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Colleges look to hire part-time instructors

By Addie Curlis Reporter

This trend to save money has been growing for three decades | Page 3

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Curt Miller receives a new contract that extends until 2013 | Page 11

Cavs look to playoff run

Possibly looking at a No. 2 seed, the stakes are high with four games left | Page 12

Midwest comes to a halt due to surprise snow

Old games still good

Despite technology, board games popular among many

By Freddy Hunt Reporter

Since the invention of video gaming, the old fashioned board game has been spending more time in the closet, but with a few friends, a few batteries and perhaps a few drinks, board games are not going anywhere soon.

According to Daniel Miller, owner of New Frontiers, a gaming store located next to the Cla-Zel theater, board games have been around for a long time and will stay around in one form or another.

“There will probably be a move to electric, like a plug in and play,” Miller said. “There will definitely be a move towards paperless and probably even an electric dice roller.”

In the business world, Miller said classic games are called “evergreen products” because they are always selling year round, which makes them a smart item

to have in stock.

While classics such as Balderdash and Monopoly make steady sales, Miller said niche games, such as Dungeons and Dragons and Axis and Allies which often involve strategic role-playing, have had inclining sales in the past three years. One of the reasons for the growing popularity is cost efficiency, Miller said.

“If you take a family of five out to the theaters, that’s like 100 bucks if you buy popcorn and drinks,” Miller said. “A board game only costs about 40 bucks and you can play it over and over.”

Miller, who has a master’s degree in sociology, said one of the reasons why people enjoy board games is because of the social aspect that cannot be found in online gaming.

“On the board game you get much better inter-

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Flights were delayed, games were cancelled and schools were closed due to more out of season snowy weather | Page 10

North Africa sees increased suicide attacks The Prime Minister’s office and police station in Algeria were victims of alQaida’s most recent bombings | Page 8 Do you tip servers when you go out to eat?

JENGA!: Roommates Stephanie Hayward, Missy Peters, and Melanie Klosterman take a break from studying to play a game (The game is Upwords).

Learning communities not for all, faculty aim to improve

By Molly McCabe Reporter

SAURABH SHARMA, Graduate Student, Life Sciences

“I do, usually about 15 percent.” | Page 4

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The University is recognized for its many learning communities, but some students are dissatisfied.

Associate professor and director ofChapmanLearningCommunity, Robert Midden, admits the program is not for everyone.

“Being a part of the Chapman Learning Community I expected a lot of community service. There was a lot of hype about it, and the program doesn’t do as much community service as what was said,” freshman Elyse Faulk said.

Midden said the program faculty is distraught when students are dissatisfied.

“One regret is that we don’t have a project that fits every student,” Midden said.

“ ... we don’t have a program that fits every student.”

Robert Midden | Director

The main idea of Chapman Learning Community is to restore interaction between students and the faculty. Over 160 students are in their first year in the Chapman Learning Community.

Also included in the program are 12 student leaders.

All of these students are a part of the learning community to reconnect learning to their lives and to humanity, Midden said.

Parts of the learning commu-

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ECHO VARGAS | THE BG NEWS

He asked if she was sure and she said yes.

She had never been surer of anything in her whole life.

She knew she had to go.

The getaway plan: The 21-inch green suitcase full of her and her son’s clothes, necessities and the money taken from a joint account throughout the previous month was secure.

She lined up a moving truck and 10 friends to help her move.

Then, on that overcast day six years ago, she left.

Connie Phillips, 44, found the strength to leave through the love for her son and her faith in God. She believes she was put in her abusive marriage for a reason — her son John.

Phillips was lucky enough to get away from her ex-husband, unlike Alicia Castillon, a Bowling Green resident, who was recently murdered by her ex-boyfriend.

Starting in May, Phillips will be working as a part-time advocate for Behavioral Connections, which provides mental health treatment for Wood County residents, so she can support others who have gone through the same situation.

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BGSU chapter reacts to MU hazing

By Chris Sojka Reporter

A recent hazing incident involving the Miami University Phi Gamma Delta chapter will have repercussions, but members of the BGSU chapter say it will not effect them.

On March 6, officials reported small groups of men were spotted at Hueston Woods, a park in Oxford, Ohio. Park rangers contacted Miami University to report what they suspected was a hazing incident.

The men were believed to have been left outside for a long period of time without knowing where they were or how to get home.

“A fire had been set in a restroom for warmth. When the park rangers asked the men which fraternity they were associated with, they lied,” said Susan Vaughn, director of Ethics and Student Conflict Resolution at Miami University.

According to Tom Robertson, member of Phi Gamma Delta at BGSU, the Miami University incident will get “blown over,” and shouldn’t affect the local fraternity’s Phi Gamma Delta rushing in the future.

“I think there will be a negative

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Low funding puts hybrid bus in park

By Sarah Colbry Reporter

Students may wonder why the University is not putting its environmentally friendly bus to use on the BGSU shuttle routes, but officials in the College of Technology say they have reasons for not doing so.

The Electric Vehicle Institute in the University’s College of Technology is currently without a license agreement and funding for the hybrid bus.

The bus, equipped with Hybrid Booster Drive which reduces emissions and increases fuel mileage, was used on the main shuttle route over a year ago, in Summer 2005.

The institute previously licensed the bus to Goshen Coach, an Indiana based passenger commercial vehicle com-

ECHO VARGAS | THE BG NEWS

RUNNING CLEAN: One of the University’s hybrid buses sits outside a garage.

pany, but after the company was bought out the license agreement was lost.

The program has been inactive for six months now, as the government funding for the bus also ran out, said Jeff Major, EVI’s

chief engineer.

“We’re actively seeking commercial partners,” he said.

John Folkins, CEO of the Research Institute at the

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BLOTTER

HEALTH From Page 1

MONDAY 12:34 A.M.

An on-campus complainant reported receiving harassing text messages.

7:54 A.M.

Darlyn Drive resident reported an opossum was in his personal trap. The animal was disposed of and the trap was returned.

8:48 A.M.

All four tires of a car parked in a South Mercer Road parking lot reported to have been flattened, causing an estimated $200 of damage.

1:10 P.M.

The driver side door and left gate of a vehicle parked in Lot 1 reported kicked in, causing an estimated $2,700 worth of damage.

2:59 P.M.

Clough Street resident reported a cell phone was stolen at a friend’s apartment.

3:57 P.M.

BMX boy’s bike, value $100, reported stolen from an East Napoleon Road apartment.

They’re located at 1204 W. Wooster in Bowling Green, and their services are paid for by Medicaid and most other private insurance companies.

“We do not turn away anyone

BUDGET From Page 1 Whitmire said the student money management initiative plans to improve students’ financial situations by enabling them to analyze their finances, develop a budget and manage their funds and commit to controlling their financial lives at school and in the future.

The team’s responsibilities that they hold include supporting, budgeting and financial planning and creating a Web site that will help students deal with personal and school finances.

“Right now we are just learning from our mistakes,” Whitmire said. “We don’t know yet how it’s going to work, but one can

who is in need of hospice, we would like to help if you know of someone who is in need,” she said.

Another company who is new to this year’s fair is Small Smiles Dentist office, located in Toledo.

“We service to those people who are up to 20, since most

dentists in the Wood County area don’t take Medicaid,” said Kelly Kowalski, representative from Small Smiles Dentist office.

“We are hoping to get our name out there and let students know that in case they need to see a dentist, one is in the area,” she said.

envision and see how having this type of program incorporated into the University’s curriculum such as UNIV 100, BGeXeperince and orientation and registration, can really help out our students’ financially.”

Currently the team is learning from other Universities by looking at how their program is run and then considering what will work and not work for BGSU students.

But Whitmire said students’ needs are being voiced and accounted for due to student representation and that this team’s goals are being expressed to the University.

“If you don’t involve the students and don’t communicate as you go along in a process, you are at a disservice,” Whitmire said.

Agreeing with Whitmire, team member Dan Stypa, junior, said the team is doing a good job in taking account the students’ needs.

“Throughout the entire process, student representation has been great in expressing what the students need and to keep them informed,” Stypa said.

Bolin said from a students’ perspective, he is thinks this program is a great advantage for them.

“I don’t want my peers and myself to be 40 years old and broke and still paying off student loans,” Whitmire said. “I want the student body to effectively manage their money and don’t take out more credit cards or loans than needed.”

If the program is put into effect as a class offered to the students, the team plans to evaluate each year to see the progress of students’ finances.

“There has been some research studies that report the representative student now graduates with $17,600 of debt,” Whitmire said. “When we do evaluations each year, I hope to see that the figure is lessened due to this program.”

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STORE From Page 1 video games and music,” Halsey said. “So, by me closing will force people to have to go outside BG to cities like Toledo and Findlay, in order to get these products.”

Agreeing with Halsey, Timothy Richardson, senior, said he will really miss the store.

“Instead of going to Wal-Mart, I go to CR Music Exchange, because the store has all old movies and music that I like,” Richardson said. “Stores like WalMart don’t have an aisle for really old music, movies and game systems.”

