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October 11, 2007 Volume 102, Issue 37

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Sign language seminar inspires students

Accusations fly in ad case

Amber Ricker teaches students how to speak with their hands, and talks about her gradual loss of hearing | Page 3

Atlantic City mayor resigns Robert Levy returned from a rehabilitation clinic after medicating himself with pain killers | Page 8

Security guards kill two civilians in Baghdad The incident, involving an Australian-owned security company, may curb the amount of security firms in Iraq | Page 7

FORUM

Why yearn for yesterday when today is great?

BOB LATTA STATE REPRESENTATIVE

Don’t let your rose-tinted glasses fool you. Things “back then” weren’t any better than they are now | Page 4

The U.S. needs to fight war at home A guest columnist shares a long list of reasons why you shouldn’t support the Iraq war | Page 4

CHRIS WEST | THE BG NEWS

Commission investigates Latta’s claims of image distortion

Rugby team is still undefeated BG beats on Michigan State and will travel to 17th-ranked Indiana over the weekend to face the Hoosiers | Page 5

One stands out above the rest

SPORTS

STEVE BUEHRER STATE SENATOR

Volleyball player Kendra Halm has a phenomenal week, earning MAC East player-of-the-week honors | Page 5

By Tim Sampson City Editor

The Ohio Election Commission is investigating accusations that a campaign ad unfairly attacked a local politician who is currently running for Congress.

In a hearing in Columbus yesterday, the commission determined that there is probable cause to prove that a campaign ad criticizing State Rep. Bob Latta [R-Bowling Green] may have misrepresented his record on voting for two major state tax increases.

The ad, put out by the Washington, D.C. based political action committee Club for Growth, endorses Latta’s chief rival in the Republican primary for the 5th District congressional special election, State Sen. Steve Buehrer, R-Delta.

The ad portrays Buehrer as more fiscally conservative than Latta, say-

ing that Latta voted for a $1 billion tax increase in 1998 while serving in the Ohio Senate.

But the ad does not mention that Latta’s vote was only to put the proposed tax increase on the ballot for Ohio voters to decide on themselves.

Latta’s campaign said the ad is using this incident to distort the candidate’s image.

“They’re trying to take one vote and have that replace his entire record,” said Matt Parker, as spokesman for Latta’s campaign.

But representatives of the Club for Growth said their ad is accurate.

“He voted to move a tax increase further along,” said Nachama Soloveichik, a spokesperson for the Club For Growth. “In our eyes that’s

See LATTA | Page 2

Housing discrimination Weiss to continue Univ. projects in retirement “I’ve never seen him ‘alive and well,’ officials say bleed, but if I did,

By Gina Potthoff Reporter

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PEOPLE ON THE STREET

By Kate Snyder Reporter

Macs or PCs — where do you stand?

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Officials from the Toledo Fair Housing Center and Ohio Civil Rights Commission came together to talk about rights and available protections against discrimination yesterday.

Darlene Sweeney-Newbern, the director of the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, spoke to students about laws concerning housing and employment.

Employment, housing, public accommodation and credit are some examples of the cases the commission covers.

They even cover discrimination against people applying for final resting places.

“People don’t want certain people buried next to them, believe it or not,” SweeneyNewbern said.

But yesterday, SweeneyNewbern spoke about housing discrimination.

“Housing discrimination is still alive and well,” SweeneyNewbern said.

Laws bar landlords from discrimination based on race, disability, color, ancestry, gen-

See HOUSING | Page 2

LSU, College Republicans to debate

By Tim Sampson City Editor

After finding themselves at odds last year, the Latino Student Union and the College Republicans will be holding a debate to discuss immigration tonight.

A panel, made up of members of each organization, will be discussing the cultural, historical and political aspects of U.S. immigration in the Union theater at 7 p.m.

College Republican Chair Dan Lipian came up with the idea for the debate after members of LSU came out to protest

“Catch an Illegal Immigrant Day” last spring.

During “Catch an Illegal Immigrant Day,” College Republican members wore shirts labeling them as illegal immigrants, and prizes were given out to people who caught the “immigrants” and returned them to a chickenwire pen outside the Union.

LSU members came out during the middle of the event with poster-board signs to protest.

In the wake of the demon-

See DEBATE | Page 2

After playing many different roles within the University, Larry Weiss chose to retire exactly 34 years to the day after he started working at the University.

At 62, Weiss said his four grandchildren are the main reason he decided to retire from his position as associate vice president for University relations and governmental

I bet it would be orange and brown.”

Randy Gardner | BG Resident affairs.

While he said he enjoyed and is grateful for the support he received while working at the University, his frequent busi-

ness trips to Columbus caused him to miss soccer games and school programs.

His wife wanted him to retire sooner, but Weiss said he wanted to stay at the University until the state budget agreements were completed in July.

Weiss, originally from Canton, Ohio, came to the University in 1967 to earn his bachelor’s degree in journalism

See WEISS | Page 2

Student wounds 4 in Cleveland school shooting

By Joe Milicia The Associated Press

CLEVELAND — A 14-year-old suspended student, dressed in black, opened fire in his downtown high school yesterday, wounding four people as terrified schoolmates hid in closets and bathrooms and huddled under laboratory desks. He then killed himself.

AfellowstudentatSuccessTech Academy alternative school said Asa H. Coon had made threats in front of students and teachers last week.

“He’s crazy. He threatened to blow up our school. He threatened to stab everybody,” Doneisha LeVert said.

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DAVID RICHARD | AP PHOTO

TRAGEDY: Cleveland mayor Frank Jackson, center, is escorted at the scene of the SuccessTech Academy school shooting yesterday in Cleveland.

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voting for it.”

The ad also criticized Latta for his approval of former Gov. Bob Taft’s 2003 state budget, which included what both sides have called the largest tax increase in Ohio history.

But Parker said Latta voted for the budget because it made a number of cuts to government spending. He also noted the tax hike was temporary and that Latta later voted against extending the increase.

Latta’s campaign filed an official complaint Monday against the Club for Growth, alleging the group broke state law by making false statements in a campaign ad.

A complaint was also filed against Buehrer’s campaign for making copies of the endorse-

A car was reported missing from a home on the 300 block of Buttonwood Avenue. Police located the vehicle on the 500 block of Clough Street with an empty tank of gas.

7:36 A.M.

A car was reported missing from Third Street. Police found the vehicle in the area behind Pinnacle Plastics on Eighth Street.

8:15 A.M.

Someone broke into a car overnight on South Grove Street.

The person broke the driver’s side door and took a Sirius Radio and GPS system. The total estimated cost of loss and damage is $725.

WEISS From Page 1 and came back to work at the University in 1973 after working in the advertising and public relations field.

