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October 26, 2007 Volume 102, Issue 48

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Campus life giving you the blues?

Halloween can be both fun and frightening Pulse editors reveal why some like to be scared, and reveal a local scary place | Page 11

Weekend fun for the Falcon family The University prepares for the tradition where students show their loved ones around campus, if they choose to do so | Page 9

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A ‘Brave New World’

The Prozac Nation recruits new members as individuals search for the perfect drug to numb their everyday blues | Page 4

NATION

“Don’t Tase me, Bro” University of Florida student Tasered by police during a John Kerry town hall forum has created a national catch-phrase | Page 7

Cleveland leaves fans disillusioned

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SPORTS

Sports columnist examines the city’s disappointments | Page 13

Falcons volleyball looks to continue their streak

But the team has not beaten Western Michigan since 2001 | Page 13

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A whole new virtual world Second Life provides students with new way to learn, express themselves

By Freddy Hunt Assistant City Editor

The University is currently building a new campus: one where professors can lecture from a hot tub, students can wear rollerblades to class, dragons are welcome and just about anything is “virtually” possible.

The new campus isn’t far either, just a mouse click away. Second Life is a multi-user virtual environment that allows students and faculty to roam around BGSU’s virtual island campus with their characters, known as avatars, and interact like they would in real life.

Sarah “Intellagirl” Robbins, Ph.D. candidate and director of Emerging Technologies for Media Sauce Inc., said SL allows students the freedom to create a self image rather than be identified by a serial number and student ID. “Students can be dwarves if they want,” Robbins said. “We want to teach who they select to be, not who they conveniently are.”

The virtual island campus features faculty offices for meetings, a music room where avatars can listen and dance to streaming music from local DJ’s, a media theater for viewing educational videos and powerpoints, an art gallery that features artwork from BGSU students and galleries worldwide, a Zen garden featuring virtual flora and soothing musical compositions by students, and a sandbox area where users can construct anything imagin-

JAMIE NIENBERG Freshman Communication Disorders

“One time, we had a huge ice storm and were stuck in our house.” | Page 4

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FALCONS GO VIRTUAL: The new virtual campus, above, is being built by the University to allow students to choose who they want to be.

Firefighters begin aerial attack on California wildfires

By Allison Hoffman The Associated Press

SAN DIEGO — The death toll from the Southern California wildfires rose to three and the total acres burned approached half a million yesterday as firefighters took advantage of calmer winds and cooler temperatures to launch an aerial assault on several stubborn blazes.

In some areas, though, it was a second straight day of hopeful signs.

Mandatory evacuation orders were lifted for most residential areas of San Diego. Shelters emptied at a rapid rate, and residents in some neighborhoods returned to their streets, many lined with the wreckage of melted cars.

President Bush surveyed the damage in the hard-hit community of Rancho Bernardo, where he draped his armed around a woman who had lost her home.

“We want the people to know there’s a better day ahead — that today your life may look dismal,

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New club will promote safer sex on campus by providing condoms

By Nate Robson Reporter

This January the Ready Freddie Condom Club will open its doors to students wishing to buy cheap condoms on campus.

Students may sign up for the club online from the privacy of their computer at www.bgsu. edu/wellness via their e-mail later this month when the site is updated. Students then will have make their payment and watch a video about condoms at the Wellness Connection office at the Student Health Center.

“The students will have to watch an educational video on how to put on a condom before they can take their condoms,” said Julia Metcalf interim health educator.

After students watch the video, they can make their payment either by cash, credit card, or BG1 card, and will receive a membership card with five holes punched in it.

“Each punch hole equals 10 condoms. A $10 card gives them 50 condoms. Any time they need more condoms they can just come here, we will punch a hole, and give them more condoms,” Metcalf said.

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The club will hold onto the students’ membership cards so they do not get lost. And if students use up their card, they can buy a new one for another $10. The cards will expire at the end of the summer semester, Metcalf said.

The club was created after an alumni made a large donation of condoms to the Wellness Connection, Faith Yingling, Wellness Connection director, said.

With so many condoms it was up to Yingling, Metcalf and Megan Pierce, student director of the Ready Freddie Club, to create an educational program to hand out the condoms.