Halsey said during his time in Bowling Green the store has been successful because of the University.

“Thanks to BGSU and being down the street from the University, the store has done great due to students buying and trading stuff for five years,” he said.

Halsey said the advantage for his business is that by people exchanging and selling back their old merchandise has easily helped him get merchandise instead of buying it from a big company.

Also the advantage for the consumers is that they can sell back used merchandise and get money back for it.

“If somebody has 10 movies in their house and has watched them a million times, they can’t take it back to Wal-Mart and say let’s trade,” Halsey said. “But they can come here and get store

DALTON From Page 1 life,” Dalton said.

Don Nieman, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, administered the fellowship.

“I think the concern for students, the concern for helping students really do their best, speaks volumes of who Chris and Ellen Dalton are,” Nieman said.

The actions of the Daltons only furthers to prove their selfless mentality.

Most people might assume Dalton graduated from BGSU, because of his loyalty and con-

credit, cash or exchange it.”

Currently, Halsey said he is in the process of marking down prices, ordering signs and banners by this Friday.

“I may be out of the building by June 1, but that date is not set in stone,” he said. “It all depends on how fast I sell my merchandise, such as if I sell it in two weeks, I can leave two weeks from now.”

Starting this Friday merchandise will be marked down starting at 20 percent.

“I’ll start marking down prices 20 percent off and then after awhile I will start selling package deals, which is selling bulk inventories,” Halsey said. “But I will negotiate deals with people so that I can sell as much as I can because having merchandise left over won’t do me any good.”

But executive director of BG Chamber of Commerce, Elaine Skoog, said it is always a misfortune when a business moves out, but the city is still in good shape.

“Businesses come and go,” Skoog said. “But the positive aspect is that other future potential businesses can move into that empty space.”

Skoog said the percentage is very low for vacancies and that the city has a lot of quality businesses.

“We have a solid town;Wooster Street is in good shape and the downtown area is too, as far as businesses filling up the area,” Skoog said. “We have a lot of entities working together to enhance BG and the players help secure these businesses to grow.”

People have lots of good ideas and ... can’t find the resources, so you try to help find the resources for the people.”

Chris Dalton | Former Associate Professor of Chemistry tinual presence at many school related events.

But Dalton’s love for the University came from his many years of service in Bowling Green.

The ability to help others has always been a driving force in Dalton’s work.

“You try to find the resources for people to be able to accomplish what they want to accom-

plish. People have lots of good ideas and unfortunately can’t find the resources, so you try to help find the resources for the people,” Dalton said.

As for his plans upon retirement, Dalton said he would do everything that he did not have the time for previously, such as traveling. But he noted his presence will still be made at University events.

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Untimed Event Wood County Corps Information Days 204 South Hall

Water shortage will affect many soon

By Christy Johnson Reporter

10 a.m. - 3 p.m Health Fair Union Ballroom

6 - 7:30 p.m Denounce Torture Union Theater

7:45 -10:15 p.m DIVE-IN Sponsored by Omega Phi Alpha, for $5 students can float on inner tubes and watch “Finding Nemo.�

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AHA Film Series: The Dreamers 204 Fine Arts Center

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Go Greek Team Training 440 Saddlemire

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Human Survival Eight students will lead a discussion of eight different reasons why we are doomed as a species.

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In the United States, there are simple water privileges that we take for granted everyday.

A cold swig of water, straight from the tap into a tall glass. A scalding hot shower where water beads drip down the body rushing into the drain below.

And while in our daily lives we may not see the problems that arise when clean water is not available, it affects millions of our global neighbors.

This year’s Edward Lamb Peace Lecture, “Water and Conflict in the 21st Century: Fears and Hopes,� addressed the issues pertaining to national and international water crisis.

Lecturer Peter Gleick, president of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development Environment and Security, addressed a crowd of around 200 students, faculty and community members on the history of water conflict.

Since the dawn of civilization, people have been dealing with sharing, sanitizing and distributing fresh water. “Fresh water is connected to everything we care about, frankly,�

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tion, humans dumped waste into streams and let the natural hydrological cycle do the cleaning work.

But as more people put more waste into the streams, disease made the water unsafe to drink and useless to the civilians.

Now, as the global population climbs toward 7 billion, water sanitation is still a major concern.

Today, 40 percent of the world’s population does not have access to clean and safe drinking water.

The goal expressed by the United Nations was to reduce that amount by half by the year 2015, but as that date approaches, that goal appears unreachable, Gleick explained. “As our population grows, there will be more and more conflict over water ... people don’t think about it because we have so much water here,� said Gary Silverman, director of Environmental Health.

There is no single answer to our water problems, and finding solutions to water problems will require integrated thinking from different groups.

FAMU getting new president

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Florida A&M University in Tallahassee has seen brighter days: When its famed “Marching 100� band played with Prince at the Super Bowl.

When Time Magazine named it College of the Year. When it overtook Howard University as the No. 1 granter of bachelor’s degrees to black students.

But the years of glory have also been haunted by scandal:

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Denouncing torture at Guantanamo Bay DEMONSTRATION: Sophomore Corey Stevens and an anonymous BGSU student dressed as a detainee demonstrate for the Bush administration to quit tolerating and facilitating torture at Guantanamo Bay. This demonstration was held to support an on-campus speech by James Yee, a former Muslim Chaplain at Guantanamo Bay, concerning torture.

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SBC 07-08 funding After a three week delay, the Student Budget Committee released funding allocations for the 2007-2008 school year to student organization leaders last night.

This year, the committee divided a budget of $486,000 between campus groups that applied for SBC funding, according to letters sent to each organization.

That amount is a $114,950 — or 19 percent — decrease from last year’s SBC

total of $610,950 .

E-mails sent after 6 p.m. last night notified organization leaders that allocation announcements had been mailed to the student organization mailroom in the Union.

Sports clubs have been instructed to pick up their letters at the Office of Campus Involvement.

Check out tomorrow’s issue of The BG News for more updates.

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Each attempt to correct the course has been met with still more accounting mysteries.

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“You don’t run for second. I don’t believe in that.” — Sen. Barack Obama, to David Letterman after being asked whether Obama would run as vice-president on a Hillary Clinton ticket, from Time.com.

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LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX

CHANDRA NIKLEWSKI COLUMNIST

Do people go to bars just to have sex?

The answer at Monday’s 80s Night at Uptown in Bowling Green was a resounding ‘no’ from students and non-students.

Jessica Rice, junior, was sitting with two friends when she explained why she likes going out.

“Me and my boyfriend just like to relax, sing karaoke,or play pool. We like dancing, too,” Rice said.

Her friends agreed.

“I come out for the friends and dancing,” said Larry Heller, 22.

Of course he managed to drag out his friend, Stacy Williams, 25, to the event, who admittedly showed up to hang out with her “twin” as she calls Heller.

It was at this point, Rice’s boyfriend joined the group with four shots of alcohol and they all raised their plastic cups in a toast. The camaraderie was apparent and easy-going as Brad McGlynn, 24, sat close to Rice and agreed with the others’ sentiments.

“I’m here to have fun and hang out with my friends,” McGlynn said.

I left them to it.

Throughout the night I saw the group drinking more shots, but still there was no show of sexual aggression, just relaxation and fun.

However, according to Leonard DeRogatis, Ph.D, a clinical psychologist, people may show up to a bar just to have fun, but the reasoning may change throughout the night.

In his article, “Alcohol and Sex: A U-Turn Tale,” DeRogatis agrees that alcohol can make a person loosen up and be more relaxed, making sex a bit more pleasurable to some, but the danger is when the person takes it too far and makes a “U-Turn.” “... At extremely high levels of alcohol consumption, the person doing the drinking is often sexually dysfunctional as a result. That’s because alcohol, a powerful nervous system depressant, disables the natural sexual response of the autonomic nervous system and overrides the brain’s cortical pleasure centers,” said DeRogatis.

“It is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to be sexually excited and extremely drunk at the same time.”

Before that night, I would have agreed, but at one point, while standing in the crowded bar, I saw my friend’s eyes widen as she looked behind

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The line between obeisance and respect

The truth behind the bar ‘sex scene’ me. I turned in time to see two apparently very intoxicated people kissing.

This wouldn’t have been as impressive if it weren’t for his hands all over her and her legs wrapped around him.

One pulled down zipper and one hiked up skirt and kissing probably wouldn’t have been the only thing going on.

Come to think of it, maybe it wasn’t, but I had to give them credit. They stayed behind our group, out of sight and in the corner.

Despite another friend’s urging to tap on their shoulders and interview them for this article, I decided to leave them to their fun. It seemed the polite thing to do, especially when he pushed her back so she was arched over the bar.

I escaped to the dance floor where everyone seemed to be having a great non-sexual time.

There was no groaning or gasping, just smiles and laughter and I searched someone out to tell me why.

“I don’t feel everyone is trying to grind up on me,” said Candice Knox, junior, about why she likes 80s Night. “I’m really not comfortable with how everything seems to be about sex at some bars. I always feel like an object when someone dances up on me.”