He was promoted to his most recent position in 2000, which allowed Weiss to work in Columbus on state budget issues, including those within higher education.

“He is highly respected in the college and will be very missed,” University President Sidney Ribeau said.

Weiss will come back on a

“He is highly respected in the college and will be very missed.”

Sidney Ribeau | Univ. President part-time basis starting Nov. 1, working a few hours a month on two special projects Ribeau has assigned to him.

Ribeau chose Weiss to cochair the University’s 100th anniversary celebration to take place in 2010 because he cochaired the University’s 75th

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strations, Lipian decided it would be a good idea to have an open discussion with members of LSU. “We want to educate people and have an honest debate,” Lipian said.

After the chaos of the event

An article that appeared on page three of yesterday’s BG News incorrectly identified a student program.

It is the First-Year Success Series.

ment and issuing them to media and supporters.

Jim Banks, a spokesman for Buehrer, said that it was “ridiculous” to include the Buehrer campaign in the complaint. He said that the Club for Growth’s endorsement was not misleading and it was normal for a campaign to distribute copies of an endorsement.

“This is an act of desperation on the part of the Latta campaign,” Banks said.

Banks also said it was hypocritical of Latta to criticize the Club for Growth after trying to win the committee’s endorsement himself.

“Latta begged the Club for Growth for their endorsement, but conveniently forgets to mention that now,” Banks said.

Parker said although Latta did meet with committee several weeks ago while in Washington, he was not overly

concerned with winning their endorsement.

“This is in no way sour grapes,” Parker said.

At a hearing yesterday, Ohio Election officials voted 3-0 that there was probable cause for the commission to pursue and investigation into the complaint. Their next hearing about the case is scheduled for Oct. 18.

If the commission finds that the ad made a false statement, the Club for Growth and Buehrer campaign would each likely be fined, said Scott Pullins, an attorney for the Latta campaign.

Latta and Buehrer are each running in the 5th District special election to replace the late U.S. Rep. Paul Gillmor, RTiffin, who died in September.

Primary voting will be on Nov. 6, with the general election scheduled for Dec. 11.

anniversary celebration in 1985.

The co-chairs’ responsibilities will include overseeing the Centennial Anniversary Committee’s 40 to 45 members, made up of faculty, staff, alumni, students, retirees and others from both the main campus and Firelands.

Weiss said he has a “running start” since he knows the right alumni and people to contact.

One of his recruits is Randy Gardner, a member of the Ohio Senate and a Bowling Green resident.

Gardner, who has known Weiss for 20 years, said he is

the strongest University advocate and is a vital part of the University’s history.

“I’ve never seen him bleed, but if I did, I bet it would be orange and brown,” Gardner said.

On top of this project, Weiss will be writing a book on the history of the BGSU women’s basketball team from the team’s start to its recent successes.

Weiss joked after three more years he might want to retire.

“I think I’ll be pretty busy with all this,” Weiss said.

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“When you call this the ‘Illegal Immigration Debate,’ people are going to be walking in with a bias against it.”

Laura Saavedra | LSU President last spring, LSU president Laura Saavedra said she welcomed the College Republicans’ invitation.

“I thought this would be a

more appropriate way to inform the campus,” Saavedra said.

But even putting the debate together brought up conflict

HOUSING From Page 1 der or religion. Racial discrimination is most common.

Age is not protected under the Fair Housing Act in Ohio.

“Unfortunately, if you say you’re 24 and they say ‘I don’t want you here,’ they can do that,” Sweeney-Newbern said.

It is unlawful, however, to discriminate against someone based on age for employment purposes.

While most complaints filed are from women and minority groups, sometimes white males are discriminated against as well.

Most of those complaints are based on age for employment.

People who feel they have been discriminated against for employment have six months to file a charge. In housing situations, they have one year to file a complaint.

In apartment complexes, the terms and agreements must be the same for everyone.

This was the basis of a case last year concerning University students living in an off-campus complex.

Janet Hales, a private attorney, spoke to the group about the details of the case.

Four young black women got an apartment off campus their senior year of college.

Their specific apartment was filthy, Hales said, and the managers did not really concern themselves with the girls’ complaints.

The girls did the best they between the groups because they could not agree on a name.

College Republicans wanted to call the event “The Illegal Immigration Debate,” while LSU wanted to call the event just “The Immigration Debate.”

“When you call this the ‘Illegal Immigration Debate,’ people are going to be walking in with a bias against it,” Saavedra said.

“People don’t want certain people buried next to them, believe it or not.”

Darlene Sweeney-Newbern | Director could and eventually had a party. Lots of people came — including some parents — and though there weren’t any kegs, the police came.

The girls were charged with a noise violation and were required to pay a $50 fine, Hales said.

There were other parties going on that night in other apartments, but this one wasn’t any louder than the others, Hales said.

One of the girls did not pay the fine after calling the fair housing commission.

She was evicted for not paying the fine.

Katherine Broka, president and CEO of the Fair Housing Center in Toledo, said students can protect themselves by knowing their rights and the protections available to them.

Students should also be diligent with their finances and know what their protections are, she said.

She also encouraged students to try to keep their ears open for discriminations against others.

The main goal is to make sure that if there is a problem, it never happens again.

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Ultimately, the event was called “The Immigration Debate,” and it will be moderated by Timothy Messer-Kruse, chair of the ethnic studies department.

“If it’s thorough and honest, people should leave with a better understanding of the issue,” Messer-Kruse said. “But we don’t expect to change anyone’s mind in one night.”

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By Paul Dalsky Reporter

Words and phrases were shared in the Union last night, but not verbally.

The first of three sign language seminars were taught by Amber Ricker, a clinically deaf senior at the University.

Ricker started last evening’s sign language class by telling the story of how she became deaf.

When Ricker was a young child, a skull fracture caused nerve damage in her head.

Doctors told her she would lose all hearing by age 18.

But she is now 21 and can still hear, although she will continue to lose hearing as time goes on.

When Ricker was in second grade, she taught herself sign language by looking at books and attending classes offered at the library. She now works at Wood Lane Residential Services, helping people learn sign language.

During the seminar, Ricker used booklets to help teach key words. At any time, questions could be brought up for discussion and were viewed as learning opportunities. She made it clear that no prior knowledge of sign language was required to attend

the sessions.

Four people attended the first session for practical reasons.

Freshman Lauren Sydor had a little background in the language but chose to come because of her field of study.

“My major is communication disorders, and I would like to take a sign language class one day,” Sydor said.

Vernon Langford, a senior majoring in nursing, also signed up for the program. The second session will deal with medical terminology, which she said would be helpful for nursing.

Event coordinator Allison Carfrey enjoyed her time at the session.

“I learned so much. I think it would be great if you could major in it,” Carfrey said.

