THE BG NEWS Monday
September 17, 2007 Volume 102, Issue 21
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Funeral planned for University student Services will be held today for Jordan Shirey, who was found dead in his house Thursday | Page 3
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Channel project sets off heated debate in India Shipping plans get tangled in religious disputes over who created the sand to be dredged: Mother Nature or the Hindu god Rama | Page 8
Bush selects attorney general By Deb Riechmann The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Bush has settled on Michael B. Mukasey, a retired federal judge from New York, to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general and will announce his selection today, a person familiar with the president’s decision said yesterday evening. Mukasey, who has handled terrorist cases in the U.S. legal system for more than a decade, would become the nation’s top law enforcement officer if confirmed by the Senate. Mukasey has the support of
some key Democrats, and it appeared Bush was trying to avoid a bruising confirmation battle. The 66-year-old New York native, who is a judicial adviser to GOP presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani, would take charge of a Justice Department where morale is low following months of investigations into the firings of nine U.S. attorneys and Gonzales’ sworn testimony on the Bush administration’s terrorist surveillance program. Key lawmakers, Democrats and Republicans alike, had questioned Gonzales’ cred-
ibility and competency after he repeatedly testified that he could not recall key events. The White House refused to comment yesterday. The person familiar with Bush’s decision refused to be identified by name because the nomination had not been officially announced. Bush supporters say Mukasey, who was chief judge of the high-profile courthouse in Manhattan for six years, has impeccable credentials, is a strong, law-and-order jurist, especially on national security issues, and will restore confidence in the Justice
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By India Hunter Reporter
It’s important to remember the lessons we’ve learned, but also to move on, columnist David Busch writes | Page 4
It’s important to seek an education, not just a grade or degree, guest columnist Conrad Pritscher writes | Page 4
SEXUAL ASSAULT STATISTICS ■ One out of every four college women
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In the Best Western Invitational in Anderson Arena, BG topped Valparaiso in all three matches this weekend | Page 5
Tennis takes four titles in BGSU Invitational The team took two singles titles and two doubles titles in the two-day event at home | Page 5
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polled was sexually assaulted during their four years of college. Every 2 1/2 minutes, somewhere in America, someone is sexually assaulted. One in six American women are victims of sexual assault. About 44 percent of rape victims are under the age of 18, 80 percent of rape victims are under age 30. In the past five years, an average of 59 percent of sexual assaults have gone unreported to police. The most commonly used strategy for protecting oneself from rape is a combination of screaming and physical resistance. 84 percent of women who are raped know the assailant. 57 percent of rapes occur on a date. 75 percent of male students and 55 percent of female students involved in a date rape case had been drinking or using drugs.
Statistics were taken from the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network’s Web site, http://www.rainn.org/statistics/, and from the University police department’s Women’s Self-Defense Training pamphlet.
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Self-defense sessions cultivate confidence
What’s your favorite microwaveable dish?
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JACQUELYN LOVELADY Sophomore, VCT
“Cheesy potato casserole.” | Page 4
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Department. Bush critics see the Mukasey nomination as evidence of Bush’s weakened political clout as he heads into the final 15 months of his presidency. It’s unclear how Senate Democrats will view Mukasey’s credentials, but early indications are that he will face less opposition than a more hardline, partisan candidate like Ted Olson, who was believed to have been a finalist. Mukasey has received past endorsements from Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer, who is from Mukasey’s home state. And in 2005, the liber-
Michael Mukasey Newly appointed attorney general from New York al Alliance for Justice put Mukasey on a list of four judges who, if chosen for the Supreme Court, would show the president’s commitment to nominating people who could be supported by both Democrats and Republicans.
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Ceremony celebrates Latino achievements
America needs a change six years after Sept. 11
‘Training’ not best option for those who want to learn
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The University holds several women’s selfdefense workshops every year to teach women how to get out of potentially dangerous situations and boost their self confidence. Campus Police Sgt. John Shumaker has been in charge of these sessions for approximately 20 years and said he believes self-defense workshops help women in several different ways, including learning to defend against a forceful attack when they’re alone and how to get out of uncomfortable social situations. Even though powerful strikes are taught as defense mechanisms, Shumaker said the workshops teach women that their first priority should be to avoid dangerous situations. Shumaker said women who participate in these workshops will learn a plethora of beneficial, long-lasting skills. “It’s something they are going to learn and take because they are not going to stay in Bowling Green the rest of their lives,” Shumaker said.
Shumaker said he hopes the workshops will build confidence and make the women better able to defend themselves. “I would like to think that they have a little more confidence,” Shumaker said. “Hopefully, somewhere, somebody has used what we have taught them to get out of a situation.” The workshops are based on the National Self-Defense Institute program, which is based out of Florida. According to NSDI’s Web site, its women’s self defense program is called S.A.F.E., and it emphasizes that “90 percent of self defense is awareness, risk reduction and avoiding confrontation, and only 10 percent is physical.” Senior Nicole Billington said the program will not only make her feel safer, but also help with her career. “It’s going to help me with my criminal justice career, and it will be useful for training purposes,” Billington said. Shumaker will be holding free workshops 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday in room 314 of the Union. He advises participants to wear loose, comfortable clothing.