Since most of the donated condoms are latex, polyurethane condoms will be given to students who are allergic to latex.

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Microsoft to deepen Facebook relationship

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What’s the worst weather you’ve ever experienced?

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Graduate students give tips to help combat the increasingly common disease known as depression | Page 3

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TOUGH CLIMATE: Firefighter Chris Olmstead climbs up rugged terrain, while battling the Slide fire near Running Springs, Calif., in the San Bernardino Mountains yesterday.

By Michael Liedtke The Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — It’s hard to determine what’s more surprising about Microsoft Corp.’s investment in Facebook Inc. — the appraisal that valued a threeyear-old Internet hangout at $15 billion or the rare snub of online search leader Google Inc. The $240 million price Microsoft paid for a 1.6 percent stake in Facebook demonstrates just how badly the world’s largest software maker wanted to deepen its relationship with a startup that doesn’t even have $200 million in annual revenue.

By sealing the deal Wednesday, Microsoft finally trumped Google after losing previous highstakes bidding battles involving a stake in AOL and ownership of online video sharing pioneer YouTube and Internet ad service DoubleClick Inc. “This was a muscle-in from Microsoft,” Gartner analyst Allen Weiner said. “It would have been a nice-to-have for Google, but it was certainly not essential.”

Besides buying a stake in Palo Alto-based Facebook, Microsoft also will sell Internet ads for its Web site outside the United States, broadening a marketing relationship that began last year.

“This is a strong statement of confidence in this partnership and in Facebook,” Kevin Johnson, president of Microsoft’s platforms and services division, said during a Wednesday conference call with reporters and analysts.

Tim Armstrong, who oversees Google’s North American advertising, declined to comment on the Facebook negotiations during a meeting with analysts Wednesday at the company’s Mountain View headquarters.

“We have tremendous respect

PAUL SAKUMA | AP PHOTO

FACEBUCKS: Facebook.com’s founder Mark Zuckerberg smiles at his office .

for them,” Armstrong said of Facebook.

Microsoft’s investment underscores the skyrocketing value of online communities like Facebook — a place where Web surfers look for dates, connect with friends and family, and share photos, videos and music.

In 2005, News Corp. paid $580 million for outright ownership of MySpace.com, the only social network larger than Facebook.

With its investment, Microsoft established Facebook’s current market value at $15 billion less than four years after Mark Zuckerberg started the Web site in his Harvard University dorm room.

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MYTH Students don’t keep track of what they’re drinking.

TRUTH 61% of BGSU students keep track of how much they are drinking.

CONDOMS From Page 1

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Because polyurethane condoms are more expensive, students who need them will receive fewer condoms, Pierce said.

The $10 cover price is to ensure after the donated condoms are used up, the program will continue to be able to offer cheap condoms to students, Yingling said.

Yingling said she hopes the availability of cheap condoms will attract students to sign up for the club. The first 100 people to sign up will get an extra 14 condoms for free in an additional attempt to get people to join.

Matt Petrella, freshman, said he would be interested in joining the club.

“When you go to random parties you never know what’s going to happen and you better be prepared,” he said.

Michael Hausfeld, sophomore, said while at first the program might not seem private, but it could be better to get condoms from some one at the Wellness Connection than from a cashier at a supermarket.

“It sounds like a good idea. I know a bunch of guys who sneak through the grocery store to buy their condoms because they are embarrassed,” he said.

Programs similar to the Ready Freddie Condom Club have already been implemented at universities like the Ohio State University, University of Washington and Ohio University, Pierce said.

“The club will be convenient since its right here on campus, and we have pretty late hours, though might not be as late as some students would like,” Metcalf said.

“The club will help them make healthier decisions, and engage in safer sex. Hopefully, the students are excited.”

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Sarah G. Mabel, of Euclid, Ohio, was cited for possession of paraphernalia, and John Gordon, of Shaker Heights, Ohio, was cited for possession of marijuana. Police were responding to a report that several people sitting in a van in campus lot 6. Mabel and Gordon were inside the van with two other people.

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Sarah Luker, 19, of Cincinnati, was cited for underage drinking at a bar on North Main Street.