Ricker enjoyed sharing her knowledge of another language with those who attended. She used to get upset about being deaf but now uses to help others.

“It’s part of me,” Ricker. “I wouldn’t be me without it.”

There will be two more sessions which people can still sign up for at the information desk in the Union for $5 a session. They will be held in 314 Union, on Oct. 17 and Oct. 24 from 6-8 p.m.

7 - 8 p.m.

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

9 - 11 a.m., 3 - 5 p.m.

Talent Show Ticket Sales Union Table Space

1 - 4 p.m.

Offenhauer Breast Cancer Carnival Union Oval

314 Union

7 - 10 p.m.

CRU Meeting 101 Olscamp

7 - 11:30 p.m.

Creed on Campus Meeting 201 Union

2 - 5 p.m.

Nuclear Proliferation in Asia

7:30 p.m.

International Film Series: “Daratt/Dry Season” Gish Film Theater, Hanna Hall

318 Union

3 - 7 p.m.

Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour Union Ballroom

4 - 6 p.m.

Food for Thought: Eating Habits and Mental Health 228 Union

CHRISTINA MCGINNIS | THE BG NEWS

NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION LESSONS: Top Left: Amber Ricker’s sign language class signs the letter F; Top Right: Amber Ricker’s sign language class signs stand; Bottom: Students participate in the first of three sign language lectures on the third floor of the Union.

6 - 7 p.m.

FYSS - Finding Your Niche: The Key to Success at BGSU 315 Union

7:30 p.m.

MFA Readings Prout Chapel

8 p.m.

Percussion Ensemble Moore Musical Arts Center, Kobacker Hall

8 - 9 p.m.

UAO Pub Series - Speed Dating Black Swamp Pub, Union

9 - 10:30 p.m.

H2O Live Union Ballroom

Coalition crushes credit card companies Calls for students to say no to free T-shirts and high interest rates

By Justin Pope The Associated Press

With small incomes and big bills, college students make a prime market for credit cards.

But critics say the card companies take unfair advantage, luring students with free T-shirts and food — then snaring them with high interest rates.

Yesterday, a national consumer group backed by several educational organizations launched a campaign to persuade more colleges to crack down on credit-card marketing to students.

The coalition wants schools to take steps ranging from prohibiting card company giveaways

to blocking their access to student lists.

Organizers also promised to do their own consumer education and counter-marketing, setting up tables near where cards are being hawked and giving away their own trinkets and food, like lollipops with the message “don’t be a sucker.”

“College students are vulnerable, they’re already hammered by the high cost of education,” said Ed Mierzwinski, consumer program director of the U.S. PIRG Education Fund, which is leading the effort. “Cards seem like a solution but they can become a trap.”

Ken Clayton, managing direc-

tor of the card policy council of the American Bankers Association, which represents card-issuers, said his organization shares the goal of better educating students about credit, but said that overall, students use credit responsibly, and pay their balances in full at the same rate as the general public. He also said three-quarters of students get cards through general advertising, not campus promotions.

Credit cards “serve a very valuable function, whether it’s to buy books, airline tickets home, or pay for emergencies like when your car breaks down,” he said.

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“I’ve never seen him bleed, but if I did, I bet it would be orange and brown.”

— State Sen. Randy Gardner about Larry Weiss, associate vice president for University relations and governmental affairs, who is retiring after 34 years at the University [see story, p. 1]

PEOPLE ON THE STREET “PCs — Macs are confusing.”

KENT DARR, Sophomore, Special Education

Thursday, October 11, 2007 4

Macs or PCs — where do you stand?

“Macs — I think it’s a personal preference, it depends on what you want to use it for.”

“PCs — Macs are hard to use. I’m used to PCs.”

“PCs — it’s a far more stable, reliable platform.”

CHRIS FAIR, Junior, Graphic Design

CHRIS CONRAD, Senior, Biology

MARK WAGGONER, Sophomore, Sociology

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Don’t make ‘em like they used to GRANT PARDEE COLUMNIST

“They just don’t make them like they used to.”

Is there any phrase more annoying? If there is, I haven’t found it.

My fellow BG News columnist Levi Joseph Wonder took that phrase and ran with it in a column yesterday, referring specifically to the state of movies [“What’s happened to movies?”].

Movies today, he argued, just ain’t what they were in yesteryears.

Look at “Transformers,” he cried. Now look at “Casablanca.”

“See? See what I mean? Movies then were so much better.”

Well, I say! Humbug, humbug!

Of course they would seem that way when you compare the best a generation has to offer to a generic, by-the-numbers summer blockbuster.

The only difference is the way you’re looking at it. There were plenty of forgettable, garbage movies in the period in which “Casablanca” was made. But that was then, and you have no need to remember every movie that came out that year — you’re only remembering the good ones.

Ten years from now, you’ll be crying that movies just aren’t what they used to be back in good ol’ 2007. Man, that was the year we had it good: “Waitress,” “Ratatouille,” “Grindhouse” — if only we could go back!

If anything, film — like most aspects of society and culture — is progressing. It’s getting better.

Today there’s more room for independent film and creator-driven projects than ever.

Especially as technology increases, with digital video becoming more readily available, coupled with easy access to broadband Internet, it’s only a matter of how willing you are to search in order to find great independent film work.

I don’t want to single Wonder

“It’s a viewpoint that is also favored in those annoying e-mail chain letters — the ones that go on about how “we’ve built bigger buildings, but we have smaller hearts.”

Maybe the only difference is that, nowadays, we’re cornier.” out, though, because it’s a trend that goes further than just movies. The idea that “they don’t make them like they used to” — that things were better back in the day — is a common one, and a bogus one.

Just yesterday, two — two! — of my professors in two — two!

— different classes went on similar rants about how much easier things were for them “back then.” I should also point out that yesterday I only had two — two!!

— classes.

It’s a viewpoint that is also favored in those annoying e-mail chain letters — the ones that go on about how “we’ve built bigger buildings, but we have smaller hearts.” Maybe the only difference is that, nowadays, we’re cornier.

The idea that yesterday was better than today is not only myopic, it’s disgusting and depressing. It suggests that we’re moving backward as a society, that we’ll never be able to achieve what our parents or grandparents did.

Baloney!

Let’s go back to gas-guzzling automobiles without seat belts.

Let’s go back to segregation. Let’s go back to a time where women couldn’t vote, much less run for office.

Heck, why stop in the 20th century? Why not go back to the colonial period? Things were so much simpler then! We could work ourselves to the bone just to eat at night and then maybe take a vacation to California. We’ll be back in a decade if we’re lucky, so be sure to check our mail.

Why not, right? Things were so much better back then. They

must have been, because it was then and not now.