Students were honored for their academic achievements and contributions to the Latino community during the 18th annual Diamante Community Awards Friday night. Family, friends, students and dignitaries gathered in the Union Ballroom for the awards ceremony. The Diamante Awards were created in 1989 by IMAGE, a chapter of a northwest Ohio Latino nonprofit organization, in order to recognize Latino contributions in the Toledo area and raise scholarship funds. Four Diamante awards and 40 scholarships were presented to students from BGSU, the University of Toledo, Owens Community College and Lourdes College. These four universities form a partnership, and awards are given annually to students from these colleges. “Tonight signifies an opportunity to recognize outstanding students and the Latino community,” said University President Sidney Ribeau. Among the students honored was senior Naomi Valdez, who received the Diamante award for Latino Youth Leadership for her service to the Latino community. Valdez said she believes giving back is important and also helps the growth of personal development. “Volunteering helps you to understand yourself; it is a part of who you are,” Valdez said. Valdez assisted with the Hurricane Katrina relief effort in Alabama, supports diversity programing with the Center for
Multicultural and Academic Initiates and is the student chair of the Latino Issues Conference. Other students to receive scholarships were Michelle Bologna, Jacqueline Hernandez, Nathaniel Olmeda and Jonathan Visalden. Students were selected for awards based on several criteria, including leadership, grade point average, financial need, and dedication and commitment to the Latino community. One of the scholarship recipients, Ryan Garcia, said he believes events like the Diamante Awards are necessary to promote the Latino community in a positive way. “There is not enough information out there that shows Latinos as leaders, so it’s nice for people to see that there are Latinos doing good things in the community,” Garcia said. Rebecca Aguilar, University alumna and award-winning reporter for a FOX affiliate station in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, served as the keynote speaker for the evening’s ceremony. Aguilar encouraged students to embrace opportunities, take risks and be dedicated to their work. “If you don’t have passion for your job, then you won’t succeed,” Aguilar said. She also urged students to make a difference in the world. Marcy Kaptur, U.S. congresswoman for Ohio’s ninth district, also spoke during the evening, The event included a dinner, silent auction and entertainment from the University’s Graduate String Quartet and Tejano music from Jesse Ponce of Toledo.
Man to be tried for holding girl in underground bunker By Meg Kinnard The Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A year after he was taken into custody, a man goes on trial this week on charges that he held a 14-year-old girl captive in an underground bunker until she summoned help with a cell phone text message. Pretrial publicity prompted the judge to move the trial of Vinson Filyaw nearly 200 miles, from Kershaw County northeast of Columbia to the state’s southern tip. The case gained national attention when the girl saved herself after being held more than a week. Jury selection was to begin today after the court handles some pretrial issues. Filyaw, who has been held without bail, faces 10 counts of criminal sexual conduct, which each carry a potential sentence of up to 30 years in prison. He also is charged with kidnapping, impersonating an officer and possession of
an incendiary device. The cavity, covered with plywood and leaves, contained a hand-dug privy, a camp stove and crude shelves fashioned out of branches and canvas. Authorities said Filyaw, 37, brought the girl there after dressing up as a police officer and leading her away from a school bus stop. The girl waited until Filyaw fell asleep, then used his cell phone to text message her mother. “Hi mom,” the message read. “I’m in a hole across from Charm Hill where the big trucks go in and out. There’s a bomb. Call police.” Investigators found the girl early on Sept. 16, 2006. The cell phone signal and her reference to “big trucks” led them to the wooded area near a quarry, less than a mile from her home. Once in the area, they heard her cries. Early the next morning,
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BLOTTER FRIDAY 7:42 A.M.
A mailbox on Leroy Avenue was knocked over. It does not appear to be an auto accident. 9:15 A.M.
Someone took a swing from the yard of a house on Clough Street sometime between 8:45 and 9 a.m.
BUNKER who was refusing to leave the bar. Finch refused to comply with police orders to lie on his stomach and put his hands behind his back until officers threatened to use pepper spray. 2:15 A.M.
Edison I. Zavala, 25, of Bowling Green, was cited for littering after officers observed him throw down a red plastic cup on East Wooster Street. 2:53 A.M.
11:48 A.M.
Paul L. Tippey Jr., 44, of Walbridge, Ohio, was cited for having an open container of alcohol in a parking lot on East Wooster Street. 8:09 P.M.
A purse was stolen from Uptown overnight.
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Ellen A. Simon, 20, of Bowling Green, was arrested for underage possession of alcohol on Pike Street. 3:15 A.M.
A “hot bag” and a large pizza were taken from a delivery car on Fairview Avenue. The driver had gone up to a house to deliver a pizza and was told by the resident that they hadn’t ordered any. When the driver returned to his car, the bag and the pizza, valued at $55 total, had been taken.
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authorities located Filyaw walking along a highway. He was carrying a pellet gun, a Taser and a hunting knife but surrendered when confronted. Family members have said the 14-year-old — described by her mother as “a very strong girl” — has worked toward a normal life. The Associated Press normally does not identify people alleging sexual assault. Both defense and prosecutors agreed to have the trial moved to Beaufort County because of the intense publicity. Filyaw attorney Jack Duncan declined to speak with a reporter ahead of the trial. At the time of his arrest, Filyaw was already being sought in connection with abuse of a 12year-old girl. Authorities have said that charge in late 2005 had led Filyaw, an unemployed construction worker, to build an elaborate series of tunnels and hideouts. Filyaw’s girlfriend, Cynthia
Hall, and his mother, Ginger Nell Cobb, have been charged with helping him elude authorities. Hall also has been charged as an accessory in the case involving the 12-year-old. Earlier this year, another South Carolina man involved in a similar case was acquitted, but legal experts said each case is different. In April, a Darlington County jury found Kenneth Glenn Hinson — a convicted sex offender who had spent nine years in prison — not guilty of raping two 17-year-old girls in a bunker underneath a tool shed. He testified the sex was consensual; those girls were over the legal age of consent in South Carolina, which is 16. The verdict stunned prosecutors, who had spent a year building their case. “To the public, it appears like a big similarity,” said Alex Postic, a Columbia defense attorney who worked for prosecutor Barney Giese, who is trying Filyaw. “There are rape cases that are tried all the time ... and there are going to be aspects of any case that are very similar.”