I had to agree, but the only people ‘grinding’ up on me were two tipsy female friends.

My husband would be relieved, or turned on, but that’s a topic for another time.

I was still trying to find the person to talk to me about looking for sex in bars. I found her when I hid in the women’s rest room to take a call on my cell phone.

“I think that it’s pretty wrong and degrading,” said Amanda Wilkins, freshman. “I’ve never believed in just ‘doing’ a lot of people.”

While the entire night seemed to be tamer than I’d bargained for, the statistics regarding alcohol and sex are alarming.

A large number — 70 percent — of college students are sexually active while drunk, and people who combine drinking and sex are less likely to use condoms, according to the Health Promotion Center at Georgia Institute of Technology.

With so many things to worry about, it’s nice to find some people are still going out for the friendship and fun, but don’t be fooled into thinking you’re safe just because you don’t go to a bar looking for sex.

The University of Washington’s Addictive Behaviors Research Center conducted a study in 1999 of 131 women and 165 men to find out how alcohol had factored in with unwanted sexual experiences.

Joel Schwarz, reporter for the

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JON BOSSCHER COLUMNIST Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi recently drew sharp criticism from the Right for her trip to Syria, which they claim was an attempt to hijack Bush foreign policy.

Beneath the surface, however, another debate rages over Pelosi’s choice of headgear. By donning a head scarf upon entering a mosque, some say she was submitting to a custom that represents oppression to Western women.

The critiques of Pelosi’s behavior come essentially from two sources. Conservative pundits have cried hypocrisy, saying Pelosi is unwilling to express her progressive views overseas.

Unfortunately, most of their anger is thinly veiled outrage at the fact she made the trip in the first place. Apparently, she risks undermining The Decider’s brilliant strategy for engaging the countries of the Middle East.

Further, the Right’s criticism does not hold up under scrutiny as numerous women from the current administration as well as those of the past have been photographed covering their heads during trips

to the Middle East including Condoleezza Rice and Laura Bush.

Surprising to some, however, is the criticism that has been leveled at Pelosi from the Left.

Many Islamic feminists and scholars have long understood the veiling of women — practiced in degrees varying from a small wrap or hijab to a full body covering revealing only the eyes — as a symbol of their supposed inferiority to men and the double standard with which Middle Eastern women must live.

Many Western-educated women and Islamist reformers have decried Pelosi’s choice to don a head scarf. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Tawfik Hamid points out that “Western feminists duly fight in their home countries for equal pay and opportunity, but seemingly ignore, under a facade of cultural relativism, that large numbers of women in the Islamic world live under threat of beating, execution and genital mutilation, or cannot vote, drive cars and dress as they please.”

Many observers, however, have defended Pelosi, noting the importance of conforming, at least to some extent, to local customs while on a diplomatic mission.

See the rest of Jon’s column online at www.bgnews.com.

Tuition woes stick around well after graduation MARTEL WHITE | BG NEWS ILLUSTRATOR

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Puterbaugh’s idea was good, argument flawed I applaud Chad Puterbaugh’s idea of civil unions for all marriages under the government, but in his article on Friday he also perpetuated some misunderstandings about what homosexuals want in relation to gay marriage.

His assertion that if gay marriage became lawful churches would be required to perform gay marriages is ridiculous.

I’m not sure what state benefits he was referring to, but churches, in case he hasn’t noticed, are currently allowed to be discriminatory, and no lawsuits have been filed like the ones he suggests would occur.

For example, the Catholic Church will not allow women, married men, or declared homosexuals to be priests; no lawsuits, to my knowledge, have been filed, and certainly none have been won.

The First Amendment would cause such a lawsuit to fail.

Gay marriage is about granting homosexuals the same rights under the government as heterosexuals, not forcing all churches to marry gay people.

Putting this idea into the minds of people who are already prejudiced is doing a great injustice to homosexuals in the battle for marriage equality.

— Lauren Dworsky, Senior, Integrated Social Studies, ldworsk@bgsu.edu.

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We’ve all seen them, the bursar bill that blows our mind; it is called the tuition bill.

For most students, this bill is paid by student loans, private scholarships, school scholarships, athletic scholarships and for a few, private donors and student financial aid from the government.

This year the fees for an on-campus Ohio resident are $4,530. For non-Ohio residents it hits $8,184. That’s just under double for those that live outside Ohio.

I fall into the category of a student with private scholarships from home, student loans,and help from my parents back home with the bursar bill.

I consider myself special and lucky to have parents helping out with my fees and “bursarable” items that I often purchase.

But for me, I still have the incredible loans looming over my head just waiting for me after I graduate. Loans at $20,000 a year that stack up year after year, that will be waiting there for me after I graduate,

and I expect that number to just keep going up and up.

Students cannot continue to pay more and more and expect to pay it off before we die. With fees going up every year and loan interest rates what they are right now, students will be in that situation.

There are programs out there that offer “tuition freezing,” but those programs are only offered to students with a 3.0 GPA, 30 credit hours each year, and a “high need” situation, which is based off of the FAFSA, which is defined as “as an expected family contribution of $6,000 or less.”

According to Norm Bedford, associate director of Operations of Student Financial Aid, the program is being offered to the freshman class of 2006-07, and the freshman class of 2007-08, but there is no guarantee of the program continuing in the future.

The program offers tuition protection to students in a highneed situation by guaranteeing their rate will not go up. In the event of a tuition increase, the Financial Aid office will pay the difference in a grant to the student.

This aid continues as long as the students continue to meet the standards set forth by the

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THE BETTER PEOPLE ON THE STREET If you could change the power of Heart in Captain Planet, how would you make it not suck?

“Probably Vodka. Or Rum . . . Yeah, Rum.”

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“The power of Black Heart. Or something angry.”

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Imagine getting attacked by one out of nowhere.”

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Gory movies make for horrific fun Goodness, do I love gross stuff.

Seriously, I’m not sure what’s wrong with me.

I have some sort of odd, Dahmer-like love for gory things, especially when it comes to movies. And, nowadays, movies are becoming sicker and sicker.

Whether it’s some guy turning into a gigantic, peopleabsorbing blob, or a director’s nether regions melting on camera, gross movies are awesome.

And, it’s not like there’s short supply of such movies.

“Slither,” for instance, which you can see on channel 21 this month, contains some of the goriest, most disgusting moments that I’ve seen. The plot of the movie (of which there is very little) involves these weird, reddish-colored, leech-like creatures infecting people in this podunk, back-

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woods town.

Then, these infected people start eating copious amounts of meat (anything from rib-eyes to the neighbor’s dog) and turning into weird zombies. Pretty much one of the better movie ideas of all time. One of the more remarkable “OH SWEET GOD” shrieking moments was when the main monster of the movie literally cuts a guy in half.

While this would scare most, I found that I couldn’t stop laughing. The same thing happened over the weekend when I witnessed the amazingness that was “Grindhouse.” If you

haven’t seen this movie yet, don’t bother talking to me.

Mainly because this is all I seem to talk about, because of how jaw-droppingly amazing this movie is.

Yeah, it was awesome. But, of course, when we think about scream-out-loud movie moments, we have to go back to the old Tarantino classic “Pulp Fiction.” Randomly shooting a guy’s head off, John Travolta being destroyed by a shotgun, and “The Gimp” are just a few of the amazing highlights from this film.

Now, when you see any of these moments, I’m guessing (and hoping) that you won’t be as insane as me and laugh at them. But, you gotta love them nonetheless.

Jon (jonr@bgsu.edu) is actually watching Bambi right now.

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Students like myself who have to pay for college themselves, wouldn’t mind a bit of help from time to time, but there are people out there who do need it more than I do.

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out taking out loans or cutting back on everyday living.

All of the loans that are taken out to pay for my tuition will eventually come out of my pocket. Almost every dime I borrow, I will pay back after I graduate. or at least I will start paying them back after I graduate, I’ll probably still be paying it back in 20 to 30 years.

Bedford is quoted as saying this about the FAFSA and EFC system, “It is an equitable system, more than a fair system for determining the EFC. The formula does need to be reviewed

by Congress, because there have been no significant changes in over a decade, and changes do need to be made.”

This system does do a fair bit to help students and families with paying for college. But it’s

need to get off of my sore feet.

Saying goodbye at the end of the night, I saw people were still steady and having fun for the most part. I was overwhelmed by the experience, hoping I’d gained some knowledge of bar crawling college students.

The kind farewell pat on my head by a male friend made me think maybe I still had a lot to learn.

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This need-based program addresses both those concerns, keeping it down to only those that need the help the most and giving it to them.

When I applied for FAFSA last year, my families Estimated Family Contribution was more than the tuition cost per year.

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ally using alcohol and drugs to obtain sex.”

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Are boys in pink acceptable, or more importantly, are popped collars?

“On certain guys, but not all. You know what I mean.”

“Popped, no. Pink, yes. It’s alright with most guys.”

“Under no circumstances is that ever, EVER okay.”

“A pink shirt is sexy, but popped collars are . . . uh no.”