The thing is, our memories are selective. As we grow older and look back, we don’t remember all of the negative parts.

Times were no simpler or better back then than they are now.

You just need to look at it the right way.

In the grand scope of things, we’re progressing. Of course we are. It’s just that since we exist in the “now,” it’s easy to get tripped up by whatever bad things happen — entertainment or otherwise — and remember “then” as a sort of magical, faraway land that can be anything we remember it to be, no matter how untrue or distorted the memory is.

What’s more, wishing for yesterday to happen again prevents society and culture from moving forward. This is something our generation is particularly guilty of. Why was “Transformers” made, after all? Because of our yearning for the past — to experience our childhood again.

You’ve heard the conversations before, maybe even participated in them. They start like, “Remember Stretch Armstrong?

Remember NES or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Those were the days.” But it’s only because of your rose-tinted memory that those things are better than what kids today are enjoying.

So embrace the “now,” embrace the future, if only because nobody likes hearing how much “they don’t make them like they used to.”

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This country should not be in Iraq SCOTT WATKINS | TALON MARKS

Oct. 10 (MCT) —This country is fighting a war it cannot win because it cannot beat a belief system where violence is the norm.

We cannot get involved in the world’s problems because we have too many of our own.

We cannot fight wars effectively on so many fronts.

We cannot call this war an issue over human rights when we have held prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba since the beginning of the “War on Terror” and have passed laws that let law enforcement officials torture suspects.

We cannot fight this war when it has cost this country billions of dollars. We do not have a health care system and Social Security is going to soon be without funding.

The reason most people believe we should be there is to

help the people of Iraq.

But what about our own people?

Should we just leave the people that fight for this country’s freedoms to die in Iraq?

The reason we have a military is to protect this country, not others.

During Hurricane Katrina there were not, and still are not, enough resources to actually make a difference.

The National Guard that was supposed to be there to help people during national disasters was in Iraq, or at least their equipment was.

If there is a war that we need to fight, it is the war in Afghanistan.

The war in Afghanistan is still going on — the Taliban is gaining a foothold and there are not enough troops there to ensure a victory.

If we want to help the rest of the world there are a lot more needy places we should be.

We could be in Africa where

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“We cannot get involved in the world’s problems because we have too many of our own.” most of its citizens are dying of starvation because of ruthless dictatorships.

We can go to North Korea — where this country might actually have weapons of mass destruction, a.k.a. a nuclear bomb.

The Bush administration made an error when going into Iraq.

So, please President Bush get our troops and family members out of Iraq and back home where they belong.

Talon Marks is the student newspaper at Cerritos College in Norwalk, Calif.

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The church’s advantage is to free us from relativism ANGELA WASSERMAN | GUEST COLUMNIST

In Tom Hurst’s Sept. 27 column, he made the assertion that “terrorists justified their actions by distorting religious views … That’s the problem with religious justification: Religious texts are up for interpretation and are therefore a dubious precedent for morality” [“Leave religion out of our morals”].

The truth in this statement is that terrorists do justify their actions by distorting their religious views; however, this is not to be confused with the fallacy that their actions are justified within the framework of their religion. This begets the second fallacy, which claims that religious texts are up for interpretation. While some religious texts may have been created with this allowance, the Bible’s very purpose was to prevent interpretation on moral matters.

Furthermore, unless the laws of a religion explicitly condone such taboo behavior, it cannot be attributed as characteristic of an entire religion. To do so would only perpetuate distortions and would mark the demise or division (essentially synonymous) of that religion in its original form.

The third fallacy is the generalization that religion at large is divisive. Christianity’s whole purpose is to unite everyone through the love of Christ, as asserted in Corinthians 12:12-13. Christ did not come to divide, but he did come to deliver the truth. The easy way out is to claim there is no truth; however, rejecting truth because it is difficult to understand is a narrow-minded cop-out.

The Gospel of John portrays this behavior regarding the disciples’ obstinate reaction to Jesus when he said he is the “bread of life” and that whoever does not eat his flesh and drink his blood will have no life within them: “This saying is hard; who can accept it?” This resulted in “many of his disciples returning to their former way of life.” This can be paralleled to

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today’s thousands of denominations which have appeared in the past 2,000 years.

That being said, I would encourage Hurst, Aaron Urbanski and all those questioning moral truths to do some research. What is the history and motivation behind the development of a religion? Was it the concoction of a human ideal or personal pacification?

Was it in response to a social or political injustice? Established

by God? When a spirit of humility and openness is coupled with the consideration of Christianity’s historical context, it is impossible to establish the reliability of moral relativism.

Only truth will reveal which religion and, thus, which morals have developed from an omniscient God versus from humanity.

Hurst’s column alludes to one more underlying truth: “As long as there are problems in this world, debating the existence and will of a supreme being is trivial.” Indeed, we should be immersing ourselves in prayer for our nation’s times, not dismantling the gift of faith (no matter how small) we have been graciously given by resurrecting the question of God’s existence for the sake of intellectual debate.

As far as Hurst’s reference to Mother Teresa, it is important to note that 1) Time magazine does not constitute an experienced medium of information (its mission is not to communicate theological truths) and 2) the “feeling” of God that Mother Teresa was without for the majority of her life is a grace (i.e. the freely given, unmerited favor and love of God) that some may receive, but it is an addition to the love that is an act of the will, that love which is most important and imperative to loving him fully.

What is truly amazing is that while Mother Teresa was not given the consolation of “feelings,” never was her spiritual struggle enough to dismantle what rendered her most profound and admirable loyalty to Christ. To take Mother Teresa’s

“Rejecting truth because it is difficult to understand is a narrow-minded copout.” life of virtue and divorce it from belief in the very source she clung to most throughout her mortification is a weak and ludicrous assertion.

Finally, Hurst’s suggestion that we should “support our morality with secular grounds so we can be united in solving the world’s problems” is self-defeating. Hurst gave the example of the commandment “Thou shalt not kill,” and explained that because it is merely a subjective statement taken from the Bible, it does not constitute a good reason for the taking of another’s life to be rendered immoral.

Interestingly, Hurst claims that by attributing secular reasons to the lawful prohibition of killing, it can be rightfully rendered immoral.

However, to rely on a secular source constantly under amendment for morality does not reduce, but rather perpetuates, the problem of moral relativism, and calls to mind a greater need for a pillar of truth.

That’s the beauty of the church: It offers to all a path by which we might be saved of our own sinful nature, a nature we can only be made conscious of by the grace of Christ Jesus.

Wasserman is a junior studying psychology.

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Halm nets MAC East honors Athlete of the Week: Kendra Halm

By Sean Shapiro Reporter

FOOTBALL Bearcats getting noticed The Cincinnati football team has turned some heads with a 6-0 record this season.

