’t have contact with members of a government that justifies resistance, or in other words, terror.”

Ehud Olmert | Israeli Prime Minister Palestinian officials urged Israel to reconsider.

“This statement continues the long-standing Israeli policy that says there is no Palestinian partner for peace,” said Azzam al-Ahmed of Fatah, the new deputy prime minister. “Israel doesn’t want

to revive the peace process.”

The new Palestinian platform appears to soften Hamas’ militant stance.

Though it refers to resistance “in all forms” to Israeli occupation, it also calls for consolidating and expanding a truce with Israel.

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BEIJING — International nuclear negotiators inched closer yesterday toward setting a timetable for North Korea’s disarmament after the biggest obstacle hindering discussions was removed — $25 million in frozen North Korean funds.

Envoys from the two Koreas, the United States, Japan, Russia and host China met to review progress made by five working groups established under a hard-won Feb. 13 agreement.

The deal gives the North 60 days to shut down both its main reactor and a plutonium processing plant, and allow U.N. monitors to verify the closures. In return, the regime is to receive energy and economic assistance and a start toward normalizing relations with the United States and Japan.

“I think we’re in good shape for the 60 days,” U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, the top American envoy, told reporters at the end of the day. “It’s the next phase we really have to work on.”

Yesterday’s talks were possible because the biggest sticking point — North Korean funds frozen in the Macau lender Banco Delta Asia — was resolved. North Korea boycotted the international nuclear talks for more than a year after the United States alleged that it was using Banco Delta Asia to launder money and process counterfeit currency.

White House press secretary Tony Snow said the United States was satisfied with the outcome.

“The U.S. achieved its objective of protecting the international financial system against a front for illicit activity,” Snow said.

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LEONE, American Samoa â&#x20AC;&#x201D; In a sleepy village on the western shores of this remote and beautiful island, the Junior ROTC instructor asks his young cadets to step forward if they have decided what to do after graduating from high school in the spring.

Of 12 seniors, half march ahead to say they already have committed to a branch of the U.S. military.

Three more indicate they are considering it.

The last three stay put.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re interested in the military, they say, but have failed the tests required for entry.

Emosi Time, a lanky boy in perfectly pressed uniform, quietly explains to a visitor his decision to sign up for the Army Reserves: He hopes it will help his family financially, covering part of his college tuition.

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than a century.

Then, almost as an afterthought, the 17-year-old concedes another litany of motivations: Every one of his four older siblings has been in the U.S. military. A sister recently finished her service in the Air Force. Two brothers are deployed on their second combat tours to Iraq.

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BEIJING â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday repeated claims that the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, threatens the unity of the nation and may be trying to separate his Himalayan homeland from China.

Surveying the situation in crucial outlying regions within Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sphere, Wen also criticized what he called the â&#x20AC;&#x153;plots taken by secessionist forcesâ&#x20AC;? in Taiwan, the self-ruled island that China claims, and praised Hong Kong for having the â&#x20AC;&#x153;freest economy in the world.â&#x20AC;?

Wenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarks came in an annual news conference thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the only chance for journalists to question Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s senior leadership.

Speaking for two hours from a rostrum bedecked with flowers, Wen discounted any chance that he would meet with the Dalai Lama, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, unless the Dalai Lama categorically accepted Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dominance of Tibet.

Wen called on the Dalai Lama, who heads a government-in-exile in a hilltop town in India, to state publicly that Tibet â&#x20AC;&#x153;is an inalienable part of

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are willing to have consultations with the Dalai Lama on his personal future.â&#x20AC;?

Wen Jiabao | Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Premier Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s territoryâ&#x20AC;? and make a similar statement on Taiwan.

Once that occurs, â&#x20AC;&#x153;we are willing to have consultations with the Dalai Lama on his personal future,â&#x20AC;? he said.

But, Wen said that the Dalai Lama advocates â&#x20AC;&#x153;a so-called high degree of autonomy for Tibet,â&#x20AC;? which he indicated was unrealistic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In his request, he actually asked for all the Chinese troops to withdraw from Tibet and he even asked for all the Han people to leave Tibet,â&#x20AC;? Wen said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;From all he has said, it is very easy for us to see whether he is genuinely working for a unified country or whether he is trying to sabotage or undermine the unity of the country.â&#x20AC;?