COLLEEN VERBUS, Senior, Telecommunications

JENNIFER KING, Senior, Interpersonal Communications

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Trying to make the world better With Earth Day coming up I started to think abnormally hard about the environment.

Yeah, I recycle my empty bottles but that’s just because the dorms have those nifty little brown carts that are conveniently low to the ground.

I mean, that’s where I usually am after I finish my bottle of Jack so it only makes sense!

But then I said to myself, “Self, what are you doing to help the environment?”

That’s when I started to hear the crickets and a tumble weed blew by, metaphorically speaking, as this was all going on in my head, like most of my conversations. At that moment I decided to get environmentally active.

Unfortunately for the future of human existence, getting environmentally active means I actually have to get active . . .

I started doing little things

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like wearing my roommate’s clean socks instead of wasting water washing the six or seven loads I have fermenting in the corner of my dorm.

I did other things too like using only half a can of aerosol hair spray while trying to make my hair look as messy as possible for class; that is, until I decided it was best to stop making my hair messy chic for class at all.

Of course that means I stopped going to class completely. I mean, hey, it is for the environment!

One day when I was tired of napping and bored with doing

absolutely nothing in the name of the environment I decided to go see the viewing of “An Inconvenient Truth.”

My thinking is that Al Gore created it and he’s a Democrat and the Democrats are always hugging trees and stuff. I’m not going to go as far as to say I’ve decided to start voting or anything, but if I were to I’d defiantly vote to legalize all that is green. . . . I never did make it to that showing.

As soon as I stepped foot outside and saw snow again I went back inside quicker than you can say “electoral college.”

How the H am I honestly supposed to believe that the globe is warming when it’s snowing in April!?

Screw environmentalism, I’m going back inside . . .

Amy (adillon@bgsu.edu) is going back

So I was surfing around on Facebook instead of going to class (as usual) and noticed that there is one trend throughout this Web site.

Everyone’s pictures look just as horrible, if not worse than the person before them. Honestly, it’s like your friends are getting back at you for anything you might have ever done to them by tagging the worst pictures they have of you.

I have to admit, I have quite a few images of me on that Web site that make me look like I came from the shallow end of the gene

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pool, but I’ve devised a plan to make myself look less ridiculous to anyone that might happen to stumble across it.

I untag.

Yep, my genius way of trying to keep people from seeing that I partake in the tasting of “adult beverages” is to just bounce those

incriminating snapshots back.

But who doesn’t try to make themselves look better on the Internet than they really are in real life? I’ve claimed to be Johnny Depp at times, so I’m sure that looking a little stupid online isn’t all too bad.

There’s really no point in trying to hide those party pictures (I mean you, Greek houses) because everyone does it. Or at least they should, if they want to be cool.

Matt (mmauk@bgnet.bgsu.edu) is going to have an incriminating weekend.

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PENGUINS NOT THE ONLY ONES WITH ‘HAPPY FEET’: A sage grouse hen signals her willingness to breed with a rooster in the center of the lek, the “dancing grounds” where the grouse come to mate, south of Rockland, Idaho. According to Dave Delehanty, an associate professor of biology at Idaho State University, an elaborate dance performed each spring by male sage grouse is part of a process known as sexual selection. It entails passing on traits that don’t offer an immediate survival benefit but have a reproductive advantage.

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CHICAGO — A virus that has killed tens of thousands of fish in the eastern Great Lakes appears headed for Lake Michigan, where wildlife experts fear it could threaten the sport-fishing industry.

Viral hemorrhagic septicemia, or VHS — which causes anemia and hemorrhaging in infected fish — was detected earlier this year in fish in an area of northern Lake Huron, about 20 miles from Lake Michigan.

It has been blamed for fish dieoffs last spring in lakes Erie and Ontario, as well as in Lake St. Clair and other waterways.

The virus doesn’t pose a health risk to humans, but concern about

its potential affect on fish populations is “very high,” said Gary Whelan, fish production manager at the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

“We don’t know which species are going to be susceptible,” Whelan said. “We don’t know whether this disease will come through once and kill off the susceptible and diseased ones,” or kill fish every year.

The virus — which may cause bloody patches on the skin and bleeding in the eyes — could threaten dozens of species, including many important sport fish such as muskies, freshwater drum and salmon, said Dr. Jill Rolland, a fish pathologist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service.

That’s potentially bad news for the $4 billion-a-year Great Lakes sport-fishing industry.

“It sounds like really, really bad stuff,” said charter boat captain Dick Stafford, who for 24 years has been taking people fishing in northern Lake Michigan through his company, Take Five Charters in Gladstone, Mich.

Whelan said the virus, likely a relative of a strain found in the maritime region of Canada, killed several thousand muskies in Lake St. Clair last March and April. In Lake Erie, up to 100,000 freshwater drum might have died last spring, along with thousands of yellow perch, he said. And up to 25,000 round gobies were killed off last May in Lake Ontario.

SPORTS

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

SIDELINES

Scheduling issues come back to hurt Indians

SOFTBALL Today’s double header with Tennessee canceled

BILL BORDEWICK REPORTER

The double header between BG and No. 1 Tennessee originally scheduled for today has been postponed indefinitely. The decision was made by both head coach Shannon Salsburg and UT’s Ralph and Karen Weekly, along with university administrators. A future meeting is expected to be re-scheduled. Current weather reports predict an 80 percent chance of rain in Knoxville, Tenn.

SCHEDULE TODAY

Baseball: at Notre Dame; 5 p.m.

OUR CALL On the way up

Roger Goodell: Highfive to the new commissioner for laying down the law, it had to be done.

On the way down

NHL Hockey: This is assuming it could get any lower, but did anyone realize the playoffs have started?

The List

The week is young, and already SportsCenter is starting to look like CourtTV. Here are the top five people who find themselves in hot water this week:

1. Pacman [below]:

Suspended an entire season?

Ouch. That’s a lot of “making it rain” ammunition gone by the wayside.

2. Imus: The embattled radio show host called Rutgers women’s basketball players “nappy-headed hos.”

Bad choice Mr. Imus.

3. Henry: Suspended eight games by Commissioner Goodell for his off-field shenanigans.

Coincidently, that’s about one game for each arrest.

4. Moon: The former NFL great quarterback Warren Moon was taken in under suspicion of drunken driving earlier this week.

5. Irvin: It had been a while since he was in the news for some sort of legal problems, so he was probably getting antsy. Former Dallas Cowboy Michael Irvin had charges filed against him Monday for assaulting a contractor, which left the guy “permanently disabled.”

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SITTING OUT: (Right) Titans punt returner Pacman Jones returns a punt, while Bengals receiver Chris Henry (right) celebrates a touchdown catch against the Steelers.

Double trouble

Adam “Pacman” Jones and Chris Henry receive lengthy suspensions

By Dave Goldberg The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Roger Goodell cracked down yesterday on the player misconduct that’s plagued his first seven months as NFL commissioner, suspending Tennessee’s Adam “Pacman” Jones for the 2007 season and Cincinnati’s Chris Henry for eight games.

“It is a privilege to represent the NFL, not a right,” Goodell said in a statement. “These players and all members of our league have to make the right choices and decisions in their conduct on a consistent basis.”

Jones’ off-field conduct has included 10 instances in which he was inter-

“It is a privilege to represent the NFL, not a right.”

Roger Goodell | NFL Commissioner

viewed by police. The most recent took place during the NBA All-Star weekend in Las Vegas. Police there recommended felony and misdemeanor charges against Jones after a fight and shooting at a strip club paralyzed one man.

His suspension could be longer or shorter depending on developments in that case, an official with knowledge of the details of the suspension said. He requested anonymity because the Las

Vegas case is still pending.

The NFL suspension could be as short as 10 games, if Jones meets the conditions set by the NFL and is cleared in a pending case in Georgia, as well as the Las Vegas case, in which he has yet to be charged.

Henry was arrested four times in a 14-month span, resulting in two benchings by coach Marvin Lewis and a two-game league suspension.

He was one of nine Bengals arrested in nine months.

Goodell handed down the suspensions under the NFL’s existing conduct policy and also announced a new broader policy that will allow longer

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The 2007 Cleveland Indians home opener live from Miller Park … wait, hold on, something’s not right here.

Unless the Indians built a new stadium over the weekend, they are not playing this game in Cleveland, and in fact they are not.

The Indians opened up the home schedule last night against the Los Angeles Angels in the friendly confines of Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisc., which is a cool seven hours from the Indians regular home in Jacobs Field.

A Cleveland team has not played a home game in Wisconsin since the movie “Major League” was staged at Milwaukee’s old County Stadium. Unfortunately for Tribe fans, the movie was fictitious but this situation is definitely real.

The Indians were basically forced into this situation because they could not afford to cancel any more games after having their whole four game series wiped by the snowfall in Cleveland over the weekend.

In fact the Indians requested to have the series moved to Milwaukee because of Miller Park’s retractable roof. The other option being considered was Minute Maid Park in Houston, TX. “Games have been getting snowed out for a long time,” said Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig to the Cincinnati Enquirer. “It’s very difficult — you can’t please everyone. We’ve had some warm Aprils. This year has been a disaster.”