Normally a basketball school, the football program is starting to get the majority of the praise in and around the campus. Page 6.

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OUR CALL Today in Sports History 1997—Dennis Rodman returns from the second longest NBA suspension (11 games).

1967—Carl Yastremski, Reggie Smith and Rico Petrocelli hit a World Series record three home runs in a row.

1943—The Yankees become the first team to win ten World Series titles.

1873—The Toronto Argonauts lose their first-ever game to the University of Toronto.

The List The NLCS is starting tomorrow night. To help set the mood for the upcoming series between the Diamondbacks and the Rockies, we list five difference-makers.

1. Diamondbacks lineup: They haven’t put up the stellar offensive numbers of other playoff teams, such as the eliminated Cubs and Phillies, but they’ve scored runs when they’ve needed to, and are poised to make a run at the World Series.

2. Rockies Lineup: One through seven, there is a lot of thunder in this American League-esque lineup. If they have their way, they’ll be pounding on Arizona pitching all night.

3. Todd Helton: After spending a lifetime playing on some terrible Rockies’ teams, he’s finally getting a taste of the playoffs. He could be a major factor offensively.

4. Jeff Francis: He’s flown under the radar but been very good. He shut down the Phillies in game one of the NLDS.

5. Brandon Webb: He’s the second-best pitcher in the National League (behind Jake Peavy) and was dominant in his NLDS start against the Cubs. He could come up huge in this series.

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DOING DAMAGE: With 13 kills in 16 attempts and no errors in a match against Buffalo last weekend, Halm nearly broke a 15-year-old record.

While the Falcons went undefeated the past week against IPFW, Akron and Buffalo, one Falcon stood out above the rest.

Junior Middle Blocker, Kendra Halm earned Mid-American Conference East Division player of the week honors for the second time in her career.

“I know I played well, I don’t expect anything, and we won.

Obviously that’s the most important thing, extra honors are great but I don’t expect it,” Halm said.

Halm’s spectacular week began in BG’s three game victory over IPFW in which she recorded 11 kills and only committed one error for a .500 hitting percentage. In the Falcons second game of the week Halm once again led the Falcons with 11 kills and a single error in 17 attempts, leading to .588 hitting percentage.

However, against Buffalo, Halm was even more phenomenal as she recorded 13 kills on 16 attempts without any errors. Halm’s performance in the match left her just short of breaking Carey Amos’ 15-year record for hitting percentage in match at .867.

Halm finished the match with a .812 hitting percentage.

“I could sum it up with one word, phenomenal. She literally was phenomenal this past week and I don’t know that people understand volleyball is a game of mistakes,” said Head Coach Denise Van De Walle. “Since she gets set quite a bit, it’s a amazing that for an entire week of competition she only had two hitting errors, that is extremely difficult to do.”

For the week, Halm had a total of 35 kills and 2 errors on

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TWO-TIME: Kendra Halm has now won MAC Player of the Week twice in her career.

53 attempts, a spectacular .623 hitting percentage. She also recorded 10 blocks, three digs, and an assist. For Halm it was the culmination of hard work the entire season learning to work with new freshman Setter Sam Fish.

Halm’s player of the week honor added to her list of accolades which already includes an All-MAC freshman squad honor, All-MAC last season and being the team’s co-offensive player of the year last season.

Halm and the Falcons continue their home stand this weekend with a pair of matches against the Central Michigan Chippewas and the Eastern Michigan Eagles. The Falcons are currently 13-7 overall (4-2 in the MAC) and haven’t lost at home yet this season.

Ruggers remain undefeated, will face No. 17 Indiana over weekend

By Chris Voloschuk Assistant Sports Editor

At 24-0, the BG men’s club rugby hasn’t encountered many road blocks.

As of the new October ninth Division I men’s college rankings, BG is the 13th best team in the country. They currently have the best point differential in the nation and 13 of their wins have been shutouts.

Last week, they looked to improve on their undefeated record with Michigan State coming to town for a three-game set in some pretty muggy conditions.

Once again, the “A” side set the tone for the day, winning the first game 49-0. Fullback Dan Brandenstein was the first Falcon to score, as he was able to run through a big hole in the middle of the MSU defense. Shortly after, fly half Nick Viviani scored and tacked on a penalty field goal.

Just before half-time, wing Ian Gagnon found open space and sprinted 95 yards downfield for

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BIG TAKE DOWN: A Michigan State ball carrier is tackled hard by wing Ian Gagnon and hooker Eric Nutter (center), with Ryan Bonek and Zach Williams (back right) providing backup. BG was able to win the game 49-0, improving their undefeated record to 24-0 last weekend.

yet another score. At the half, BG led 20-0.

In the second half, the Falcons didn’t let up in their offensive attack. Gagnon opened things up by chasing down a kick, grabbing the ball out of the MSU receiver’s hands and taking it into the end zone for his second

try of the day.

Gagnon’s try was only the beginning, as three other Falcons would score in the half, topped off by three more conversion kicks and a penalty kick

by Viviani.

Despite the lopsided score, coach Roger Mazzarella said

that Saturday’s high temperature affected the offense negatively.

“The heat and humidity did a lot to reign in our offense,” Mazzarella said. “The defense was magnificent, but the oppressive heat took its toll. There were too many times where someone would break the Spartan defen-

sive line but there would be no backup support.”

Defensively, BG only allowed the Spartans to get out of their own territory just twice in the game. They were led by the back row of flankers Ryan Bonek and Mark Viviani and eight man Rich Hines.

Mazzarella has been very pleased with the work of the trio all season long.

“Besides being stalwart defenders, the three of them have turned ball theft into an art form,” Mazzarella said. “Two of them bring down the ball carrier while the third has already taken the ball before he hits the ground.”

In the “B” side match, fly half Pat Wolansky, wing Toby Ledesma and scrum half Mitch Albers each scored tries, with Albers adding on a kick conversion. They won 17-0.

In the final game of the day, the “C” side won 19-17.

This weekend, the Falcons will travel to Indiana for a match with the 17th-ranked Hoosiers.

Women’s golf sees some positives at Shoot-out, but finishes 12th overall hard work earned her 36th place and hit more greens and keep overall. putting well.”

“That’s how I wanted to be as Lauren Glew followed suit, The BG women’s golf team was a captain,” Hrusovsky said. “It’s continually improving each day armed and ready early this week good to have an anchor for the to earn a three day score of 246 when they played 54 holes in the team and I was glad I could be (86,81,79).

Shoot-out at the Legends tour- that person in this tournament.”