Chinese troops marched into remote Tibet in the 1950s, and the Dalai Lama fled into exile in 1959. In recent years, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s affirmed that he wants autonomy for Tibet, not independence, but China doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe him.

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FINDING JOY THROUGH SCULPTING: Anderson Bauer, background right, a fourth year medical student at the Medical College of Wisconsin, gets some clay sculpting tips from Veronica Sabino as part of the Medical College of Wisconsin’s Art of Medicine through the humanities program.

Anderson Bauer has no problem expressing himself.

He’s composed songs to perform with classmates during medical school talent shows. And he’s written poems and stories to reflect on his life, his patients and how their worlds intersect.

But when he signed up for a medical humanities class at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee in February, he wasn’t quite prepared to enhance his communication skills through manipulating two blocks of clay.

“I’m used to ‘If you cut too much, you’ll sever an artery,’” said the fourth-year medical student while staring at his unproportioned interpretation of the naked human model before him.

Humanities courses are gaining popularity in medical schools throughout the United States.

Doctors say exposure to the arts teaches students compassion, communication and observation skills — all things they’ll need to be successful in their practices.

“You spend all your time in school trying to improve and continue to improve and the problem, all too often, is that you quickly get consumed by all your studies and seeing patients,” said Carlyle Chan, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Medical College who oversaw a day for faculty and students to display their talents.

“We’re constantly dealing with death and illness and a lot of depression — human misery,” he said. “It’s important to keep that balance to give yourself some joy to counteract that misery.”

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SIDELINES NO. 7 BOWLING GREEN vs. NO. 2 VANDERBILT

Lucky number seven?

BG tries to advance to the Sweet 16 with a 7-player rotation BASKETBALL Watch out for The BG News’ blog tonight Don’t forget to keep up with the women’s basketball game by visiting http://www. blogs.bgnews.com.

SCHEDULE TODAY Women’s Basketball: NCAA Tournament Second Round vs. Vanderbilt @ Michigan State; 9:30 p.m.

TV: ESPN Radio: WBGU-FM (88.1) Baseball: vs. Youngstown State; 2 p.m.

OUR CALL On the way up Fan Support: If the same amount of Falcon fans show up to the Breslin Center as Sunday, Vanderbilt is going to have a hell of a time beating BG. Another sea of orange would be incredible.

On the way down Disrespect for midmajors: With BG, Middle Tennessee State and Marist all advancing to the second round, it may be harder for next year’s selection committee to pass over mid-majors.

The List A third of the way through the Big Dance, The BG News can’t help but wonder whose draft stock has risen or fallen.

Our top five NBA Draft prospects.

1. Kevin Durant (below): Even if Texas lost quickly, Durant did just about all he could this year.

The guy has a lot of upside.

2. Greg Oden: This guy gets blocks like Jason Williams used to get turnovers. Unbelievable defensive prowess.

3. Brandon Wright: His arms are so long he could probably hug BG’s whole starting five. Wright has a lot of potential to score and defend for many years.

4. Julian Wright: He may stay, but 12 points, eight boards and a FG percent of 55 has GMs licking their chops.

5. Joakim Noah: He’s very energetic, but he has limited range and sometimes he gets a little too fired up and finds himself in foul trouble

A SOLID LINEUP

SEVEN IS THE NUMBER Despite losing two players to ACL injuries and having another leave the team, BG cruised through the MAC Tournament and is now in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

■ BG’s seven players average more than 69 points per game combined. That accounts for 92 percent of its scoring this season.

■ BG has had the same starting lineup in all 33 games this season.