The Indians were really put behind the eight ball by the schedule makers. These were Mariners’ and Angels’ only trips to Cleveland this year, so it was critical for the Indians to get these games in.

Cleveland now faces a situation in which the Mariners have to come back to Cleveland twice to make up the four postponed games over the weekend. This

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Cold bats plague Falcons

By Bill Bordewick Reporter

Heading into their game with Notre Dame, the Falcons will need to awaken their sleeping bats in order to right the ship for the season.

“Right now we’re hitting .223 in the conference — we’re last in the conference in hitting and that’s not typical Bowling Green baseball,” said BG coach Danny Schmitz. “The hitting has really been our sore thumb this season. We are not swinging the bats well right now.”

“...we’re last in the conference in hitting and that’s not typical Bowling Green baseball.”

Danny Schmitz | BG Coach

The Falcons will have to rekindle that offensive magic that was supposed to be a strength of the team against the Irish today at 6 p.m. at Frank Eck Stadium in

South Bend, Ind. BG is coming off a three game sweep at the hands of Central Michigan over the weekend in which the offense was silent for the first two games.

“When you get three hits the first two games of the series and you only get one run the first two games of the series, you’re not going to win,” Schmitz said.

“Three hits and one run are just not going to get it done.”

The Falcons lost the Chippewa series by a combined total of 25-7

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Durant declares for NBA Draft

By Jim Vertuno The Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — Kevin Durant is done with college.

Durant, an 18-year-old Texas freshman and The Associated Press Player of the Year, said yesterday he’s leaving the Longhorns to enter the NBA draft.

“I enjoyed my year here at Texas,” Durant said in a statement released before his news conference. “All the fans and everyone here at Texas made me feel right at home, considering I was so far from home. I will

always be a Longhorn and never forget what the people of Texas have done for me.”

After an All-American season in which he swept the major player of the year awards, few expected Durant to play another season in college.

Now the question is whether he’ll be the first pick of the June 28 draft. Durant and Ohio State’s freshman center Greg Oden — who has not yet said if he’ll leave college — are considered the likely first two picks.

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CONFERENCE: Kevin Durant, the Associated Press Player of the Year.

MORRY GASH | AP PHOTO

WAITING: Erika Thompson and John Lowther, both of Milwaukee, watch batting practice before a baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles.

Tribe earns “home” win

By Chris Jenkins The Associated Press

MILWAUKEE — Cleveland superfan John Adams pounded out his familiar drum beat in the Miller Park concourse, and curious Milwaukee baseball fans showed up to politely root, root, root for their adopted home team as the Cleveland Indians beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-6 last night.

After sitting through a weekend’s worth of snow without playing a game that counted, the Indians finally got to play a home opener of sorts — under a retractable roof some 450 miles away from Jacobs Field.

Talk about a getaway day.

The Indians’ three-game series against the Angels was moved to Milwaukee after an unusually strong spring storm dumped more than a foot of snow on the city of Cleveland and wiped out four scheduled games against the Seattle Mariners.

Indians players were concerned about being rusty after the layoff, but Cleveland starter C.C. Sabathia was anything but.

Despite not having pitched since opening day, Sabathia (2-0) gave up three runs, one earned, and struck out seven in seven innings.

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Waves of violence presist in Baghdad

By Lauren Frayer The Associated Press

BAGHDAD — A raging, daylong battle erupted in central Baghdad yesterday and four Iraqi soldiers were killed, 16 U.S. soldiers were wounded and a U.S. helicopter was hit by ground fire at the close of the second month of the massive security crackdown on the capital.

Sixty miles to the north, in the mostly Sunni city of Muqdadiyah, a woman with a suicide vest strapped beneath her black Muslim robe blew herself up in the midst of 200 Iraqi police recruits. The attack killed at least 16 men waiting to learn if they had been hired.

The security crackdown,

which began Feb. 14 and will see nearly 170,000 American forces in Iraq by the end of May, has curbed some sectarian attacks and assassinations in the capital.

But violence continues to flare periodically in Baghdad and has risen markedly in nearby cities and towns.

The fierce fighting in central Baghdad shut down the Sunnidominated Fadhil and Sheik Omar neighborhoods just after 7 a.m., the U.S. military said. After American and Iraqi troops came under fire during a routine search operation, helicopter gunships swooped in, engaging insurgents with machine gun fire.

Some Arab television stations reported an American helicopter was shot down in the fight, and

showed video of a charred piece of mechanical wreckage that was impossible to identify. The U.S. issued a statement late last night saying an attack helicopter suffered damage from small arms fire but returned to base.

Several blocks from the battle, a rocket slammed into a schoolyard basketball court, killing a 6year-old boy. AP Television News videotape showed children's backpacks and books still open on classroom desks, covered with shattered glass and debris.

Blood was pooled on the dusty tile floor.

Police said it was a stray Katyusha rocket that dug into the asphalt playground and at least 17 were wounded — 15 students and two teachers.

Suicide bomber kills 16, injures 33

By Sinan Salaheddin The Associated Press

BAGHDAD — A woman with explosives hidden beneath her black abaya detonated them yesterday in a crowd of about 200 police recruits northeast of Baghdad, killing at least 16 people, police and hospital officials said.

The woman walked into the crowd at the main gate of the

Muqdadiyah police station and blew herself up, according to a police officer at the scene who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

At least 16 people were killed and 33 wounded in the mostly Sunni Muslim city about 60 miles northeast of Baghdad, said Dr. Abdul Salam al-Jibour at Muqdadiyah General Hospital.

Meanwhile, U.S. and Iraqi

army forces were engaged in fierce fighting with gunmen in two Sunni-dominated neighborhoods of the capital, Fadhil and Sheik Omar, police and witnesses said.

An American helicopter in the battle came under ground fire but was not shot down, a senior U.S. military official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because U.S. officials were still investigating.

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LONDON — Britain on Monday banned all military service members from talking to the media in return for payment in the future, reversing its decision to allow the 15 marines and sailors held captive in Iran to sell their stories.

Defense Secretary Des Browne issued a statement saying the navy faced a “very tough call” over its initial decision to allow the payments, which came under sharp criti-

cism. The new ban will not affect those who already gave accounts, a Defense Ministry spokesman said.

On Monday, in one of the first accounts, Faye Turney, the sole woman in the detained crew, said that she “felt like a traitor” for agreeing to her captors’ demands to appear on Iranian TV and that she believed they had measured her for a coffin.

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Suspected terrorists found in hole

By John Thorne The Associated Press

CASABLANCA, Morocco — Police surrounded a building in Morocco’s largest city where four terrorism suspects were holed up yesterday, forcing three of the men to flee and blow themselves up with explosives. The fourth was shot by police as he was apparently preparing to detonate his bomb.

A police officer was killed in the operation and a young child was injured, officials said.

The explosions in Casablanca, weeks after the bombing of an Internet cafe in the city, promised to further rattle the North African kingdom whose first high-profile brush with Islamic terrorism came in five suicide bombings in the city in May 2003.

Moroccan authorities responded to those attacks, which left 45 people dead, with the arrest of thousands of alleged Islamic militants — some accused of working with al-Qaida to plot strikes in Morocco and abroad. At least two of those killed yesterday were suspected of links to those attacks.

The suspects were all allegedly connected to the March 11 bombing of the Internet cafe — an attack that killed the

bomber, Abdelfettah Raydi, and four others.

Yesterday’s violence started when police, acting on a tip, surrounded a four-story apartment building in the workingclass Hay Farah neighborhood of Casablanca where the suspected terrorists were holed up, officials said.

One of the suspects fled to the roof, where he blew himself up, said a police official on the scene who refused to give his name, saying he was not authorized to do so. Morocco’s official MAP news agency identified that bomber as Mohamed Rachidi.

A second man appeared to be on the verge of detonating explosives, fumbling with his clothes, when a police sniper shot him, officials said. The suspect, who later died of his wounds, was identified by police as Mohamed Mentala. He was carrying nearly nine pounds of explosives, said an Interior Ministry official who also asked not to be named, citing ministry policy.

Mentala and Rachidi had both been sought by police for alleged involvement in the 2003 suicide bombings, the Interior Ministry official said.

The third suspect fled, then blew himself up hours later as

police were searching for him, according to another officer at the scene, who also refused to give his name. He was identified as Ayyoub Raydi, the brother of the Internet cafe bomber, the Interior Ministry official said.

The police officer was killed and another seriously injured when Ayyoub Raydi detonated his explosives, the official said. A 7-year-old boy was hospitalized with minor injuries.

In the evening, the fourth suspect detonated his explosives in the middle of a boulevard, said a police official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly. The official MAP news agency said the blast injured five people. It gave no details.

Investigations into the March 11 cafe bombing led police to a wider suspected plot to attack the port in Casablanca, as well as police stations and tourist sites in Morocco. The group had amassed dozens of homemade explosives at a Casablanca apartment.