COVER-UP: The trap door leading to a hand-dug bunker near Lugoff, S.C., is shown in this photo, where prosecutors say Vinson Filyaw sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl.
Some legal conservatives and Republican activists have expressed reservations about Mukasey’s legal record and past endorsements from liberals, and were drafting a strategy to oppose his confirmation even before it became known that Bush had chosen him. Mukasey was nominated to the federal bench in 1987 by President Reagan. He was chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York before he rejoined the New York law firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler as a partner in September 2006. He first joined Patterson Belknap in 1976 after serving as assistant U.S. attorney in the criminal division of the Southern District, where he rose to become chief of its official corruption unit. During his 18 years as a judge, Mukasey presided over thousands of cases, including the trial of Sheik Omar AbdelRahman, who was accused of plotting to destroy New York City landmarks.
In the 1996 sentencing of co-conspirators in the case, Mukasey accused the sheik of trying to spread death “in a scale unseen in this country since the Civil War.” He then sentenced the blind sheik to life. The Mukasey nomination could be Bush’s last major Cabinet appointment. Friday was the last day of Gonzales’ 2-1/2 years at Justice. Solicitor General Paul Clement will serve as acting attorney general until the Senate confirms Gonzales’ replacement. Gonzales’ conflicting public statements about the firings of the U.S. prosecutors led Democrats and Republicans alike to question his honesty. Their charges were compounded by his later sworn testimony about the terrorist surveillance program, which was contradicted by FBI Director Robert S. Mueller and former senior Justice Department officials. A congressional investigation into the firings recently shifted its focus onto whether the attor-
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Richard M. Delzeith was issued a civil citation for having an open container of alcohol at the corner of Enterprise and Ridge streets.
7:45 P.M.
Sometime between 3:30 and 7:30 p.m., an inflatable Tigger lawn ornament, valued at $200, was taken from the side yard of a house on Third Street.
1:32 A.M.
Sarah R. Draper, 20, of Grand Rapids, Ohio, was cited for prohibited acts for attempting to use another person’s ID to get into a bar on North Main Street. 1:32 A.M.
Gregory A. Finch, 21, of Toledo, was arrested and taken to the Wood County Justice Center for criminal trespassing and resisting arrest. Police arrived at the back door of Uptown/Downtown to find the staff holding down Finch,
9:03 P.M.
A juvenile was caught shoplifting $235.45 worth of merchandise from Meijer. She was released to her parents and record of the incident was sent to the juvenile prosecutor’s office. 11 P.M.
Gregory T. Sherman, 21, of Minster, Ohio, was issued a civil citation for having an open container of alcohol in public. 11:17 P.M.
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MUKASEY From Page 1 “While he is certainly conservative, Judge Mukasey seems to be the kind of nominee who would put rule of law first and show independence from the White House, our most important criteria,” Schumer said yesterday. “He’s a lot better than some of the other names mentioned and he has the potential to become a consensus nominee.” Last week, some Senate Democrats threatened to block the confirmation of Olson, who represented Bush before the Supreme Court in the contested 2000 election. Democratic senators have theorized that Bush might nominate Mukasey, in part, because he wanted to avoid a bruising confirmation battle. The possibility that Bush would pick Mukasey, however, angered some supporters on the GOP’s right flank, who have given Mukasey less-thanenthusiastic reviews.
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Student found dead A University student was found dead Thursday afternoon in a house on the 100 block of North Summit Street. Jordan C. Shirey, 21, of Defiance, Ohio, was found dead by paramedics after friends called 911 at 12:30 p.m. to say that Shirey was unconscious, Bowling Green police Lt. Tony Hetrick said. The Wood County coroner is currently investigating the death, but has not yet ruled on a cause of death. Hetrick said there was no apparent sign of foul play. Shirey died on Sept. 13, his 21st birthday. Hetrick would not say whether alcohol was involved. Shirey was a junior at the University and majored in supply chain management in the College of Business Administration, media relations director Teri Sharp said. A funeral is scheduled today at the Defiance Christian Center in Defiance, Ohio. Visitation starts at 10 a.m. and will be followed by a ceremony at 11 a.m.
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GET A LIFE CALENDAR OF EVENTS Some events taken from events.bgsu.edu
8 a.m. - 9 p.m. Contemporary Art Western Spring Break Trip: “Is Everyone Happy?�
6 p.m. - 7 p.m. ArtTalk: Stef Stahl, Contemporary Artist Projects
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Union Theater
8:30 a.m. Greek House Director Meeting
6 p.m. - 8 p.m. The Real World: College Edition
314 Union
Harshman Community Room
9 a.m. - 6 p.m. UAO Poster Sale
7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. President Bush & the Constitution: A Discussion
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4 p.m. - 5 p.m. FYSS — Procrastination: A Hardening of the Oughteries
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STRUNG OUT: This weekend, campus tour guides participated in a University-sponsored leadership retreat. The exercise pictured here required the group of 50 to use strings to spell out “BGTG,� which stands for Bowling Green Tour Guides.
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“Hi mom, I’m in a hole across from Charm Hill where the big trucks go in and out. There’s a bomb. Call police.” — Text message from a kidnapped 14-year-old girl in South Carolina [see story, p. 1]
PEOPLE ON THE STREET
What’s your favorite microwaveable dish? “Pizza is king of all foods.”
“Easy Mac.”
LUANA RAGER, Freshman, Undecided
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SEAN GINLEY, Senior, Sociology
“Popcorn.”
“Lasagna.”