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Kyle J. Smith, 19, of Weston, Ohio, was cited for underage drinking at Uptown/Downtown.

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Blake A. Feaster, 22, of Maumee, Ohio, was issued a civil citation for public urination.

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Daniel Dean Harlan, 43, of Fremont, Ohio, was arrested for Police received a report of a couple possession of marijuana, and Seth having sex in a blue van on North A. Runion, 23, of Fostoria, Ohio, Main Street. Police found the van was arrested possession of marijuabut there was no one inside. na and possible drub paraphernalia.

Both were parked in a car on West Oak Street.

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Howard Wilfred Johnston, 48, of Bowling Green, was arrested for having an open container of alcohol while lying on a bench inside the Quick Clean laundry mat on East Wooster Street.

WILDFIRES From Page 1 but tomorrow life’s going to be better,” said Bush, who earlier declared seven counties a major disaster area, making residents eligible for federal assistance to help them rebuild.

His visit came just hours after rescue crews found the bodies of a married couple in the rubble of a burned home in Escondido, bringing to three the number of victims who died directly from the flames. Like the previous death, the pair had been urged to evacuate.

Neighbors told authorities they last saw the two around midnight Monday. They were reported missing sometime after that.

Sheriff’s deputies on Wednesday had taken a cursory look around the couple’s home and found no one inside. When the two did not turn up during the day, a search-and-rescue team was sent to the site and found one body Wednesday night and a second set of remains early yesterday.

They were identified as John Christopher Bain, 58, a mortgage

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Someone reported a cell phone stolen from a bar on North Main Street.

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broker, and his wife, Victoria Fox, 55, a teacher. A relative who did not want to be identified because she was too distraught to talk to other reporters confirmed the deaths to The Associated Press, and their names matched property records for the address where they were found.

Although officials have reported 10 deaths connected to the fires, seven of those were people who perished from causes other than flames.

In the Los Angeles area, fire crews worked to tamp out many wildfires, including two that burned 21 homes and were now fully contained. But the focus shifted to flames still raging in Orange and San Diego counties, particularly in rural areas near the Mexico border where more evacuation orders were issued.

The total burn area across California had expanded to more than 482,000 acres — about 753 square miles.

San Diego officials said the number of homes destroyed had risen to at least 1,470, about 400 more than previously reported.

That would bring the number of homes destroyed in the seven affected counties to at least 1,800.

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said many of these team leaders are college students.

Another point stressed during the presentation was that anyone willing, determined and committed can serve as a team leader. “We’re not doing anything heroic or special, we’re just helping the students,� Amato said.

This is one of the main reasons why the Office of ServiceLearning brought Amato to speak on campus. Jane Rosser, director of service learning believes many University students could be a beneficial asset to this program. “Students should consider becoming a team leader if they are compassionate and interested in giving back to their community,� Rosser said.

Rosser said students could gain valuable hands-on experience and make an impact on young students’ lives.

Becoming involved in the program would include devoting a couple of hours a week to an inner-city school in Toledo and serving as a mentor to inner-city children by helping them with their homework and serving as an encouraging role model in their life.

The Office of Service Learning was created last fall, and is dedicated to teaching University students, faculty and staff about areas outside of the University campus. “We want to create a link between the University and communities surrounding Bowling Green,� said Lesa Shouse, coordinator of the program.

Students interested in becoming a team leader should contact Chris Amato by e-mail at camato@excite.com or by calling 419-810-0070.

Two graduate students speak about tips to prevent and cope with depression

By India Hunter Reporter

Making a difference in the lives of elementary school children was the message from Chris Amato, a representative from Kids Unlimited.

Amato spoke to a group of faculty and staff in University Hall yesterday.

Kids Unlimited is an afterschool program for elementary school students located in central Toledo.

Createdin2002,KidsUnlimited operates out of Englewood Peace Academy in Toledo and serves Lincoln Academy for Boys, Garfield Elementary and Navarre Elementary.

Kids Unlimited is committed to helping inner-city children and giving them encouragement. Amato, one of the creators ,shared statistics of inner-city schools and how his program has reversed some of those statistics. “This issue of inner-city children and education in Toledo was a problem,� said Amato.