Coach Stephanie Young has nament in Franklin,Ind. Freshman DeO’nna Anderson been thoroughly impressed The team looked younger had her best showing all year, with her young golfers. than usual with three fresh- trimming strokes with every 18 “We’ve got a lot of young talent, man— Lauren Glew, Megan holes she played. She went from which shows that this team’s Glew and DeO’nna Anderson— an 83 in round one to a 78 in future is bright. We also have making up half of the compet- her final round. Her constant a lot of great senior leadership improvement over the course of for them to learn from,” Young ing squad.

Senior Captain Carley the tournament earned her a tie said.

Jessica McCann was close on Hrusovsky led by example as for 42nd place.

“I just tried to relax,” Anderson the heels of Lauren Glew, trailshe shot her way to a three day score of 237 (79, 78, 80). Her said. “I’m trying to go out there ing the freshman by one stroke

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overall.

The overall team score put the Falcons toward the bottom of the leaderboard, finishing 12th place.

Coach Young is looking for continual improvement, and is working to keep up with the high level of competition the team has faced.

“We have to continue to focus on our small successes. We need to focus on our game-plan, short game, course management, consistency, lowering our team scores and all of our goals that we are very focused on and continue to work on,” Young

said.

The team will be traveling to Daytona, Fla., this weekend to participate in the LPGA international, hosted by Xavier University.

Coach Young knows this will be one of the biggest tests the team will face this season.

“This will be the most difficult course we’ll see,” Young said. “The tournament field, the teams we’ll see, are probably the most talented we’ve seen this fall. It’s a great opportunity for us to be in the event and we are going to be focused to do the best we can.”

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At 6-0, Cincinnati football earns No. 15 ranking with best start since 1954

By Joe Kay The Associated Press

comed into the Big East, their football program was an afterthought. The basketball proCINCINNATI — For coach Brian gram’s success under former Kelly’s first home game, the coach Bob Huggins made them University of Cincinnati couldn’t an attractive addition.

Huggins was the face of come close to filling its small football stadium. Two months Cincinnati athletics, running later, the school is talking about the team that drove the program. His forced departure left adding thousands of seats.

Six wins have changed nearly a void for the last two years. The Bearcats didn’t get votes in the every conversation on campus.

The Bearcats’ best start polls — basketball or football.

So, when football coach Mark since 1954 has lifted them to No. 15 nationally and boosted Dantonio left for Michigan State their profile faster than anyone after the regular season last year, expected when Kelly was hired the school set out to find not just last December. He arrived with another coach, but a salesman promises of eventually turning for a program that couldn’t even Cincinnati into a prominent come close to filling its 35,000seat stadium for most games. program.

“I felt when we went into that Not even his boss expected it process that not only did we to happen so fast.

“I was very optimistic and felt need a football coach who could at some point we would get here,” get the job done on the field, but athletics director Mike Thomas we needed someone that in the said in an interview this week. community could really be a DAVID KOHL | AP PHOTO “Has it happened a little quicker face for this program,” Thomas than I envisioned? I’d be lying if said.

FANTASTIC START: Cincinnati quarterback Ben Mauk has been one of the reasons for the Bearcats’ undefeated record this season.

Kelly immediately talked of I said ‘Yeah, this is how quickly I championships and national thought it would happen.’”

“To me, it’s ahead of schedule. rankings. He showed up at half- over Southeast Missouri State taking ticket orders for next Haruki Nakamura said. “It’s a But he’s a very impatient per- time of a Bearcats basketball on Aug. 30. For the players, the season. Thomas is looking into complete turnaround. Now son, just like I’m a very impatient game and promised big things half-empty stadium felt all-too- expanding Nippert Stadium to we’ve got guys camping out accommodate the overnight for tickets. Now the games are familiar. ahead. person.” sold out. They’re going to have Six weeks later, it’s an entirely growth in ticket demand.

The community listened. And Kelly had a whole lot of history “My freshman year, I knew to expand. I’ve never seen anydifferent place. The Bearcats working against him when he ignored.

The Bearcats drew only 20,223 have sold out the rest of their it wasn’t the true college foot- thing like it. showed up on campus.

“The thing is, the last couple When the Bearcats were wel- for a season-opening victory home games and are already ball atmosphere,” senior safety

years we didn’t give fans quite what they wanted. We weren’t winning consistently.”

The school is starting to lay a foundation for years to come.

Kelly would like to add a practice field — currently, the Bearcats work out in Nippert Stadium — and upgrade some of the other facilities. He’d also like to increase the stadium’s capacity to above 40,000.

“We couldn’t even have this conversation when you have 20,000 people sitting in a stadium that seats 35,000,” Kelly said. “Now that we’ve got to that number, we can start to have that conversation because it wasn’t worth having before.

I think we’re just beginning to bring this to the forefront.”

There’s still a long way to go.

While the Bearcats were beating Rutgers on Saturday night, a videoboard at the city’s downtown square showed the Ohio State game instead. It was a reminder that the bad old days weren’t so long ago.

“I don’t know that it hit me deeply as much as it brought a bit of a wry smile to my face, like: You know, they don’t get it yet, that we are Cincinnati,” Kelly said. “It’s going to take time.

“I think it means that we still have more work to do, and that’s OK.”

Once the worst division in baseball, two young N.L. West teams will play for a pennant

By Bob Baum The Associated Press

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YOUTH MOVEMENT: Troy Tulowitzki (right) is 22-years-old and a top N.L. shortstop.

some shrewd draft picks and a few smart trades can.

“The American League East PHOENIX — It’s the NL Worst no will always have a few more dollars to spend,” Arizona manager more.

The National League teams Bob Melvin said, “But I think the out West, the subject of ridicule youth and amount of prospects just two seasons ago, are young, in this division are pretty phetalented and they work cheap, at nomenal.”

In one sweet season, some least relatively so in the world of have gone from prospects to stars. major league baseball.

The Colorado Rockies and That’s part of the reason that for Arizona Diamondbacks, who the first time, a pair of West teams open their NL championship are matched up in the NLCS. Colorado’s 22-year-old Troy series on Thursday night, are proof that success can be home- Tulowitzki, hit 24 home runs, grown and that big money most by a shortstop in NL history. doesn’t assure a winner — but He batted .291 with 99 RBIs while leading all major league short-

stops in fielding percentage.

The Rockies, making their first NLCS appearance, also have two outstanding young pitchers in 23year-old Ubaldo Jimenez and 21year-old Franklin Morales. Closer Manny Corpas is just 24.

Rookie Jeff Baker’s pinch-hit single drove in the go-ahead run in a Rockies’ 2-1 victory that completed a three-game sweep of Philadelphia in the division series. It was Colorado’s 17th victory in 18 games.

“It’s been amazing,” Rockies third baseman Garrett Atkins said. “Ubaldo Jimenez has been huge for us. There’s no way we are where we are without him.