MICHAEL KNEVEL, Sophomore, Education
DEMETRIA GORDON, Sophomore, Telecommunications
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Government invasion of our rights We will not forget Sept. 11, but should not be ignored, rationalized let us be a generation of change TONY REGALADO COLUMNIST
Since the beginning of human civilization, people have been in conflict with their governments. So, since the beginning of time, governments have found ways to control the populous. Luckily for us, the greatest right of every American citizen is the right to be free. But when our government decides to tactfully eliminate or conveniently forget all the rights as stated in our Bill of Rights, our freedoms are at stake. When people rationalize the unjust actions of a government, they are negating their own right to freedom, as well as others’ rights to freedom. So when reading The BG News column by Jason Snead, “They might be watching you, but that’s not such a bad thing,” on Wednesday, I grew very concerned with the potential sentiment of college students today. Today, when government surveillance or any tyrannical government action reaches you, it reaches your home, your social life, your job, your place of worship. But the wrong in losing freedom isn’t in what you lose materialistically — these things only physically represent what’s important — it’s in losing the thing in you that makes you human, that very complex fabric of human essence created from continuing experiences. Take, for instance, the choice to experience a protest, a very important experience in an American’s life — you get to actively express your ideologies in hopes of creating a change. Let’s say you’re a 23-year-old college student protesting at a convention. There are people alongside you, screaming various chants and holding up specific banners — all in a manner that doesn’t destroy property or harm others. You and a group of
people around you are arrested for disorderly conduct — a very vague charge — and are sent to a temporary holding facility. This facility is a gigantic bus garage. As you look around, you see pens with 30 to 40 people being held, some are cuffed to each other in long lines. Someone is cuffed to you and you see it’s a 15-year-old girl crying because she was arrested on her way to the movies. Throughout the next 57 hours, you are held in this bus pier until you are finally released when a judge threatens to fine the city for every hour a prisoner is held over. This event was reported in the Village Voice and actually happened at the 2004 Republican National Convention. Along with this incident were many similar ones. Protesters were only allowed a small gated area, titled a “free speech zone,” to protest. Within this zone, there were a large number of police officers and surveillance listening devices set up. Camera men positioned atop buildings took pictures of the protesters. Unfortunately, this also happened at the Democratic National Convention in Boston that same year. The government has a lot of power. We know that because we gave it to them through the social contract. But things are no longer as simple as they were in the days when our government was being created. It is much more intricate now. Enemies are harder to distinguish, attacks are more inhumane. But this social contract is bunk if we don’t demand, or force, the government to abide by it. We lose our humanity if we lose our ability to live freely and responsibly. Feeling safe is a good thing. We need to not fear life or else we cannot experience it to its full capacity. But the question that lies here is: When does our lust for feeling safe actually contradict the reason why we wanted to be safe in the first place? At what point does safe negate free?
You can only feel safe to a certain extent if you believe yourself to be free: Like it or not, the world is full of uncertainty. So, stop oppressing yourselves and, even more importantly, stop letting our government get away with it, because though the government may not be using it to its advantage, it definitely has the ability to do whatever it will. Snead wrote: “Currently those who are subject to domestic surveillance are those that, in some manner, indicated they may be linked to terrorism.” “Indicated that they may be linked to terrorism” is a vague reason as to why I have the potential to be watched, arrested and held for as long as they would like to hold me (because the writ of habeas corpus as been suspended indefinitely). The truth is the government flexes its muscles, all the time abusing its power upon the citizens of this country and making the word “freedom” into blasphemous slander. Maybe the government does need enemies, and I don’t mean ones like the attackers of the World Trade Center. Maybe we should be our own government’s enemies. If this were the case, an enemy of the state would certainly be a friend to me. Send responses to this column to thenews@bgnews.com.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Individual students do not represent an entire race The cover of last Friday’s BG News featured photographs of four black students. Each is asked to respond to the recent spate of racial violence in the town of Jena, La., [“Discussing the Jena Six,” Sept. 14]. Each student prompts readers, in one way or another, to look beyond themselves and try to garner wider community understanding and dialogue. Emblematic of all, one student says quite simply: “We should all come together — black, white, Asian, everyone.” These comments speak to a desire for greater understanding through the incorporation of various viewpoints. They are a call for wider discussion. Where prejudice is concerned, no individual can stand alone. It is interesting to me, and a lit-
tle troubling, how The BG News chose to approach this story. Here, we have a tale of repulsive acts of violence, apparently supported and condoned by a prejudicial institutional power, that is, in this case, represented by the police department, the courts and the school itself. It’s sad that The BG News has made itself part of the very process it is attempting to illustrate. The student snapshot aspect of the paper, usually alluding to a variety of viewpoints through the inclusion of various ethnicities, has decided in this case to shift focus to a quartet of black students to the exclusion of others. While I haven’t read every issue of The BG News, I think it’s fair to say this doesn’t happen often, and can therefore be read as an intentional editorial tactic. So what does it mean? Did The BG News deliberately run out and try to capture the voices of
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only black students? If so, what does this say about institutional prejudice? Are we supposed to see each of these students as representatives of an entire race? As if in each of them there was some biological, ethnological, black essence that could be pulled out held up for inspection? Is the logic really “they’re all the same, one is as good as another”? It would seem so. While their voices call for diversity and inclusion, their pairing together as some monolithic racial “category” speaks not only to the exclusion of broader dialogue, but to the racist stitching together of black individuals into “the black race.” — Brian Blitz Master’s student, Popular Culture ONLINE: Read another letter to the editor | www.bgnews.com
DAVID BUSCH COLUMNIST