For example, in Toledo 50 percent of African American boys do not graduate from high school and 70 percent end up in jail, Amato said.

Discouraging facts like these sparked Amato’s interest in creating a plan to help inner-city children become successful.

Kids Unlimited runs during the academic school year and in the summer and helps children with their homework. Other tasks the program focus on are helping children develop social and moral skills they need to develop their dignity.

The program employs a staff that work as team leaders and mentors for the children. Amato

Ella Fowler Reporter

At yesterday’s First Year Success Series presentation “Blue at BGSU — Coping with Depression� graduate students Jessica Hauser and Linh Nguyen presented four tips to help students combat the disease.

Changing negative thoughts, cultivation supportive relationships, healthy lifestyle habits and coping and reducing stress were the four topics Hauser and Nguyen discussed with students. “Depression is a common thing,� Hauser said. “It is normal to have down days, but it is tough to watch friends go through that [depression].�

Despite depression being a common reality, it is important to understand the signs of depression, Hauser added. “When things you used to enjoy or that made you happy doesn’t anymore, that is a sign of depression,� she said.

Not only is loss of interest in daily activities a sign of depression, but feelings of helplessness and hopelessness, appetite or weight changes, sleep changes, loss of energy, self-loathing, difficulty concentrating or making decisions, irritability and aches and pains are also signs of

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One of the best ways to get oneself out of a funk is to keep negative thoughts at bay. “It is common to have negative thoughts,� Hauser said. “It is hard to talk yourself out of that, but one of the best ways to combat depression is to change those negative thoughts into positive ones.�

Another way to beat depression is to make sure you have a chain of friends and family you can count on, Nguyen said. “Those relationships [with friends and family] are what is going to get you through your down days,� she said. “Those are the people that get you out of those hard times.�

One way to gain supportive relationships are to partake in social activities, join a support group or see a therapist, Nguyen added.

The third tip in keeping depression away is by maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Eating healthy and staying away from emotional eating is impor-

tant, Hauser said.

Not only is eating healthy important, but so is exercising. “Moderate exercise is a good way to get your mind off of whatever is bothering you,� Hauser added.

Reducing one’s stress is also a way to keep woeful thoughts off one’s mind.

Deep breathing, mediation, muscle relaxation, imagery, listening to music, writing in a journal, drawing, painting, coloring, yoga and spending time with friends or family are great ways to de-stress oneself, Nguyen said.

Ashley Koch, a physiology major, felt the topic was wellpresented. “I really liked the physiological component of the presentation,� she said.

Koch added she wanted to go to the “Freshmen 15� presentation, but missed the date. “This one seemed like it would be better than the others,� she said.

Hauser and Nguyen ended the presentation by warning students to see someone if they are having suicidal thoughts or feelings.

Adding there are may resources on campus for students to go to including the counseling and psychological service center.

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PEOPLE ON THE STREET

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What’s the worst weather you’ve ever experienced?

“Digging out of two feet of hail in Colorado Springs in April.”

“Driving through Hurrcane Charley in a minivan with four tornadoes nearby.”

“Two hot summer days without air conditioning.”

“Going to class today.

It was so windy, I could barely walk.”

JEFF PEPLINSKI, Senior, Music Composition

NICK BOCKOVEN, Junior, HDFS

PHYLICIA MCCORKLE, Sophomore, Education

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BG weather far from being the worst in the country NICK HARVEY COLUMNIST

Of all places, why did you come to Bowling Green? Some came for a specific area of study, because it is close to home or because they got a scholarship. Some students came from another country, some another county. None came for the weather.

As the days get shorter the piercing winter winds return to the Black Swamp and students, no matter what brought them here, start to bellyache about the crumby weather. One thing to keep in mind, before considering a transfer to the sandy beaches of a southern school or the dry desert climate of a western university, is there is a cost to be paid for such great weather.

As for Bowling Green, aside from what adrenaline rush our endless fields of corn can provide, there is no overwhelmingly ascetic attraction for students to this island in the middle of the old Black Swamp. Instead, there is a Wal-Mart, a mall and many good pizza places. The soon to come, often gloomy, winter weather of Bowling Green doesn’t help attract students. On the other hand, it could be worse.