Ali Mann (center) - 16 ppg, six rpg, 52 percent FG ■ Kate Achter (top left) - 12 ppg, five apg, 51 percent FG, 41 steals ■ Carin Horne (top middle) - 12 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 61 steals ■ Amber Flynn (top right) - 10 ppg, four rpg, 60 percent FG ■ Megan Thorburn (bottoom right) - Six ppg, 42 percent from 3-point range ■ Liz Honegger (bottom middle) - 10 ppg, 35 blocks, 38 steals ■ Lindsey Goldsberry (bottom left) - Four ppg, 65 steals, 39 percent from 3-point range

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DEFENSIVE MUSCLE The Falcons have 349 steals and 104 blocks this season and have forced 637 turnovers.

■ Opponents are only scoring 57 points per game against BG. ■ There are six Falcons with 1 or more steals per game this season.

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BG’s senior class is down to its last few games. Their next loss will be their last at BG. The class as a whole has combined to score 5,754 points in their careers.

The class has three 1,300-point scorers (Mann, Honegger and Horne) and all five have scored at least 500 points in their careers.

vs.

MAKING HISTORY A win tonight would be the first ever trip to the Sweet 16 for BG women’s basketball.

■ Sunday’s win was the first win for BG in the NCAA Tournament since 1989 when Jackie Motycka led the Falcons to the second round.

■ BG is now the only Ohio team left in the tournament after losses by Ohio State and Xavier in the first round.

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Tip: 9:30 p.m.

Location: East Lansing, Mich.

Game shown on ESPN PHOTOS BY JASON RENTNER AND JORDAN FLOWER | THE BG NEWS

THE OPPONENT Vanderbilt Commodores, 28-5 Overall (11-4 Southeastern Conference) The Commodores finished third in the standings in the SEC. They earned their NCAA berth by knocking off Georgia and LSU on their way to a conference tournament title ■ Center Carla Thomas is 6-foot-3-inch and leads the Commodores with 16 points per game and more than six rebounds.

■ As a team, Vanderbilt shoots 44 percent from 3-point range.

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Vanderbilt also boasts the nation’s best 3-point shooter in Caroline Williams. She has shot 50 percent from long range on the season.

The Commodores are 5-4 against ranked opponents this season. BG is 0-1 There are three players that average double figures on Vanderbilt’s roster and fiive players that average at least eight points per game.

Falcons place second in Florida

By Andrew Harner Reporter

BG’s women’s softball team is off to a strong start as they finished their final spring tournament at the University of South Florida in Tampa, just short of a championship.

The Falcons began the Speedline Tournament in Pool D and quickly downed the competition before losing 5-4 in extra innings to Boston University in the championship game.

“We played our hearts out,”

coach Shannon Salsburg said.

“It was one of those games where both teams played extremely well and somebody had to lose.”

Weather delayed BG’s first game against George Mason on Friday for four and a half hours before the Falcons came away with a 6-3 win. The Falcons opened the game with a five-run first inning before the rains came.

Senior Jeanine Baca led the game off with a double and was followed by Emmy

Porter accused in fight with Bengals lineman

By Ken Ritter The Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — Miami Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter was accused of punching Cincinnati Bengals offensive lineman Levi Jones after police said the players exchanged trash talk at a casino blackjack table.

Porter was issued a summonsonamisdemeanorbattery charge after the Sunday altercation that began inside the Palms hotel-casino, Las Vegas police Officer Martin Wright said.

“They went outside. In the

Ramsey and Allison Vallas’ singles. Baca scored on Vallas’ hit and Ramsey followed her in on a passed ball. Vallas later scored on a sacrifice fly.

With two outs in the inning, BG kept the runs coming.

Brittnay Hay hit a single and Dawnjene DeLong capped the inning with her third home run of the year. The Falcons’ pitching also had a strong showing allowing only three runs to GMU.

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ON THE UPSWING: Jeanine Baca hits a ground ball during a game last April. Baca got the Falcons rolling Friday with a lead-off double.

Freel will start in center for Reds

valet area, one struck the other, causing a small laceration above the eye,” Wright said yesterday, calling the injury minor.

Porter could face up to a year in jail and up to a $1,000 fine, Wright said. No court date was immediately available.