I took a position leaning on a tree, away from the crowd. The wind was strong this evening, and everyone used their hands to cover the glowing light of their candles. The candles were for remembrance. The low tone of the men’s choir gave a saddening discourse to the evening. The crowd came from all walks of life. There were no opinions to be said or argued. You were there to remember. As I meandered home from this ceremony, I thought back on this day six years ago. I was a young freshman in high school, dozing off in my history class. The principal came on the PA and awoke me from my dreams. “The country has been attacked,” he said. When it happened, I didn’t know what to feel. I just knew that I would forever remember this day. It was a defining moment for this era and for the generation to come. As weeks went by, I remembered all the American flags hanging from houses, bumper stickers of American pride and a nation in mourning. Sept. 11, 2001, changed the face of America and the world. With Sept. 11 came the threat of terrorism, an enemy with no face and no borders. As a country, we united with a strong patriotism. We united in this overwhelming sense of fear and became blind. We were blind
as we declared war on a nation with no connection to Sept. 11. We were blind as we tortured innocent people in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay. We were blind as they started wiretapping our own phone lines. We were sheep that followed the crowd. We became a nation that accepted everything. There was no criticism of our leaders. Why should there be? It was a time of crisis. Six years have passed now. We are still in this same war, a war that has made a breeding ground of terrorism in Iraq. It is a war that has made an unstable Middle East into a platform for World War III. We are still holding innocent people in Guantanamo Bay — some have been there for years without a chance to speak with a lawyer or appear in front of a judge. We have a Democratic congress now that is too weak to stand up and demand a change. And, yet, we are all still in fear. In a Zogby International telephone poll, it was found 91 percent of Americans believe the United States will be attacked again on U.S. soil. What has changed? We’re not any safer now than we were six years ago. How, as Americans, have we made this world a better place? We are still following leaders that have led us down the wrong road. Leaders that have made more of the world hate us. Where have our ideals gone? The ideals of freedom that made this country so wonderful to live in and be a part of. This is all gone. I ask myself, where are the protests? Where is the dissent? I think back to the 1970s and Vietnam. If someone walked
through campus, there would be protests for change everywhere. They wanted to make change through their own hands. Some may not have agreed, but the truth can be found through conflict and argument. They found the truth and made a name for their generation. How are we going to be remembered as a generation? I walk around campus today, and all I see is people bobbing to their iPods or yapping on their cell phones. As if there isn’t a care in the world. People, brothers and sisters of our generation are dying, and it seems as if we just don’t care. My readers, my fellow students and Americans, it is time for us to wake up. How do you want to be remembered as a generation? Are we going to be a generation that accepted the torture and mistreatment of thousands? Sept. 11 was six years ago. I will forever hold this day and the people who innocently died in my heart. But it is time for a change. For too long, we have let a blind fear take our freedoms away from us. I believe in an America that remembers, but moves on. I believe in a free America that helps the world grow. Let us bring back this country. Let us be a generation of change. Send responses to this column to thenews@bgnews.com.
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Choose education over training CONRAD P. PRITSCHER GUEST COLUMNIST My university learning was improved by choosing professors who “educate” rather than professors who primarily “train.” I have found value in noting that training relates to specific skill building and educating relates to the general skill of putting specific skills to use so as to facilitate self-direction. This column is designed to help you notice you have more power when your courses are more involved with educating than with training, even though you can’t be educated without some training. It is useful to notice there is learning, which educates, and a lesser variety which trains. Excessive training can inhibit education/self-direction. I have found education/selfdirection hones my judgment and allows me to move to the threshold of my mind (where I wonder and openly inquire). As I become more educated, I can more easily choose to be trained in a high-quality way. Without being educated, I would not know what is quality and would continue to ask others what quality is. Excessive
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training can inhibit education/ self-direction. Professors who educate often do experiential activities such as Socratic questioning, open inquiry, and they rarely dominate class discussion. Other valuable events you will not know when you are primarily trained, rather than primarily educated, are events such as those mentioned by James Guinan, former University psychologist. Guinan’s events are often practiced by those who know quality without being told (those who are educated/self-directing). Some of these events are as follows: A person is educated when he or she: 1. Increases the tendency to let things happen, rather than make things happen. 2. Has frequent, almost overwhelming, episodes of appreciation. 3. Has the tendency to think and act spontaneously, rather than from fears based on past experiences. 4. Loses interest in conflict. 5. Loses interest in judging others. When I was a student, I would ask questions such as: “Is this
going to be on the test?” and “How many pages do I have to write?” Looking back, when I asked those kinds of questions, I noticed I was more interested in a grade and a degree than I was in becoming educated. There is more to being a learner than being a student who primarily seeks grades and degrees rather than learning/self-direction. The school’s emphasis has been on your being trained rather than being educated to become self-directing. At the heart of self-direction and experiencing freedom is awareness. Awareness/the beginning of consciousness is increased when one becomes educated/selfdirecting. I am convinced forcing students to cover content (training) can prevent the occurrence of mind opening. Noticing whether or not you are primarily trained can be an enormous step in becoming educated. Conrad P. Pritscher is a professor emeritus at the University. Send responses to his column to thenews@bgnews.com.
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2. Derek Anderson: It’d be surprising if anyone has him on their roster let alone played him. He had 328 yards and five TD tosses.
3. Chad Johnson: Over 200 yards and two scores to go along with a dog pound leap. 4. Jamal Lewis: He looked like he used to look when he played the Browns with 200 yards and a score.
5. Braylon Edwards (below): Pumped about the Wolverines’ victory over Notre Dame, he went off for 146 yards and two scores.
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ABOVE: Corrie Mills spikes the ball over the net in a match against DePaul. RIGHT: Corey Domek spikes the ball over two DePaul defenders on the way to a 3-0 Falcon victory. BG won all three of its games in the Best Western Invitational at Anderson Arena.