Other campuses out west or down south may not have the soggy, snowy, frostbitten winters we have, but they do have hur-

ricanes, tornadoes and wildfires, which are slightly more dangerous. On top of that, all of these seem to be on the rise in intensity and frequency.

According to a report released in April 2007 by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, tropical storms will become an increasing threat as the globe warms. School is stressful enough without having to worry about being swept away in the latest hurricane.

Ask a Katrina victim; they will tell you hurricanes are no fun.

Those south east coast beaches don’t seem so tempting now.

For those still wanting to escape the chill of Bowling Green, there are always the inland southern areas. Of course, NASA happened to release a study in August of this year that said storms in North America would gain intensity as the climate warms. That means more funnels. (The kind that smash trailer parks, not the kind at parties.)

USAToday.com reports that NASA research scientist and author of the study, Tony Del Genio, said, “The strongest thunderstorms, the strongest severe storms and tornadoes are likely to happen more often and be stronger.” According to a graphic on FEMA’s website, the bulk of tornado activity occurs within a square connecting Texas, Alabama, Indiana and Nebraska. So much for enjoying the sun in the south.

California appears to be one of the only places left to find sanctuary from an icy winter that doesn’t host potentially lifethreatening storms. Right now,

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“The soon to come, often gloomy, winter weather of Bowling Green doesn’t help attract students. On the other hand, it could be worse.”

California is the by far the best place to go if you want to warm up. Just transfer to a university next to any one of the 15 wildfires that are currently burning.

Even once these are put out, the Santa Ana winds can always be counted on to fan the flames again.

Part of the problem in California is there is little water and predictions say there will be less soon. The aforementioned report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change also mentioned that, as the planet warms, a reduction of the snow pack in the Rocky Mountains will cause the rivers that supply California with water will shrink in the summer. Droughts will spread and the wildfires will earn their names.

Before retreating to a college on the beach, reconsider.

Is warm weather worth the complications of a threatened existence? Of course not everyone living in California, tornado alley or the south east will encounter these disasters, but given the implications from scientists, I would just as well avoid the issue altogether. Even though Bowling Green’s weather can get dreary sometimes, it is better than being swept up like Dorothy in a F5 tornado. Maybe our weather is worth pitching to prospective students after all.

Our slogan could be, “Welcome to Bowling Green, where the weather sucks, but at least it won’t kill you.”

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One nation, under pharmaceuticals ALLY BLANKARTZ COLUMNIST

“C’mon doc, I just don’t feel like myself, can you just give me a pill to make the pain go away?”

While this is not an example of any personal dialogue, it is dialogue that is running rampant across the nation. Individuals are succumbing to the new world order, the Prozac Nation.

Whether it be out of comfort or convenience, individuals feeling “blue” or “down in the dumps” turn to their primary care physicians rather than trained and licensed mental health professionals in a neverending quest to discover the miracle drug. They keep looking for the one pill a day solution that will simply wash away their cares and drown their anxieties in a drug-induced euphoria.

This is the mentality of the Prozac Nation, why work through therapy and feel the success of personal accomplishment when I can swallow one pill a day, which takes no extra time or effort out of my daily routine. Not to mention the serious social stigma I avoid by simply waltzing into my general practitioner’s office, nobody will be able to tell I am going in because I feel “abnormal,” for all they know I am simply coming in for a routine check-up.

There is also a certain level of comfort ascertained by a majority of individuals between themselves and their primary care physicians, a level of comfort many individuals find annoying to have to replicate with a completely new doctor, say a psychologist or a psychiatrist. To me, this paints a mask of excuses and fears the Prozac Nation can hide behind; too socially conscious to admit a part of their mentality may actually be experiencing abnormal patterns and too lazy to realize that overcoming mental instability takes tremendous will power and strong initiative on the part of the individual to undergo personal steps of recovery.