In last month’s blast, Abdelfettah Raydi detonated his charge when the cybercafe’s owner caught him surfing jihadist Web sites. He was killed and four others were injured.

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Democrats hit Gonzales with subpoena

By Laurie Kellman The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Democrats subpoenaed Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for more documents yesterday, escalating their fight with the Bush administration over the firings of eight U.S. attorneys.

The subpoena, issued a week before Gonzales is to testify under oath before Congress about the dismissals, seeks hundreds of documents either withheld or heavily blacked out by his department. The subpoena sets a Monday deadline for Gonzales to produce the documents.

“We have been patient in allowing the department to work through its concerns regarding the sensitive nature of some of these materials,” House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, DMich., wrote Gonzales in a letter accompanying the subpoena.

“Unfortunately, the department has not indicated any meaningful willingness to find a way to meet our legitimate needs.”

He characterized the subpoena as a last resort after weeks of negotiations with Justice over documents and e-mails the committee wants in its pursuit of whether any of the firings were improper.

Responding, Justice spokesman Brian Roehrkasse stopped

John Conyers (D-Mich) | House Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., also asked Gonzales in a letter for documents on the firings that have been retained by the Justice Department. Such letters are sometimes preludes to a subpoena, which Leahy’s committee is expected to authorize this week.

Leahy’s committee also asked Gonzales for documents on a prosecution in Wisconsin that was overturned by a federal appeals court for lack of evidence. The defendant, state worker Georgia Thompson, had been accused of bid-rigging by favoring a company with ties to Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle.

Leahy and five other Democratic senators said they were “concerned whether or not politics may have played a role” in the case against Thompson.

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“We have been patient in allowing the department to work through its concerns regarding the sensitive nature of some of these materials.” short of saying the department would fight the subpoena. But he said legal concerns about violating privacy rights of people mentioned in the documents have kept the Justice Department from releasing them.

“Much of the information that the Congress seeks pertains to individuals other than the U.S. attorneys who resigned,” Roehrkasse said. “Because there are individuals’ privacy interests implicated by publicly releasing this information, it is unfortunate that Congress would choose this option.”

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JACKSBORO, Tenn. — A 15year-old boy pleaded guilty yesterday in the killing of a high school official and the wounding of two others under a plea deal announced after jury selection for his trial had started.

The judge sentenced Kenneth Bartley Jr. to 45 years in prison for the single count of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted second-degree murder in the 2005 shootings at Campbell County Comprehensive High School.

Before the plea, Bartley met privately to apologize to the victims, Assistant Principal Jim Pierce and Principal Gary Seale.

“He said he wished he hadn’t done it and that he wished he could take it back,” said Pierce.

“We will never be the same, but we told him that we forgave him.”

The teenager could have faced a life sentence if convicted on the original charges. He will be held in a juvenile facility until he is 19, then move to adult prison. Bartley could be eligible for parole in 25 to 29 years.

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FACING THE CONSEQUENCE: Kenneth Bartley Jr., right, watches during jury selection yesterday in Jacksboro, Tenn. Bartley is being tried as an adult for allegedly killing Assistant Principal Ken Bruce and wounding Principal Gary Seale and Assistant Principal Jim Pierce at Campbell County Comprehensive High School in November.

The boy had been in and out of trouble while in middle school and had spent about a year and a half in a residential juvenile treatment program.

Deputy Sheriff Darrell Mongar testified during a February hearing that Bartley told him the pistol was his father’s and he planned to trade it for OxyContin, a powerful painkiller.

Pierce testified at that hearing that he told Bartley he wanted the gun the boy had in his pocket.

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Pyongyang had insisted the money be released before it closed its Yongbyon nuclear reactor as required by a February agreement.

Under that deal, the North has until Saturday to close the plant. McCormack acknowledged that closing and sealing the plant in four days might pose safety problems, suggesting a possible extension.

“We are now bumping up against the technical ability to safely shut down all the facilities related to Yongbyon,” McCormack said. “We’ll see where we are on Saturday.”

In South Korea, Hill expressed optimism the deadline could now be met.

“It’s obviously a big step that I think should clear the way for the (North) to step up the process of dealing with its obligations within the 60-day period,” Hill said, referring to the Saturday deadline.

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With just days to go before a weekend deadline for North Korea to shut down its main nuclear facility, the State Department said a stalemate over the release of $25 million in frozen North Korean bank accounts had been cleared.

“Authorized account holders, as of now, will be able to access the funds in those accounts,” spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters. “We’ll see if they take ‘yes’ for an answer.”

McCormack cited comments from authorities in the Chinese territory of Macau where the money is held by the Banco Delta Asia, which has been blacklisted by Washington for allegedly helping North Korea launder money.

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The Energy Department said yesterday that the recent sharp rise in gasoline costs is likely to slow in the coming weeks with prices averaging $2.81 a gallon over the vacation driving season, about 3 cents lower than last spring and summer.

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Only a month ago, the agency said it believed the cost of regular-grade gasoline would peak in June, averaging $2.67 for the month, a price already eclipsed last week.

The latest forecast calls for prices to peak with an average $2.87 a gallon for the month of May, then decline. Last summer’s peak was an average of $2.98 for the month of July.

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with $3-plus gasoline quick to follow.

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Since January, the price of regular grade gasoline has gone from a weekly average of $2.16 a gallon to $2.80 last week. Prices across much of the West Coast have been over $3 a gallon.

Gasoline prices normally increase in advance of the Aprilto-September heavy driving season, but this time the price climb came shockingly early — in the dead of winter.

The government attributed the unusual early price surge to higher crude oil prices, unplanned refinery outages, declining imports from Europe and an increase in demand.

“Although gasoline prices began their seasonal increase about a month earlier than usual, the rapid rate of price increase is projected to slow over the next few months,” said the energy agency.

Despite the higher prices, motorists show no signs that they’re staying off the roads.

The forecast said motorists are expected to use nearly 400 million gallons of gasoline from April to September, a 1.2 percent increase over the same months last year.

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BASEBALL From Page 9 with six of those runs coming in the final game. Unfortunately for the Falcons in that game, the Chippewas posted 14.

The last time the Falcons posted a victory was over a week ago when Andrew Foster had three home runs to help beat IPFW 19-10.

“We just put all three phases of the game together — pitching, defense and hitting,” said BG infielder Marty Baird. “We just got to start hitting the ball

— getting the clutch hits when we need them and that’s what we haven’t been doing lately.”

The Irish dropped their last series to the University of Cincinnati two games to one but did manage to win the final game of the series.

Irish coach Dave Schrage believes his team needs to play better over the course of the rest of the season.

“We need to play with a sense of urgency from here on out,” Schrage said after a recent win over Oakland.

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2-6 in Big East conference play while the Falcons come in at 13-16 on the season but have only managed one win in nine conference outings.

“Tyler [Johnson] has gone out in every single start he’s had and we just can’t put any runs on the board,” Baird said. “Same with Nick [Cantrell] — we got three hits that second game of the [CMU] series and three hits isn’t going to get it done.”

The Falcons will send Dusty Hawk to the mound against the Irish. Hawk has a 0-1 record in four starts this season with a 5.62 earned run average.

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PISCATAWAY, N.J. — The Rutgers administration and women’s basketball team blasted Don Imus’ “despicable” remarks yesterday, but stopped short of saying he should be fired and agreed to meet with the embattled radio host.

Starting Monday, Imus will be suspended for two weeks for calling the Rutgers players “nappy-headed hos.”

Rutgers’ athletic director, Robert E. Mulcahey III, thought a meeting with Imus offered the team’s players a chance to listen to him and hear what he has to say. Several players said they wanted to ask the host why he would make such thoughtless statements.

“We all agreed the meeting with Mr. Imus will help,” Essence Carson, a member of the team that lost the NCAA women’s championship game to Tennessee last week, said.

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“Unless they’ve given ‘ho’ a whole new definition, that’s not what I am,” said another player, Kia Vaughn.

Head coach C. Vivian Stringer said her players “are the best this nation has to offer, and we are so very fortunate to have them at Rutgers University.

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representatives in every sense of the word.”

She said it’s not about the players “as black or nappyheaded. It’s about us as a people. When there is not equality for all, or when there has been denied equality for one, there has been denied equality for all.”

She further said: “While they worked hard in the classroom and accomplished so much and used their gifts and talents, you know, to bring the smiles and the pride within this state in so many people, we had to experience racist and sexist remarks that are deplorable, despicable, and abominable and unconscionable. It hurts me.”

In Washington, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino was asked if President Bush thought Imus’ punishment was strong enough.

“The president believed that the apology was the absolute right thing to do,” Perino said yesterday. “And beyond that, I think that his employer is going to have to make a decision about any action that they take based on it.”

BUCKEYE SELF - STORAGE

The BG1 Card becomes the 1 card to carry at BGSU An important change is coming to the way in which we pay for the things we buy on campus.