Porter, 6-foot-3 and 250 pounds, left the Pittsburgh Steelers after eight years and signed a five-year, $32 million deal with the Dolphins earlier this month. Jones, 6-5 and 307 pounds, missed much of last season with a knee injury.

“It seems they go against each other on the field, and here they

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — If Ken Griffey Jr. is ready to play on opening day, it will be in right field, Cincinnati Reds manager Jerry Narron said yesterday.

Narron expects to start Ryan Freel in center field, because Griffey is still working his way back from a broken left hand suffered in the offseason while wrestling with his kids.

“Right now, that’s what our plan is. We would have loved for him to be available opening day to play center field; it just didn’t work out,” Narron said.

Griffey, a 10-time Gold Glove winner in center, has taken fly balls and made throws from right field in practice.

Narron said he was very cautious about making the decision to move Griffey, 37, from his customary spot in center.

“We had to make a decision. This late in the spring we need to get our club out on the field,” he said. “I’ve got to do everything I can do to put our best club out there. My feeling is that with Ryan Freel out there, it gives us strong defense up the middle with [shortstop Alex] Gonzalez

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SAFE!: Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Don Kelly makes the late tag on Cincinnati Reds’ Ryan Freel who steals second base in the fifth inning of spring training baseball action in Sarasota, Fla.

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Wedge on the hot seat after disappointing season in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;06

By Tom Withers The Associated Press

KISSIMMEE, Fla. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; As batting practice wrapped up the other day, Eric Wedge received a phone call from his wife, Kate, who had great news: Their 11month-old daughter, Ava, took her first steps. â&#x20AC;&#x153;How cool is that?â&#x20AC;? the Cleveland Indians manager said proudly yesterday.

Since then, Wedge has heard the same thing from family members, friends, coaches and players. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everybody says, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s over now,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Wedge said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Game on, now.â&#x20AC;?

The same could be said for Wedge and the not-so-younganymore Indians.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re way beyond the stage of crawling or making small strides. Just like little Ava, they have to take that next step.

Better yet, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time for them to run â&#x20AC;&#x201D; fast.

The Indians canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford another year like 2006, when high expectations gave way to major disappointment. A 93-win season in 2005 dissolved into 78 victories and a fourth-place finish in the AL Central last year.

This season, anything short of the playoffs is unacceptable.

Wedge wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t publicly admit that this year carries any more significance than his previous four in Cleveland, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clear

SOFTBALL From Page 11 â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was really hard to grab the momentum back and come back [after the rain] with that same intensity,â&#x20AC;? Salsburg said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we put up a couple more runs and finished the game.â&#x20AC;?

On Saturday, BG continued to have success as they clinched the top seed in their pool by defeating Chattanooga and Florida International.

The Falcons jumped out to a 3-0 lead by the third inning behind Vallasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; second inning solo home run. BG then strung together two hits and a walk in the sixth to take their lead to 6-1.

Emily Gouge and Hayley Wiemer allowed only one run and combined to strike out 11 Chattanooga batters. Gouge picked up her fifth win of the season.

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David Delucci | Indians Outfielder A catcher in Bostonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s organization from 1989-97 before knee injuries ended his playing career, Wedge joined the Indians in 2003 following a successful run as a manager through Clevelandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s farm system.

He was named manager of the year three times, most recently in 2003 with the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.

Wedge came to the Indians with the reputation as a fiery, no-nonsense manager equally capable of chewing out a problematic player or giving an earful to any umpire who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give his team a fair break.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tough. This is a guy who lists his favorite movie as: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anything with John Wayne in it.â&#x20AC;?

Wedge, though, has softened some. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had no choice. In his first two seasons the Indiansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; clubhouse was full of impressionable kids, some who stuck around and others who were sent back to the minors.

With the younger players, Wedge, runner-up to Ozzie

that time is of the essence for the 39-year-old manager and his ballclub.

He is beginning his final season under contract, with the team holding a two-year option for 2008 and 2009. General manager Mark Shapiro, who signed a five-year contract extension last week, said Wedgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s status will be addressed soon.