To validate my ravings that this nation is over medicated for problems that are being

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“Whether it be out of comfort or convenience, individuals feeling “blue” or “down in the dumps” turn to their primary care physicians rather than trained and licensed mental health professionals in a never-ending quest to discover the miracle drug.” over-romanticized I discussed this phenomenon of the Prozac Nation with my Abnormal Psychology Professor, Maria Gear. When discussing consequences of the Prozac Nation, Gear established an excellent point in that “the pills only work as long as the patient is taking them.” This means once patients begin the cycle of psychological dependence on these medications, physical dependence will set in and suddenly you have individuals taking unnecessary medications throughout the full duration of their lives for the sole reason they feel they cannot function properly without the assistance of the medications.

Gear also identified the social stigma of receiving therapeutic treatment as a prime societal cause of the development of the Prozac Nation. Individuals need to understand there is nothing wrong in seeking help if you suddenly feel “abnormal” or “not yourself.”

I feel being able to accept and embrace the concept that sometimes we simply cannot make it on our own reveals vast quantities of inner strength, which I personally feel can become of great assistance should that individual have to travel down a road of recovery. Gear illustrated this display of strength by mentioning that “people don’t appreciate the good feelings of doing [and accomplishing] something hard.” A statement I can personally attest to, too often people back down from situations because of the challenge it presents. I known I am guilty of this as much as the next person, but I would like to bear witness to those times that I did not back down from a challenge, the tremendous feelings of self-worth, euphoria and overall ecstasy at my personal accomplishment were indescribable.

This brings us back to the cowardly nature of the Prozac Nation, hiding behind their fears and their pill bottles, too afraid to step into society’s cold glare. They are more willing to crouch behind the medications that offer them nothing but false protection, filling them with empty, two-dimensional feelings.

For some individuals with serious mental disorders, drug therapy is a beneficial and progressive form of treatment. But for those individuals who are unclear in their prognosis’ and uncertain about their feelings it can only endanger them to a whole new world of drug dependencies and unwanted side effects, molding their moods solely by whether or not the drug is in their system.

I am not calling for a coup against the Prozac Nation. I am simply calling for awareness of the abuses of certain antidepressant and psychoactive drugs currently on the market.

Do not, as educated individuals, play into the hype of the miracle drug. Instead, do encourage the debunking of the social stigma of therapy. The Prozac Nation is here, now our choice is whether we will swallow it once a morning or take the initiative of facing the challenge of seeking professional opinions in an effort to better understand our mental health and well being.

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Sports fans take team loyalty too personally Supporting California “Questioning the meaning of life because your in effort to rebuild favorite player just blew a tight game is just a little beyond the realm of healthy sporting after tragedy fervor.”

IAN ESSLING | THE NORTHERN STAR

We get emotional when our favorite sports teams win or lose — it’s just a simple fact of our society because of the emphasis that we place on sporting events.

If you were to walk into work or school and declare you were in a rotten mood “because the Cubs lost,” no one would question you. It’s not necessary to have a real reason to be upset.

Forget the “rough weekend” or “case of the Mondays” excuses. In 2007, your favorite team losing a game can cast a pall over you that is accepted by society as a good reason to be depressed for the next two weeks.

When Bad Rex showed up to deliver his opus during last year’s Super Bowl and the Bears were cast down by Indianapolis, the depth of the depression radiating from the Chicago area was palatable and somewhat disturbing.

How many people remembered this was a game and was supposed to be fun?

There is a line between healthy support for your favorite team and an obsessive streak that can be detrimental to you and those around you and, unfortunately, fans are crossing this line.

Many fans are much larger stakeholders in their team’s welfare now than in past years.

A study in Psychology Today magazine calls these types of fans “high-identifiers,” fans that they say have “extreme emotions in the face of defeat, compared with average sports fans.”

These labels used to be most often applied to the fans who really went over the edge and jumped onto the field of play, pummelling the guy sitting next to them or engaging in some other sort of outlandish behavior.

Increasingly, however, more and more fans are starting to drift toward the “high-identifier” category. Sporting events are transcending hobbies and pastimes and becoming emotional crutches, and that change in our thinking is not healthy.

When the hardcore fan

becomes a part of the team, their health, both mental and physical, can become tied to the team’s performance. The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology explained the team can literally become an “extension of the fan’s ego,” and when the team does poorly, the fan begins to feel tired, despondent and depressed.