Down 2-0 in the final match of the Best Western Invitational, head coach Denise Van De Walle wasn’t happy. BG was getting beat in almost every aspect of the game. Even worse, they were beating themselves, with 22 total errors in the first two games. “The first thing we talked about in the locker room was following directions and being aggressive. The first two games, we were very reactionary to [Valparaiso] waiting to see what they were going to
Women’s soccer drops two By Jordan Cravens Reporter
Despite dropping two matches over the weekend, BG Coach Andy Richards feels the women’s soccer team is headed in the right direction nearing the start of conference play. “It’s a bit misleading, we are playing some quality teams on the road,” Richards said of his team’s 4-0 losses to West Virginia, Kentucky and most recent loss to Purdue yesterday. With the weekend’s losses to both Wright State and Purdue, the Falcons are now 2-4. In Friday’s match against Wright State, the Falcons lost a heart-breaker in the final seconds of an overtime period. “It’s tough, they put an awful lot of effort in. I can’t question their commitment or desire to win,” Richards said. Losing just a couple hours after the men’s soccer team had celebrated an overtime victory on the same field, BG fell 2-1 to a quick Wright State team, who kept the defensive pressure on throughout the entire match. “There will be other overtime games and we’ll come out on the other end of it,” Richards said. Wright State scored the first
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do. And we just kind of laid down and we got on [the players] pretty good in between games two and three,” Van De Walle said. The Falcons responded to the coach’s speech and won the first
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goal of the match, scored by Jess Rooma, which began with a free kick at mid-field. But the Falcons struck back when freshman Jackie Tamerlano scored her first collegiate goal with 28 seconds left in the first half. Tiernay Tilford was credited with her first assist of the season setting up Tamerlano’s goal. As play continued, the already chilly Friday evening became even colder as players on the sideline could be seen wearing
jackets to keep warm. Compared with the first half of play, where BG passed the ball well, the second half went downhill, although both teams threatened with goals, according to Richards. Closing out regulation play, both teams huddled and gathered themselves for an intense five minutes of overtime play. Just as the scoreboard clock
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Chiricosta leads tennis team to good weekend By Nate Parsons Reporter
GETTING PHYSICAL: Tiernay Tilford battles for ball control during Friday’s game against Wright State. BG fell in overtime, 2-1.
game out of the break coming back from an early five-point deficit. Late in the game with the Falcons holding a slim 28-26 lead, Valparaiso junior Allison Sears went down with a knee injury. Sears had been giving the Falcons trouble all match with 12 kills in the first three games. “I feel really bad that [Sears] went out of the match for them because she was huge for them. You hate to see that happen. But
Freshman Christine Chiricosta began her collegiate tennis career with a bang as she took home a singles and doubles title this past weekend at the women’s BGSU Invitational. The Falcons captured two singles titles and two doubles titles during the two-day event. “I was really looking forward to [the invitational] this week,” Chiricosta said. “The anticipation was really building up. I was pretty nervous to start.” Chiricosta didn’t lose a set on her way to winning the flight two title. After being down 3-0 in her opening-round match, Chiricosta bounced back to beat Akron’s Carolina Castro Cota 6-3, 6-0. In her second round match, she topped UT’s Maha Guirguis 6-4, 6-1. Chiricosta rolled in the title match beating Detroit’s Svetlana Flankova 6-2, 6-3. “She is such a smart player and willing to do whatever it takes to win,” coach Penny Dean said. The event, held at the new Keefe Courts, featured Akron,
Bradley, Cleveland State, Detroit, Toledo, Xavier and Youngstown State, and was hosted by the Falcons. Xavier tied BG in overall titles, winning three singles titles and one doubles title. Toledo won three titles overall. Chiricosta and sophomore Sam Kintzel won the flight two doubles title for the Falcons while the duo of junior Stefanie Menoff and sophomore Katia Babina won the flight four title. Menoff also won the other singles title. “We were randomly paired in practice,” Chiricosta said of Kintzel, her doubles partner. “We make a really good combination and we’re good friends, which makes it even better.” Junior Kelsey Jakupcin had a rough day in the first flight as she dropped two matches in a super tiebreaker. In her opening-round match against YSU’s Anna Volkova, Jakupcin lost the first set in a tiebreaker, 11-9, but would win the second set 6-1. She came up short in the super
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Falcons split weekend, both games need OT By Pete Schramm Reporter
The BG men’s soccer team beat Central Arkansas 1-0 in two overtimes on Friday, but lost to Canisius 2-1 in one overtime yesterday, earning them a split in this weekend’s Falcon Classic. Senior forward Abiola Sandy had a strong weekend, scoring both of the Falcons’ goals. On Friday, the Falcons came out on top of a defensive struggle, in which the two teams needed regulation and almost two full overtimes to decide a winner. Sandy’s goal, which was assist-
“We are just missing a little bit of quality at crucial times.” Fred Thompson | BG coach ed by Matt Klancic, came with just 49 seconds remaining in the second overtime. The confident Falcons rode a wave of momentum into yesterday’s game against Canisius as they dominated possession throughout the game. They were able to get numerous shots on goal throughout the contest, but almost every opportunity fell just
short. The lone converted opportunity came with 13:59 left in the contest when sophomore Ochuko Evwaraye passed to Sandy in the middle of the field. From there, Sandy and fellow senior Ryan Perea ran a quick give-and-go, which left Sandy with a wideopen shot that found its way into the back of the net. “Chuko passed the ball into me from the right side and I controlled the tip and played it to Ryan,” Sandy said. “We had a one-two combination inside JORDAN FLOWER | THE BG NEWS
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RACE TO THE BALL: BG’s Cameron Hepple (7) chases after the ball with a Central Arkansas defender. The Falcons went 1-1 over the weekend.