You can easily put money on your stored-value BG1 Card account at various locations around campus:

BiG Charge and bursaring of campus purchases and donations will end on May 4, the last day of spring semester. But you can still easily purchase items and campus services using your BG1 Card, which is also your BGSU photo ID. Many of you already use this option; now the card becomes even more important as the “1” card to carry for your campus needs.

• In the Bowen-Thompson Student Union, at the Card Services Center in the University Bookstore or at the Account Management Center machine (similar to an ATM) next to the Information Desk • In the Student Recreation Center, at the Account Management Center machine; • Over the phone, at 419-372-4127 • By fax, at 419-372-4364 • By mail addressed to the BG1 Card Services Center, BGSU

PAY AS YOU GO With the BG1 Card’s “stored-value” feature, you can deposit money on the card to be used for purchases on campus and at participating off-campus locations.

Then, the purchase amount is simply deducted from that account. Be sure to carry your card with you—you will need to present it when making purchases using your stored-value account.

Purchasing with the BG1 Card is fast, convenient and secure. The card is easy to use and will be accepted at most places on campus where purchases are made, from the bookstore to dining centers, Wendy’s™ and Starbucks™, the Student Recreation Center and department and college locations. Cash, debit cards, credit cards and checks will still be accepted everywhere they previously have been. Additional BG1 Card features are planned for the coming year.

PLAN FOR YOUR MONEY NEEDS The new system will require you to prepare a bit more in advance. You should make sure you have enough money on your BG1 Card to cover all purchases you expect to make with the card.

The Account Management Center machines accept cash or credit cards to put money on stored-value BG1 Card accounts, and also can be used to check BG1 Card balances. The Card Services Center in the Union accepts cash, personal checks, credit cards and debit cards for adding funds to BG1 Card accounts. Money put on the card is instantly available for purchases on campus and at participating off-campus locations.

You can also check your balance online at the BG1 Card site, and eventually you will be able to view transactions online as well.

Note: Fees for such things as library fines, broken lab equipment and traffic tickets will not be deducted from BG1 accounts. Those charges will be applied to students’ bursar accounts.

Families can add money to their students’ BG1 stored-value accounts using any of the methods above.

Money deposited on the BG1 Card will roll over until a student’s last semester at BGSU.

GOT QUESTIONS? GET ANSWERS. For more information, go to the BG1Card Web site at http://BG1Card.bgsu.edu, call 419-372-4127 or visit the BG1 Card Services Center in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union.

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Bengals hope Henry suspension provokes lifestyle changes

By Joe Kay The Associated Press

CINCINNATI — Chris Henry’s eight-game suspension from the NFL left the Cincinnati Bengals looking for another No. 3 receiver and hoping that the latest punishment forces Henry to get his life in order.

Commissioner Roger Goodell suspended Henry for the first eight games of the season yesterday, part of a tougher league approach to player misconduct. Tennessee cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones was suspended for the entire season.

The two players from West Virginia have become the face of NFL player misbehavior.

Henry was arrested four times in a 14-month span, and served two days in jail last January after pleading guilty to letting minors drink alcohol in a hotel room he had rented.

The team had become exasperated with Henry’s repeated problems, most recently his citations for traffic violations last month, including driving with a suspended license.

“We support the commissioner’s ruling,” coach Marvin Lewis said in a statement. “And while we regret the circumstances that called for it, it’s good for both Chris and the Bengals to have the

SUSPENDED From Page 9 fines and suspensions for players and potential penalties against teams.

The Titans and Bengals said they supported the suspensions.

“While we regret the circumstances that called for it, it’s good for both Chris and the Bengals to have the matter resolved,” Lewis said. “Our team will move forward, and now it is up to Chris to acquire a more mature understanding of his responsibilities as a player for the Bengals and a representative of the NFL.” Jones’ attorney, Manny Arora,

KEITH SRAKOCIC | AP PHOTO

NICE GRAB: Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry, left, makes his first touchdown catch behind Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Ike Taylor.

matter resolved.

“Our team will move forward, and now it is up to Chris to acquire a more mature understanding of his responsibilities as a player for the Bengals and a representative of the NFL.” Last year, the Bengals became synonymous with player misconduct. Nine players were arrested during a nine-month span, even though Goodell had visited Cincinnati and warned the team to stay

out of trouble.

Henry’s latest suspension — the NFL also sat him for two games last season — and Goodell’s tougher conduct policy announced Tuesday sent a message that things must change.

“We get the point,” receiver Chad Johnson said yesterday, shortly before the suspensions were announced. “He’s not playing any games. He’s proving his point.”

declined comment.

Reached at her Georgia home, Jones’ mother, Deborah Jones, said: “I just pray that this can be changed. This is not fair for him. It’s just not fair.”

Goodell, who replaced the retired Paul Tagliabue last September, has spent much of his first season answering questions about the arrests of players, including nine Bengals.

Last December, he called Mike Brown, president of the Cincinnati team, and asked if he could do anything to help.

Goodell and Gene Upshaw, executive director of the NFL Players Association, met with a group of players in February and again last week and agreed the league needed a stronger

disciplinary policy.

“It is important that the NFL be represented consistently by outstanding people as well as great football players, coaches and staff,” Goodell said in announcing the new policy, which has the strong support of Upshaw and the union.

Players agreed.

“You would think it’s necessary just because of the negative publicity the NFL is beginning to receive because of what’s happening,” said Henry’s teammate, T.J. Houshmandzadeh, one of the players at the February meeting. “It was going on for an extended period of time. Each day, each week, something was happening.”

DURANT From Page 9 “He’s made history,” Texas coach Rick Barnes said Monday night at the team banquet. “No one’s done what he did this year.

He swept every major award as a freshman. It’s a year we may not ever see again by anybody. It’s remarkable.”

Players have until April 29 to declare for the June 28 draft in New York.

SCHEDULE From Page 9 will take away two scheduled off-days for both teams.

What I don’t get about the situation is why the four teams that play in domed stadiums — Toronto, Minnesota, Tampa Bay and Seattle — played a combined three out of eight possible series’ at home in their weather controlled environments.

While other teams in the league — Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago — were forced to cancel at least one home game because the conditions were either too cold or there was too much snow on the ground.

Would it really have been that big of a stretch to have Minnesota, Toronto, Tampa Bay, Seattle, Los Angeles, Oakland and Texas open up the season at home for the first week of the season? Then have these teams could go on the road for the second week of the season.

“It would be a lot easier if you started off in areas with domes or on the West Coast,” said Indians pitcher Roberto Hernandez to the Akron Beacon Journal. “It’s a case of using common sense. You can’t predict the weather, but if you did the schedule that way, you’d have a better chance to play.”

This would allow the northern and midwest teams a chance to get one more week of April under their belts before having to play a game at home.

Granted April baseball in these cities is never particularly fun, but at least they would have a better opportunity to not have the game postponed.

The Indians now will have six more road games on the season because while they will be listed as the home team, they are still playing in an unfamiliar setting. To their credit, they are taking the situation in stride.

“What are we going to do, cry about it,” said Indians first baseman Ryan Garko to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. “We just have to deal with what’s in front of us.”

And they will have to seeing as how they have now endured one of the weirdest opening weeks in the history of the franchise in which they have had more snow outs (4) than games played (3).

Hope you enjoyed the “home opener” Tribe fans.

National Secretaries & Administrative Assistant’s Week April 16 - 20th Thanks!!

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This unique metal bud vase of fresh daisys spells out the word “Thanks” – a wonderful & continuing reminder that you appreciate all of the hard work!

You Deserve a Break

$22.95

This fun double baskets is filled with snacks on one side, a beautiful blooming cyclamen plant on the other side.

We also have a variety of plants and other fresh arrangements for you to choose from and will be glad to personalize your arrangement with something special that represents your company/business!

THE BG NEWS SUDOKU

SUDOKU To play: Complete the grid so that every row, column and every 3 x 3 box contains the digits 1 to 9. There is no guessing or math involved.

Just use logic to solve.

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FOUND-RING. Women’s restroom, 1st floor, BA Bldg., Thurs. April 5. To claim: call Jeanne, 419-262-6535 to describe.

CAMPUS POLLYEYES SPAGHETTI DINNER $5.50 352-9638 Join me at the O.A.R. Concert, I’ll be there in my birthday suit! www.bgsu.musictoday.com

BGSU/KENYA 5K BENEFIT RUN Race against AIDS, April 21, 2007 REGISTER TODAY! 419-378-0356 Welcome Sibs N’ Kids!

Come to Down on the Farm Saturday, April 14th from 10am-3pm to see live animals, play games, & eat food at the Perry Field House!

Durant, the Big 12 player and freshman of the year, shot 47 percent from the field, 40 percent from 3-point range and 82 percent from the foul line. He averaged 36 minutes and also led the Longhorns in steals and blocks. He had 20 double-doubles and scored at least 30 points a Big 12-record 11 times.

He averaged 25.8 points and 11.1 rebounds — one of three players in the country to average more than 20 points and 10 rebounds.

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Looking for 1 ticket for Graduation ceremony on May 5th at 9:30am.