Wedge downplays his uncertain situation, saying heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not concerned about anything other than preparing the Indians for the grind of the upcoming season. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proud of the progress theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every year is important, that goes without saying,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe in putting any emphasis on one year more than another. It all goes back to these guys being comfortable and going out and playing.â&#x20AC;?

Like many of his young players, who were shuffled between Buffalo and Cleveland as the Indians rebuilt the past few years, Wedge wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afforded much time to develop.

Guillen for AL Manager of the Year in 2005, found out that he needed to be firm while not shaking their confidence. With veterans, he learned that he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be too rigid or risk losing respect and having players tune him out.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fine line every manager walks.

One thing has been constant. If a player has a question or concern, Wedgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s door is always open. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It takes a lot of guesswork out of it,â&#x20AC;? said outfielder David Dellucci, who signed with Cleveland as a free agent this winter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When the manager tells you where you stand and what your role is, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not trying to do more than youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re capable of, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not sitting out there wondering, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;What if I do this?

What if I do that?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The less you have on your mind, the more likely you are to succeed.â&#x20AC;?

Wedge, too, has also loosened up with the media. In his first few seasons, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wedgieâ&#x20AC;? as heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s known to everyone, had a tough time relaxing in group interview sessions. More times than not he would fall back on some baseball cliche than risk speaking his mind.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more easygoing now, often joking with reporters.

And fatherhood has changed him, giving him a fresh outlook on life and baseball.

The Falcons had a little more trouble with FIU and needed to make a comeback to take the 2-1 victory.

In the bottom of the fifth, FIUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ashley Falk hit a solo home run to break the scoreless tie and put BG behind for the first time in the tournament.

In the sixth, Vallas bunted herself on with two outs and Ashley Zirkle and Brittnay Hay followed with a double and a single respectively. Two runs scored on the single to seal BGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s victory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really important that a team knows they can win when they are ahead, but also that they can win a FILE PHOTO game when they are behind,â&#x20AC;?

Salsburg said.

STRIKE!: Emily Gouge helped the Falcons to a great weekend by combining with Hayley In the first game of bracket Wiemer to allow just one run and strike out 11 batter. play, the Falcons had another impressive showing en route the fifth inning. In the sixth, ing Weimer as award winning to a 3-2 victory.

Vallas again led the offense the Falcons brought two runs Falcons for 2007.

Weimer was named MVP with another home run and home on Weimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s double.

Susan Sontag added a solo of the Charlestown Southern two runs scored and Gouge struck out six batters and only home run in the seventh to Tournament.

BG will travel to East Lansing allowed three hits while gar- force extra innings. BU won on to take on Michigan State on nering her sixth win of the sea- a throwing error in the ninth.

On a positive note, Gouge March 28, before opening MAC son.

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NICE JOB HECTOR:Cleveland Indians manager Eric Wedge, left, congratulates second baseman Hector Luna after scoring on a Trevor Crowe double against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fifth inning of a Grapefruit League spring training baseball game in Winter Haven, Fla., Sunday. Wedge is expected to succeed this season with the talent the Indians have amassed.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;You watch the news differently, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll tell you that,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You just look at everything differently.â&#x20AC;?

Has being a dad changed his managing style? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yeah,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fair to say, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s honest.â&#x20AC;?

As the Indians warmed up before yesterdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game at Walt

Disney World against the Atlanta Braves, a fan standing behind Clevelandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dugout yelled down to Wedge on the field. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hey, Eric,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a good year for you guys. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a really good feeling.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;So do I,â&#x20AC;? Wedge said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thanks.

I appreciate it.â&#x20AC;?

Gators visit Bush in D.C. WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Any time he honors a championship team, President Bush looks for a chance to bring up the underdog theme.

If he can link it to his own presidency, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even better.

So welcome to the White House, Florida Gators. You fit right in.

In a chilly South Lawn ceremony, Bush lauded the University of Floridaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s football team yesterday for its 2006 championship season. The Gators routed Ohio State, 41-14, in January despite being given little chance to win by oddsmakers and millions of college football fans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Like you might remember, all the pre-game polls said you couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t win,â&#x20AC;? Bush told the team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So much for polls.â&#x20AC;?