Franklin Morales has done an unbelievable job as well as getting us here. Obviously you can’t speak enough about Tulo. He’s been unbelievable on both sides of the ball.”

The Diamondbacks, if anything, are younger. They start three rookies — center fielder Chris Young, third baseman Mark Reynolds and right fielder Justin Upton.

Reynolds was called up from Double-A when Chad Tracy was hurt. Upton, considered one of the top prospects in the game, started the season at Class A Lancaster and is barely 20.

ALCS opponents have a number of ties

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He’s not the only one who wore a Cleveland uniform before putting on a hat with the traditional B. Fact is, there’s a lot of crossover going into their AL championship series matchup starting Friday night at Fenway Park.

Boston center fielder Coco Crisp made his major league debut for the Indians and

played his first two seasons with them. Julian Tavarez spent parts of four seasons in Cleveland. Alex Cora spent half a season there.

Red Sox manager Terry Francona and pitching coach John Farrell were teammates on the Indians in 1988 and went on to work in the front office.

“Believe me when I say this: I don’t want them to beat us. I think that’s stating the obvious,” Francona said. “But there are some people over there that I am really close to. ... There’s nothing wrong with going up against people that you really have a lot of respect for. Sometimes it makes you want to win more.”

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Internal critics rebuke policies of Iranian ‘hard-line’ president

By Ali Akbar Dareini The Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s former chief nuclear negotiator delivered an unusually sharp rebuke to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s policies yesterday, saying they are turning more nations against Iran and failing to fix the struggling economy.

The comments by Hasan Rowhani were the harshest yet against the hard-line president by a prominent figure in the Iranian leadership, and came after critics had grown muted in recent month as the government stirred up fears of conflict with the U.S. and warned against dissent.

The criticism echoed complaints early this year from conservative supporters of Ahmadinejad that his inflammatory rhetoric was needlessly goading the West in the confrontation over Iran’s nuclear program and that he hadn’t fulfilled promises to improve the economy.

Rowhani was replaced as nuclear negotiator when Ahmadinejad came to office in 2005, but he remains a member of the Supreme National Security Council and sits on two powerful cleric-run bodies, the Experts Assembly and the Expediency Council.

Speaking to the pro-reform Moderation and Development Party, he did not directly mention Ahmadinejad, but was clearly referring to his policies. His comments were reported by the semiofficial ISNA and Mehr news agencies and confirmed to The Associated Press by people who heard the speech.

“On the international stage, we are under threat more than any other time,” Rowhani said.

“The country’s diplomacy will be successful if it doesn’t allow

the enemy to win the backing of other countries against us.

Unfortunately, the number of our enemies are increasing. Up to yesterday, Britain stood by the U.S., but now France has joined the United States more closely.”

Rowhani had spoken little in public since he was removed as nuclear negotiator, a stint during which he helped seal a deal with the European Union under which Iran suspended uranium enrichment as a gesture to the West. After he was replaced, Iran resumed those activities and has pushed ahead with them despite U.N. sanctions and resolutions demanding a halt.

He indirectly criticized Ahmadinejad’s frequent statements dismissing the effect of U.N. sanctions on Iran, saying “the economic impact is felt in the life of the people.”

Turning to Iran’s economic struggles, Rowhani said that despite high prices for Iran’s oil, “we don’t see a healthy and dynamic economy.”

“If we had an accurate and comprehensive plan, most of the country’s problems could have been resolvable,” he said.

Rowhani said important policy decisions were being made by only a few people. “The views and opinions of others must be sought, too,” he said, adding, “We can’t reach adequate national unity with so much shortsightedness.”

On Friday, Ahmadinejad denounced critics of his nuclear policies and made what appeared to be a dig at Rowhani for discussing the nuclear standoff with German officials during a visit to Germany in September.

“There are some people inside the country ... who want to intervene,” Ahmadinejad said.

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Recent deaths may help curb security firms in Iraq

By Kim Gamel The Associated Press

BAGHDAD — Guards working for an Australian-owned security company fired on a car as it approached their convoy Tuesday, killing two women civilians before speeding away from the latest bloodshed blamed on the deadly mix of heavily armed protection details on Baghdad’s crowded streets.

The deaths of the two Iraqi Christians — including one who used the white sedan as an unofficial taxi to raise money for her family — came a day after the Iraqi government handed U.S. officials a report demanding hefty payments and the ouster from Iraq of embattled Blackwater USA for a chaotic shooting last month that left at least 17 civilians dead.

The deaths Tuesday at a Baghdad intersection may

sharpen demands to curb the expanding array of security firms in Iraq watching over diplomats, aid groups and others.

“We deeply regret this incident,” said a statement from Michael Priddin, the chief operating officer of Unity Resources Group, a security company owned by Australian partners but with headquarters in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

Priddin said the company would disclose more details of the shooting after “the facts have been verified and the necessary people and authorities notified.”

But initial accounts — from company statements, witnesses and others — suggested the guards opened fire as the car failed to heed warnings to stop and drifted closer to the convoy near a Unity facility in central Baghdad’s Karrahah district.

It was not immediately clear whether the guards were pro-

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GRIEF: A sibling of one of the women killed Tuesday mourns at the funeral service.

tecting a client at the time, but a group that uses its security agents said its personnel were not at the scene.

Four armored SUVs — three white and one gray — were about 100 yards from a main intersection in the Shiite-con-

trolled district. As the car, a white Oldsmobile, moved into the crossroads, the Unity guards threw a smoke bomb in an apparent bid to warn the car not to come closer, said Riyadh Majid, an Iraqi policeman who saw the shooting.

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Mayor resigns due to drug addiction Atlantic City Mayor Robert Levy leaves office in order to rehabilitate

By Wayne Parry The Associated Press

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The mayor of this gambling resort resigned yesterday after a twoweek absence from office during which he checked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.

Robert Levy’s disappearance came amid a federal investigation for embellishing his Army service in Vietnam. “Mr. Levy has concluded that public confidence is so eroded by these circumstances that the only responsible action is to step down,� said his attorney, Edwin Jacobs. “He does so with great regret and with apologies to his supporters, to the people of Atlantic City, and to his family and friends.�

The president of the seaside city’s council was sworn in as

acting mayor.

City officials last heard from Levy on Sept. 26, when he called in sick, climbed into his cityissued Dodge Durango and seemingly vanished. Aides to Levy, a Democrat who took office in January 2006, would say only that he was hospitalized somewhere, and they would not disclose his condition.

Levy checked himself into a clinic because he had been overmedicating himself with pain pills to treat severe back pain, as well as using different medication to treat post-traumatic stress disorder stemming from his war service, Jacobs said. “He needed to get off the medication he was taking. I wouldn’t call it an addiction. It was a detox situation,� Jacobs said.