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Browns outlast Bengals Teams combine for 96 points in shootout By Tom Withers The Associated Press
CLEVELAND — Another bizarre week of twists, turns and turbulence in Cleveland ended with more absurdity: Browns 51, Bengals 45. Go figure. Derek Anderson threw five touchdown passes, Jamal Lewis rushed for 216 yards and the Cleveland Browns, so desperate after being embarrassed in their home opener that they traded their starting quarterback two days later, outlasted the Cincinnati Bengals and Carson Palmer 51-45 yesterday. A week that began in chaos ended in celebration. “We live close to Cedar Point,” Browns general manager Phil Savage said, referring to the popular amusement park. “It has been a rollercoaster. We won a game that nobody expected us to win.” Palmer tossed a career-high six TDs, but his final chance to rally the Bengals (1-1) ended when he was intercepted at the Browns’ 27 with 21 seconds left by cornerback Leigh Bodden, who had missed practice time
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there, and just got it past the goalkeeper.” Throughout the rest of regulation, BGSU dominated possession, but squandered a number of scoring opportunities. Falcon midfielder Cameron Hepple was very active in the last few minutes of regulation and into overtime. Hepple had a few nice shots on goal late in the contest, but none were able to find the net. “We had a couple of chances there we should have put away and the game would’ve been done,” Hepple said. “If we had that set, the game would’ve been finished for us and we wouldn’t have gone to overtime.” In all, coach Fred Thompson was happy with his team’s play, but says he was still disappoint-
ed his team could not convert on any of its opportunities. “We probably dominated the game, so I think overall we played well,” Thompson said. “But college soccer always comes down to the moments, and we lost a couple of moments that we shouldn’t have lost. “That’s something we are going to have to work on. Part of it is the bounces not going our way, part of it is we are just missing a little bit of quality at crucial times.” Still, the team feels as if it is showing great improvement, and that it has taken strides even since last weekend. “[We played] a lot better,” said Hepple. “I thought we had a lot more opportunities.” With yesterday’s loss, the Falcons record moves to 2-31. The team returns to action Thursday against Ohio State at home.
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LAYING OUT: Braylon Edwards dives and catches one of his two touchdown passes yesterday. The Browns beat the Bengals 51-45 in Cleveland. Edwards had eight catches for 146 yards.
this week with a groin injury. The pick capped an eventual seven days and an historic afternoon for the Browns, who had a 300-yard passer, a 200yard rusher and two 100-yard receivers (Braylon Edwards and Kellen Winslow) for the first time since joining the NFL in 1950. “Not in my wildest dreams could I have imagined it,” Bodden said. Who could? The teams combined for 96 points, 1,085 yards of offense and countless missed tackles. Even Cleveland fans, who bolted the stadium early a week
ago, got a chance to party, not long after a few of them dumped beer on Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson. Last Sunday, Anderson had come off the bench to replace Charlie Frye during the first half when the Browns (11) were routed 34-7 by the Steelers. Less than 48 hours later, Cleveland dealt Frye to the Seattle Seahawks, becoming the first team since the AFL/NFL merger to trade its season-opening quarterback before Week 2. Cleveland racked up 554 yards of total offense, scored its most points since returning to the league in 1999, and for the time being, took some of the heat off coach Romeo
Crennel, who improved to 1123 in his third season. “A division win, how about that?” said Crennel, playfully mocking his 2-12 record against AFC North opponents. For once, it all fell into place for the Browns. “I’m excited about this win,” said Edwards, who had eight catches for 146 yards and two TDs. “For the first time in a long time I’m excited to go home and watch our highlights.” The clips will be dominated by Anderson, who was only expected to hold down the starting job until rookie Brady Quinn was ready. That plan, too, may be scrapped following the 24-year-old’s breakout performance.
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SURPRISE: BG’s Danielle Cygan (17) moves the ball past Wright State’s Megan Bush in Friday’s game at BG. WSU won in overtime 2-1.
WOMEN From Page 5 ticked its final seconds, Rooma struck again with just 15 seconds left in the overtime period, which sealed the win for Wright State with the golden goal rule, meaning who ever scores first, wins. Despite the loss, Christy Zabek who played goal keeper for the Falcons, turned in a great effort, recording three saves, including a save on a penalty shot inside the goal box. With a tough loss in their hearts, BG hit the road to take on Purdue, a nationally ranked team who recently knocked off the No. 1 team in the nation. “We knew this was a tough game coming into it,” said Richards, who stated that the 40 loss could have been worse had his team stopped playing hard. “The result wasn’t very good, but we played well,” Richards said.
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Giving Zabek a rest in the Purdue match, Richards went with a two-goalie lineup, with Tiffany Hansen defending the goal in the first half and redshirt freshman Alexa Arsenault in the second half, making her first appearance in a regular season game. “In her first 45 minutes of collegiate play, she did a really good job,” Richards said. Arsenault gave up only one goal as the Falcons trailed the Boilermakers 3-0 at the half. Throughoutyesterday’smatch, Richards used the services of 21 players, many of which who had not seen a lot of playing time up until this point in the season. Heading into conference play, Richards said he feels he will have a lot of options to work with since he has given many players some minutes. BG will be on the road this weekend, taking on Big Ten opponent Michigan State and returning to Ohio to take on Youngstown State.