Florida became the first school in NCAA history to hold national titles in basketball and football in the same season. These are heady times in Gainesville, Fla.; the basketball team is the midst of defending its title and has already won twice in this monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s NCAA tournament. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing, isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it?â&#x20AC;? Bush said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The basketball team, and now the football team. What are you doing down there?â&#x20AC;?

Under coach Urban Meyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game plan, Florida won by using two quarterbacks â&#x20AC;&#x201D; senior Chris Leak and freshman Tim Tebow. Leak stood next to Meyer at the ceremony, directly behind the president. Tebow, the hulking underclassman, was a row behind them.

Turning to find them both, Bush said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what we call teammates, people playing together for the common good.â&#x20AC;?

Florida played plenty of defense, too. In one memorable play in the championship game, linebacker Earl Everett lost his helmet but kept running and chased down Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith for a tackle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen that face before,â&#x20AC;?

Bush told a smiling Everett.

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YOUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;RE THE MAN: University of Florida head football coach Urban Meyer, right, holds up a team jersey he presented to President Bush, left, during a ceremony for the 2006 NCAA football champion Gators.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;So has the whole country. You might remember, Everett lost his headgear. He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lose his head, but he lost his headgear and he went on to make a great tackle in a key moment. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s called tough defense.â&#x20AC;?

The players filled up a platform behind Bush, with others lining both staircases under the South Portico.

Bush thanked players for being community volunteers.

He went on to praise just about everyone he could, from the coaches to the people who sell the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tickets to â&#x20AC;&#x153;those who pick up the towels and make the program run.â&#x20AC;?

Meyer gave Bush an orangeand-blue Gator jersey, emblazoned with the number 43, marking Bushâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s place in the presidential lineage. Leak gave Bush a championship football.

In a crowd of hundreds of Florida supporters, someone occasionally shouted, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Go Gators.â&#x20AC;?

Leak capped it all off with a mention of the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stadium, as it is known to Florida faithful. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the day,â&#x20AC;? he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;we turned the White House into the Swamp.â&#x20AC;?

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Pearl has men’s program on winning track

By Elizabeth A. Davis The Associated Press

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Dane Bradshaw suffered through the seasons when a bid to the NIT was the best the Tennessee Volunteers could do in March.

Then came along coach Bruce Pearl, who has the Vols in the NCAA regional semifinals in his second season.

Tennessee (24-10) beat Virginia to reach the round of 16 for the first time since 2000, and plays Ohio State, the top seed in the South Regional, on Thursday night in San Antonio.

Tennessee has never advanced to the regional final.

Bradshaw is the Vols’ lone senior, first enrolling at the university in 2004, the second-to-last

year for coach Buzz Peterson.

That season the Vols lost at George Mason in the opening round of the NIT, and they failed to reach either the NIT or NCAA in 2005.

“The first couple of years, it’s hard to take anything good out of it, but all of sudden I’m in this position my last year. I feel proud to be one of the guys that went through the struggle first to enjoy the success. It’s made it that much sweeter,” Bradshaw said yesterday after a light practice back on campus.

Bradshaw is one of the best examples of how times have changed on Rocky Top since Pearl arrived after leading WisconsinMilwaukee on a run to the round of 16 in 2005.

Bradshaw is a backup point

guard, moved to forward. Even though Bradshaw is usually much smaller (6-foot-4) than the players he guards, Pearl wanted to find some way to get Bradshaw on the court.

Now he’s a fan favorite for his gutsy plays that don’t always show up in the box score. Against Virginia, Bradshaw had to inbound the ball three times in the final seconds to star shooter Chris Lofton, who was heavily defended each time.

Lofton went 6-of-6 at the foul line down the stretch to seal the 77-74 victory Sunday.

The Vols have historically struggled in the NCAA tournament. In 15 appearances, this is only the second time they have won two games in a row.

The Vols’ previous trip to the

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regional semifinals was in 1981 when they had a first-round bye in the field of 48.