Will pay top dollar. Email or call Joe: 330-730-3646, josephp@bgsu.edu Make up to $75 per online survey: www.CashToSpend.com.

Before You Sign A Lease Did you ever consider that when you sign a lease you may be responsible for your roommates?

If they do not pay you have to! If they cause damage you could be held responsible. If your roommate does not pay their rent you could be evicted!

Not at The Enclave Apartments. We offer individual leasing by the bedspace. You are only responsible for your rental installment. If your roommate decides to skip we take the loss not you!

DON’T HAVE ROOMMATES? No problem. We offer a roommate matching program!

Call today to Ånd out more! Enjoy our resort style atmosphere and amenities without the resort style price tag!

The Flower Basket 165 South Main St downtown B.G. 419-352-6395

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“Hello, my name is Maria, I have lived at The Enclave for two years, and I love lounging out at their pool, and that I can still get a tan on cloudy days in their free tanning booth!”

• Furnished • Air Conditioned • On-site laundry • 2 blocks from campus • Efficiences $315/ mo + electric • One Bedroom Apts. $400/mo + electric

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The Daily Crossword Fix

Delivery & Prep Personnel at DiBenedetto’s 1432 E. Wooster St. Apply Monday through Friday Earn $2500+ monthly and more to type simple ads online. www.DataAdEntry.com

College Pro is now hiring painters to work outside with other students.

Earn $3000-5000 Advancement opportunities. 1-888-277-9787 or www.collegepro.com

Sitter for 8 yr. old . Afternoons & summer; varied hours. Must drive, references, past background check.

Contact 419-352-2909.

Full & part-time positions available Lawn Maintenance 419-354-1923.

Summer Work. Student Painters Outside Painting. $7.50 per hour 419-733-4043

Looking for student/teacher to choreograph a quincenita. Latin/hip hop routines. Call 419-308-7101.

The BG News Advertising Sales Position Fall ‘07/Spring ‘08 Must be personable, detail oriented, have own transportation, flexible hours. Apply in person & pick up application at 204 West Hall.

Needed, bar and wait staff at Porky’s in Weston, OH. Send resume to porkys_resume@earthlink.net or call 419-344-2058.

PLAY SPORTS! HAVE FUN! SAVE MONEY! Maine camp needs fun loving counselors to teach all land, adventure & water sports. Great summer! Call 888-844-8080, apply: campcedar.com Servers needed!! Experience req.

Apply in person. 100 N. Main St. N. Baltimore, OH. 419-257-0203.

Summer 2007 Income Opportunity.

Aqua Pro student franchises. Residential power washing business. Net $1200 per week. May be used for internship credit. 866-275-2782.

Toledo Area Advertising Sales Position Sell for The BG News Must be personable, detail oriented, have own transportation, flexible hours. Apply in person & pick up application at 204 West Hall.

TOLEDO COUNTRY CLUB is hiring for Servers/Bartenders. Day or night shifts. Tues.-Sat. $10+ per hour. Apply in person, Tue./Wed./Thu. btwn.

2-4pm. 3949 River Rd., Toledo, OH 43614 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE Uraku Japanese Restaurant Now hiring servers and cooks.

419-352-7070.

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Ranch house. 3 bdrm., 1 bath. Great location, quiet neighborhood. Lots of updates. $142,000. 419-308-4162.

**07-08 Rental 1 & 2 bdrm apts. 303 E. Merry 6 bdrm 3 liv. UP TO 8 .All next to campus, $5 Web.Call 419353-0325 9am-9pm/listing 24/7 @ 316 E. Merry 3. All close to dntn. + more updates @CARTYRENTALS. COM ‘07 - ‘08 School Year 1,2 & 3 bedroom apts. available.

For more info call 419-354-9740.

1 & 3 bdrm. apts. on Manville by Water Tower. Available May & Aug. 419-352-5239.

12 month leases starting May 2007 424 S. College - 3 BR House $795 + util.

605 5th St. - 3 BR Apt. $675 + util.

818 2nd St. - 2 BR Apt. $500 + gas/elec.

849 6th St. - 1 BR Apt. $325 + util.

Smith Apt. Rentals 419-352-8917

Toledo/Northwest Ohio Area

1-2 Days per week during school Full Time during summer break

2 bdrm. apt. 4th St. $525 month + utilities. Available August 7. & for fall. Call 419-409-1110.

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1-800-899-8070

2 bedrooms on 7th St. W/D, $650 mo. plus utilities. Available May 1st.

419-287-4337.

2 rooms avail. in 4 bdrm. Enclave apt. May thru Aug. Each have private bath. Apt includes W/D. $350 plus utilities 419-966-6192.

2 subleasers needed for 2 bdrm.apt.

May-Aug. Very spacious, W/D, $290 per person plus util. 419-217-7755.

11/2 Blocks From Campus

Move in during May or June and get 2 Months Free!* Move in after that and get

3 bdm. house. Close to BGSU Off-street parking, W/D, AC. One-2 bdrm. apt. off street pkg. Close to BGSU. All avail. Aug. 15, 2007. 419352-4773. 419-601-3225 (cell).

1 Month Free!*

$525/month Full Year Lease

1 Bedroom & Studios Available C/A, Pets Welcome On Site Laundry Private Entrance/Patio Short Term Leases Avail 419-352-7691

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2 bdrm apt furn & unfurn.

1 bdrm apt for grad student.

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For Rental Information: Contact Jack at 1-800-829-8638 or Steve at (419) 352-1150

3 bdrm apt. recently remodeled, small pets allowed for 2007-2008. sch. yr..Please call 419-308-3525.

4 bdrm. unfurn. house. 1st block of Manville. Redecorated May ‘06, available May ‘07. 419-352-5239.

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NOW RENTING FOR 2007-2008

1457 Scott Hamilton, 4 bdrm. Need 2-4 subleasers from Aug. 07-Aug. 08. Call 419-276-8843.

Hookah Sales • Cigarette Deals • Beer • Wine

brought to you by ‘05 Honda EXL Accord. 2 door., fully loaded, moon-roof, XM radio. Best offer 419-345-1001.

Stop in for listing or check website

www.meccabg.com 1045 N. Main

525 N. Prospect-3 bdrm., 2 bath, 2 car garage. $1000/M Avail. in May. 439 N. Main 5 bdrm. 2 bath, whole house. $1500/M Avail. in Aug. 721 Fourth, 3 bdrm. 2 bath, townhse $800/M. Avail. in Aug. 419-353-0494 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.

May 15. Call Phil 419-392-2812.

Apts & Houses 07 -08 419-353-8206 www.fiterentals.com

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

3 bdrm house. $800 plus utils. Avail 8/16. Sm. pet allowed. 404 S. College. 419.352.4850 & 419.352.6948.

For summer/fall lease. 3 students to share 3 bed, 2 bath condo in residential area, on west side of town. $340 ea./mo. plus util. Respond to 372-7373 or judyjac@bgsu.edu.

Private entry 1 bdrm. & studio As low as $365 419-352-0590

Furnished room for rent with freedom of house. $225 mo. $100 deposit. 419-354-6117.

Highland Management 1 & 2 bedroom apart.

354-6036 May ‘07- Aug. ‘08 lease www.bghighlandmgmt.com

AVAILABLE AUG. 15, 2007 ALL CLOSE TO BGSU 227 E. Reed, 3 bdrm., 2 bath,AC $1000.

606 5th St. 3 bdrm, 2 bath, AC,$850 443 N Enterprise, 3 bdrm. apt. $550 819 N. Summit, 2 bdrm house $400 112 Ridge St. 1-2 bdrm. apts. $350 CALL 419-308-2458 Available August 15, 2007. 3 bdrm. house, 227 E. Reed, $1000 per mo.

1 bdrm. apts. $300 & $350 per mo.

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

(419)353-5800

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

May . lease. $1500 mo. plus utiities.

419-340-2500.

Quiet, 1 bedroom unfurn. apt. on S. College Dr. Available August. $360.

Call 419-352-9378.

Sublsr. needed from May 5 - Aug. 1.

2 bdrm. apt. Each room $255. Free gas, cable & internet. 330-622-1575.

Summer lease. Furn. 1 bdrm. apt.

Private bathrm., W/D, A/C, swim pool & more. $350 + util. 1st mo. rent 1/2 price. 330-284-4243.

The Highlands 1 bedroom apartments $395.00 - $450.00 Quiet location, Laundry on Site www.bghighlandmgmt.com Highland Management 419-354-6036 Upper floor of house. All util. incl.

Free cable, W/D, monthly rent. Call 419-352-9542.

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Courteous Service, Convenience, Safe Some of the reasons to rent from us.

Rental Office & Units located at: Whitman Hardware 15819 Bowling Green Rd West (Wooster Street)

Mon-Fri 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Sat 8:00 – 3:00 PM 24/7 access to units

** You MUST bring this ad into our office at the time of signing the RESERVATION AGREEMENT for this promotion to be honored. Gift card will be given on day of move in, either 6/2/07 or 8/16/07 or we will discount your first month rent.

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