Jacobs said he met with Levy on Sept. 23.

“It was apparent to me as a layman that he was experiencing medical problems. Bob Levy was in a medical crisis and needed a leave of absence,�

Jacobs said at a news conference Wednesday that Levy did not attend.

The next day, according to Jacobs, he took Levy to a doctor who confirmed Levy had been overmedicating himself. Two days after that, on Sept. 26, Levy checked himself in to a center that treats substance abuse and mental health issues.

Details about the mayor’s whereabouts began emerging Tuesday, when Jacobs met with a judge considering a City Council request to declare Levy’s office vacant.

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Parks and Recreation Department Now Hiring Adult Basketball OfďŹ cials & Scorekeepers The city of Bowling Green’s Parks & Recreation Department is seeking individuals for adult basketball and scorekeeping positions. Games will take place on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Positions are temporary, part-time and without fringe beniďŹ ts. Applications are available though the City’s Personnel Department MonFri 8am-4:30pm at 304 N. Church Street, Bowling Green, Ohio.

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Students, we will clean up after your party...recycle your cans, bring the bags, etc. Call 419-3521457, ask for Linn. Let us know when & we ll be there.There is a fee, don t get a citation. Call Party To Go, Inc. 419-352-1457.

BABYSITTER on Thur/Fri needed for infant in our BG home. $5/hr. Call 419-494-1660.

Servers needed at Cucina di Betto.

121 S. Main, BG. Apply in person Mon. thru Thurs. , 4-9pm. No calls please.

WILL HAUL AWAY OR BUY OLD CARS, RUNNING OR NOT. 419-819-8700.

Bistro Wasabi hiring servers, bussers & hostesses. Apply in person, 3150 Chappel Dr. Levis Commons, Perrysburg OH 43551 Childcare in my home, a few hrs./day 2 to 3 days/week. Child is school age perfect for college student, ref. req., own transp., great pay for right person. 419-807-8154.

Help Wanted !BARTENDING! up to $300/day No exp. necessary. Training provided.

Call 800-965-6520 ext. 174.

Beef up your resume! Paid internships at local telecommunications company located in downtown Toledo. Three positions available $8 per hour plus bonuses - we ll work with your schedule. Please call Scott at 419-824-5819.

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Scorekeepers $5.25 per game OfďŹ cials $13.00 per game

C/A, Pets Welcome On Site Laundry Private Entrance/Patio Short Term Leases Avail

Email: bgpersonnel@bgohio.org

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Do you have what it takes to assist individuals with MR/DD with daily living?

If you are a fun, energetic, and caring person and are interested in a full-time , part-time, or sub Residential Assistant position we invite you to attend a Job Fair hosted by Wood Lane Residential Services, Inc. 541 Pearl St. Bowling Green on October 16, 2007 from 4:00p.m.-6:00p.m.

Hope to see you there!

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Specials: Full Set $25 Balance: $15 Manicure/Pedicure $35 Prices good until Nov. 15th (services done by Char)

Earn $800-$3200 a month to drive brand new cars with ads placed on them. www.AdCarClub.com Employment Specialist - Develop and maintain relationships with community businesses for the purpose of individual/group job placement and contract procurement. Bachelor s Degree in Special Education, Social Work, or closely related field; two years experience in the field of MR/ DD or related field. In lieu of related degree, must have a minimum two years direct paid sales/marketing.

Full-time position. Salary $36,065.00 -$41,065.00 based upon experience.

Application packet may be obtained from Wood County Board of MR/DD, 11160 East Gypsy Lane Rd., Bowling Green, Ent. B. Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:00pm. Application deadline 10/18/07. E.O.E.

Spring Break Reps Wanted. Free Travel & Cash. www.sunsplashtours. com 1-800-426-7710.

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08-09 school year listings avail.

Also Jan 08 units avail.

See CartyRentals.com $5 WEB/call 419-353-0325 1 bdrm. apt. for sublease, in Hillsdale 1st month s rent is free.

Call 419-656-8268.

2 subleasers needed. 2 large bedrooms. N. Enterprise St. Please call 419-704-4923.

3 bdrm. house & apt. on Manville next to water tower 419-352-5239 AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY 1 bedroom apt. Pets allowed.

Call 419-704-0133 Available Second Semester 2 or 1 bdrm. at 800 Third St. Call 419-354-9740.

Downtown apt., 2 bdrms. w/ balcony.

Available immediately $550 + util.

Call 419-494-4677.

Quiet & cozy 1 bedroom, living room, kitchen, parking. $390 mo. Electric only. 419-654-5716.

Roommate wanted. 3 bdrm. home has 1 bdrm. avail. Newly remodeled. $360 + 1/3 util. 419-260-0531.

BG CafĂŠ 419.354.9433 Fairview Plaza 1039 Haskins Rd. (Rt. 64 & Poe Rd.)

Located at the Woodland Mall - N. Main St. 354-0558 CINEMA 5 Schedule Good for 10/12/07 - 10/18/07 The Game Plan (PG): (1:20 PM), 4:20 PM, 7:20 PM, [10:05 PM]

Tonights Movies

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Thursday

w/ Student ID

The Heartbreak Kid (R): 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM, 10:00 PM The Seeker: The Dark is Rising (PG): 4:10 PM,

(7:10 PM), (9:55 PM)

Good Luck Chuck (R): (4:05 PM), 7:05 PM, 10:15 PM

Good Luck Chuck (R): 7:05 PM, [10:15 PM] The Heartbreak Kid (R): (1:00 PM), 4:00 PM, 7:00 PM, [10:00 PM] Mr. Bean’s Holiday (G): (1:05 PM), 4:05 PM, 7:10 PM, [10:20 PM] Mr. Woodcock (PG-13): (1:15), 4:15 PM, 7:15 PM, [10:10 PM] The Seeker: The Dark is Rising (PG): (1:10), 4:10 PM Times in ( ) Show Sat., Sun. only Times in [ ] Show Thurs., Fri., Sat., Sun. only *Must be 17 to purchase tickets or be accompanied by parent or legal guardian

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The Game Plan (PG): 4:20 PM, 7:20 PM, 10:05 PM

MATINEES: (before 6pm)$2.00 EVENINGS: Adults $4.00 TUES: All Day $2.00 FRI + SAT: $4.00

Times in ( ) Show Thurs. only

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Serving American Comfort Food Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner All Day! BG-CafĂŠ is a full service Family Restaurant.

Offering homemade daily specials. $2.00 off a Dinner Order (limit one per order) Expires Wed. Oct. 31

Open 7 Days a Week!

SUN 9A - 3P MON - THUR 8A - 8P FRI & SAT 8A - 9P

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LEASING BEGINS OCT. 24TH