Last year Tennessee won in the first round but lost to Wichita State in the second round, failing to capitalize on a No. 2 seed.

Pearl wanted to do better this season, and now he wants more.

“If we’re going to be a top-20 program, you’ve got to play in the Sweet 16,” Pearl said.

“I don’t know exactly when we needed to get to the Sweet 16; obviously within a timeframe the fans kind of would like their coaches and their teams to get there. I believe we’re a top-20 program, but the only way I can say it and not be laughed at is if you do (it) with some consistency.”

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Fight turns ugly after Prosecutor is cleared in Duke rape case basketball game NEW YORK (AP) — Fights between fans during a championship high school basketball game at Madison Square Garden turned into a melee that spilled into the streets and subways, drawing police on horseback and in riot gear.

Gunfire was heard as the crowd went from the arena Sunday night to Times Square, but no injuries were reported, police said.

About 21 people, mostly teenagers, were arrested, police said. Some were charged with disorderly conduct or resisting arrest and one was arrested on a riot charge.

A 17-year-old boy was arrested at a subway station on a charge of criminal possession of a weapon. He may have fired the shots, police said.

A WCBS-TV camera crew inside the arena caught images of fights breaking out in the stands, including a girl slapping a boy, who then swung around and hit her. Other boys

PORTER From Page 11 take it into the public,” Wright said.

Wright cited an initial report from a Las Vegas police lieutenant who said the two players had a history of on-field trash talking with each other. The Steelers and Bengals are in the AFC North and play each other twice each season.

DolphinscoachCamCameron said Porter, a three-time Pro Bowl pick, told him what happened yesterday morning.

“We will monitor the situation and refrain from making any further comment until we gather more information,” Cameron said in a statement issued by the

jumped him, and police broke up the fight.

The WCBS-TV footage also showed police swinging batons at someone who cannot be seen, and the station reported that they were hitting a fan.

The police said the incident was under investigation, but had no further comment.

After the crowd left the Garden, dozens of officers were called in, some on horseback and others in riot gear. Several fights broke out in nearby subway stations.

The Public Schools Athletic League's AA division city championship high school basketball game was between Brooklyn rivals Boys & Girls and Lincoln, which produced NBA notables Stephon Marbury and Sebastian Telfair.

The fights started in the third quarter, distracting and displacing many in the crowd of thousands, the New York Times said yesterday. Lincoln won 77-50.

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The former prosecutor in the Duke lacrosse sexual assault case didn’t violate the constitutional rights of the three charged players, his attorneys said in a renewed effort to have some of the ethics charges against him dismissed.

In papers filed last week, attorneys for District Attorney Mike Nifong added to their argument that the players’ attorneys received a report and its underlying data on DNA testing well before any trial.

The report was conducted as part of the assault investigation.

The DNA tests found genetic material from several men on the 28-year-old accuser’s underwear and body, but none from any of the players.

The North Carolina State Bar has accused Nifong of breaking several rules of professional conduct. The bar’s charge that he withheld that

evidence from the defense is the most serious faced by the veteran prosecutor, who could be disbarred if convicted.

Nifong’s attorneys wrote it is not a constitutional violation just because he disclosed the DNA testing later than the defendants would have preferred.

In a response also filed last week, the bar’s attorneys said Nifong’s lawyers were splitting hairs to get around what the law clearly states.

Nifong turned the lacrosse case over to state prosecutors in January after the bar charged him. He had already dropped rape charges after the accuser changed a key detail of her account of the March 13, 2006, party where she was hired to perform as a stripper.

The three players still face charges of sexual offense and kidnapping.

They have maintained their innocence.

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and [second baseman Brandon] Phillips and Freel.”

Griffey’s agent, Brian Goldberg, said Griffey had known the Reds’ plans: “Junior understands the team tells us where he should play, and that’s the way it should be.”

TheRedsoptionedrelieversBrad Salmon and Brian Shackelford to Triple-A Louisville. Shackelford has bounced between the Reds

and the minor leagues the past two seasons.