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I am just so thrilled that we still had the mental toughness to not let that distract us,” Van De Walle said. Following Sears’ injury, the Falcons were able to hold off a two-point Crusader run, winning 30-28 on a kill by senior Stephanie Swiger. BG used the momentum they built up in game three to come out and dominate game four. Game four was where the Falcons took control of the match as they hit .500 with only two errors. The Falcons won the game 30-23, tying the match at 2-2. The Falcons continued their run of victories in game five with a 15-10 victory highlighted by nine kills between sophomore Corey Domek and seniors Swiger, and Meghan Mohr. After the near-collapse in games one and two, the Falcons came back to have a solid game and win the tournament. “We came out with so much confidence [after the break] and definitely wanted to prove that this was our home court. We
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WHAT A GAME: The Falcons embrace one another after taking a game against DePaul Friday night. The Falcons won all three of their weekend games.
showed we had Falcon pride and showed them who’s the boss,” junior Chelsey Meek said. Meek led the Falcons defensively with 32 digs and no errors for the game. The Crusaders were the first team to present a significant chal-
lenge to the Falcons. Both teams swept DePaul and Duquesne 30. In the Falcons’ first two games of the tournament, they were dominant at the net, hitting well over .300 in both matches and holding DePaul to a .010 hitting
percentage in the first game. For their play in the tournament, three Falcons were named to the all-tournament team: Meek, Mohr and the tournament’s MVP, Swiger. For the weekend, Swiger had 34 kills, 22 in the championship, hitting .423 — all of this the day before her 22nd birthday. “It was relief when the match was finally over. Obviously it was a pressure situation, but I was so excited because I think that was a testament to our talent and we can come through in a pressure situation and beat teams,” Swiger said after the match. “I think that’s the kind of intensity that we’re gonna bring to the MAC this year.” The entire BG team played well in the tournament as setter Sam Fish had a career-high 52 assists against Valparaiso, and Mohr hit an impressive .562 against Duquesne. Sweeping the tournament improved the Falcons’ record on the season to 8-5; 4-0 at home. The Best Western Invitational was BG’s last tune-up for the MAC season as they start conference play Thursday at Miami University.
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VOLLEY: The Falcons’ Christine Chiricosta returns a ball in a match over the weekend. She won a singles and doubles flight.
TENNIS From Page 5 tiebreaker, losing 11-9. Jakupcin eventually lost the back draw title match, 10-8, in a super tiebreaker. BG received back draw victories from Kintzel, Babina and senior Jenna Nussbaum in the third, fourth and seventh flights, respectively. Senior Andrea Volle received a second-place finish in fifth flight, while junior Libby Harrison received a third-place finish in the sixth flight. After the Falcon’s success in the BGSU Invitational, Chiricosta thinks the team could have a very good year. “We can do really well,” Chiricosta said. “We have a team of eight awesome players. I think we can be the best in the MAC if we just keep working hard.”
CLEVELAND (AP) — Not only did Billy Buckner earn his first major league win yesterday, Kansas City’s rookie right-hander helped make the AL Central race a little tighter. Buckner pitched the Royals to a 4-3 victory over the first-place Cleveland Indians, who had their division lead sliced to 4 1/2 games when Detroit beat Minnesota. The Indians and Tigers begin a three-game series at Jacobs Field tonight. Making his third career start, JEFF GLIDDEN | AP PHOTO Buckner took a shutout into the sixth inning before Victor NICE JOB: Royals pitcher Joakim Soria Martinez hit a solo homer with and catcher John Buck celebrate after the two outs. The Indians scored Royals defeated Cleveland 4-3 yesterday. twice in the seventh, but solid relief work by Jimmy Gobble and dle,” Barfield said. “I was hopJoakim Soria over the final 2 2-3 ing they’d mess it up. Either way, what can you do?” innings sealed the win. Emil Brown went 3-for-4 and “It was fun,” Buckner said. “I drove in two runs for the Royals. got a little nervous at the end.” Cleveland had a chance to tie All three of his hits came off starter it in the ninth, but pinch-runner Aaron Laffey (3-2). Brown is 6-forJosh Barfield was tagged out in a 6 lifetime against the left-hander. John Buck and Mark Teahen rundown after trying to advance from second to third on Franklin added RBIs for Kansas City, which Gutierrez’s one-out grounder to had lost nine of 10. Buckner (1-1) gave up one run shortstop. Soria then struck out and five hits in six innings, strikCasey Blake to end it. Since losing the second base ing out three and walking one. job to Asdrubal Cabrera a month He was called up from Tripleago, Barfield has been relegated A Omaha on Aug. 24. Buckner to pinch-running duties. His made four big league appearblunder came at an inopportune ances before yesterday, allowing 10 earned runs and 18 hits in 17 time. “I thought it was up the mid- innings.
“It’s a confidence thing,” he said. “I have been working with Buck on controlling my pitches. I was getting ahead of hitters. If you get behind hitters or even 3-2, you’ll give up home runs like I did today.” Buckner allowed at least one baserunner in every inning except the fourth, but kept the Indians off the board until Martinez’s home run. Cleveland’s best threat before that came in the third when a pair of one-out singles put runners on first and second, but Buckner struck out Cabrera and retired Travis Hafner on a groundout. “Buckner pitched a good game against us, but I felt like we should have done a better job, and I’m sure our guys think so, too,” Indians manager Eric Wedge said. “We didn’t take advantage of the opportunities we had.”
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PROTESTS: Activists burn photographs protesting a report challenging Hindu god Rama.
leaders from the outset, but things grew far hotter after government archaeologists spoke up last week. A report to the Supreme Court by the Archaeological Survey of India said the shoals were the result of “several millennia of wave action and sedimentation” and “the issue cannot be viewed solely relying on the contents of mythological text.” To right-wing Hindu groups,
those were fighting words — a dismissal of Hinduism’s holiest texts. L.K. Advani, a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the most powerful Hindu political party, called the government’s position “an insult to millions of Hindus all over the world.” Hindu protesters marched. They blocked traffic and stopped trains.
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