“All of us have seen what Shackelford can do against lefthanders,” Narron said. “He needs to do something about righthanders. He needs regular work.”

Matt Belisle, who has emerged as the favorite to earn the job as the fifth starter for the Reds, was to pitch in a minor league game on the off day today to keep on schedule. Bobby Livingston, another starting candidate, also was to pitch in the minor league game.

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Joey Porter Miami Dolphins linebacker, accused in fight with the Bengals’ Levi Jones Dolphins.

Wright said a written police investigation and report won’t be complete until at least the end of the week.

The Bengals didn’t have much to say about the latest incident involving one of their players.

Over a nine-month period, nine Bengals have been arrested.

“We have determined that he did not sustain any serious injuries,” team spokesman Jack Brennan said of Jones. “Other

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812 Third St. 2 story, 3 bdrm, 1 bath. $840 a mo. +util. 5 blocks from campus. Private, fenced in backyard. Coin W/D. Very clean. Avail.

Aug. 1st. Call Phil 419-392-2812.

Available August 15, 2007.

3 bdrm. house, 227 E. Reed.$1000/ mo. 3 bdrm. apt., $550 per month.

1 & 2 bdrm. apt. $350 per month.

Year lease req. All close to BGSU. Call 419-308-2458

Email: bookstore@bgsu.edu

Available May. Need 2 rmtes. Beautiful furn. house w/ lg. bdrms., heated tile floor, garage & a screened in porch. $250 per mo. thru Aug. $350 per mo. after Aug. Call Deb at 734925-3622 or harkenn@bgsu.edu Duplex for Summer Lease!

May 7 - Aug. 14. 846 7th St. 3 BR, 2 bath, new clean!

Contact: megancw@bgsu.edu Enclave II reduced $100, pay $225 a month. ASAP to August 2. 2 males needed for 4 bdrm new apt. 440991-6576.

Enclave II waives $75 app. fee by signing over my 12 mo. May to May lease. Call ASAP 419-307-0087.

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Male has a furnished room for rent with freedom of house. $225 mo. $100 deposit. 419-354-6117.

House for rent in Toledo, near Toledo Hospital. 3 bdrm., 1 bath, full basement, lg. fenced yard, pets OK. $1000 mo. 419-376-9396.

Newly remodeled house. 4-5 bdrm., 2 bath, close to dntown. & campus.

May or Aug. lease. $1500 mo. plus utiities. 419-340-2500.

Houses/Apts for 07-08 school year 12 month leases only S. Smith Contracting, LLC 419-352-8917 - 532 Manville Ave Office open 10 - 2 M - F www.bgapartments.com Quiet tenants preferred

One bedrm. in the Enclave I, avail.

April through Aug., will accept mo. by mo. $316/mo. Fully furn. M or F welcome. Contact Kara Ohngren (248) 840-8232 or Karao@bgsu.edu

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Private entry 1 bdrm. & studio As low as $365 419-352-0590 Subleaser for May ‘07 to May ‘08 lease. $349 mo., plus util. Own room, w/bathrm. , Enclave II. Call Amanda, for details. 740-815-3063.

Contact Jack at 1-800-829-8638 or Steve at (419) 352-1150

Summer Subleaser Needed.

2 bedrooms, $425 per month + utils.

801 5th St. Call: 419.601.2404.

Summer Subleasers Needed 2 bdrm. on Scott Hamilton $270/mo. plus utilities Call 330-414-3585

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Lg 4 bd house Cheap rent! $800mo. water incld. 12 mo. subls. req. Aug.Aug. 440-821-8799 or440-4654549.

Sublsr. needed for 1 bdrm., 1 bath loft apt. in downtown BG. Very spacious, bright, in quiet bldg. Parking tag & 1 mo. rent free. 419-203-6763

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Saturday, March 24, 2007 9am - 12:30pm Kinross Lakes Office Park 3250 Interstate Drive, Richfield

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House 1 block from campus The Church 201 Manville, large 5 bdrm., good cond., A/C, W/D, plenty of parking. May or Aug. lease. $1600 per month Call 419-352-9392

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