If your favorite team decides to go on a massive losing streak and you are living and breathing every play, you are going to go down with them. Questioning the meaning of life because your favorite player just blew a tight game is just a little beyond the realm of healthy sporting fervor.

It’s important to not get too high or too low on your team.

When my D’Backs finished off

the Cubs a couple weeks ago, I was cautiously optimistic about their chances against the Rockies.

Obviously, they got absolutely destroyed in the NLCS by the suddenly unbeatable kids from Denver, but at that point, it was something to shrug off.

As college students working and taking huge course loads, do any of us really have the time to become so wrapped up in our team’s destiny that a loss sends us into a haze for the next week?

Step back and remember: It’s just a game.

Essling writes for the Northern Star, the student newspaper at Northern Illinois University.

The revolution, most certainly, won’t be televised LEANNE RODRIGUEZ FSVIEW AND THE FLORIDA FLAMBEAU It began with an obnoxious University of Florida student. A student who, while exercising his right of free speech, “disturbs the peace” at a John Kerry rally. The police, while performing their duty to remove said student, used what can arguably be referred to as “excessive force.” He cried out for help but no one came to his aid.

Almost immediately afterwards, the popular comedic “news corres-pundit” Stephen Colbert, addresses the fact that even though this particular event occurred in the presence of many of his peers, no one even flinched. He called us lazy. He called us children who resort to writing about their frustrations instead of being proactive. He was right.

The consequent episode featured Colbert reading excerpts from e-mails and blogs written by fellow college students who denounced Colbert for chastising young America as a whole. The only thing accomplished was proving his point.

For the first time in history, the 20-something age group is being considered as “extended adolescence” instead of adulthood.

And we, as members of the same generation, have grown complacent with this fact. As we watch our society deteriorate around us, we log onto our blogs, onto Facebook and YouTube, and bear witness to the atrocities carried out in our name and do nothing.

We are products of a society that values personal success over community coherence, and we’ve done them proud. We languish in our commercial prizes: In our iPods, our Coach purses, and wallow in the comfort of our alcohol. We trust that because the United States of America is the most powerful nation in the world, that we will be absolved from any responsibility regarding the horrific treatment of our fellow humans.

When asked about the state of current affairs, one college student said, “Why should we reach out to Darfur when they’re just hashing out their own civil war? It isn’t our responsibility, is it?” Out of sight, out of mind, I suppose.

Even though we see what is happening around us, it has become commonplace to ignore current events simply because they are not national problems.

To most Americans, proximity is everything.

I say it is our responsibility.

It is up to us to make sure our world is fit to live in, not only for us and our children, but also for our neighbors, which, with the advances in technology, has expanded to include the global community.

Now more than ever our nation is dependent on others to conserve our way of life, and yet we continually take this for granted. We assume the status quo will be maintained as long as we follow the road our government has laid out for us, regardless of any unethical methods chosen by those in power.

The real question is: why do we follow the word and examples of people who obviously act in their own fiscal interest as opposed to the greater good of humanity? After all, what is a few billion dollars when compared to thousands of human lives?

We consistently and blindly follow the members of our government simply because they are supposed to know better.

Do they? Are we not capable of knowing as much about human suffering as they?

The bottom line is these things are happening. There is a genocide occurring in Darfur that the televised press is refusing to play because it’s bad for national morale. There are hundreds of women and children slaughtered daily because foreign intervention is denied to them.

Worldwide, thousands of people are dying of starvation and violence. The evidence is only a few clicks away.

In Myanmar, or Burma as it is more commonly known, the population has recently banned together to depose the totalitarian government that has been known (and recorded by undercover journalists; enter “Burma” in the YouTube search field) to butcher its citizens, torch whole villages and torture those seeking democracy.

Burma is a country in which its citizens are taking their fates in their own hands and struggling for their human rights. They are staging a revolution that begins with an idea and ends in non-

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“Even though we see what is happening around us, it has become commonplace to ignore current events simply because they are not national problems.” violent action. In this we should follow the Burmese example: A people united for the common good, regardless of superficial characteristics like sex or religion.

This idea is not exclusive to a small group of liberals. It is being addressed by religious leaders such as His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who has proposed “A Spiritual Revolution” in his book “Ethics for the New Millennium.”

An idea that is so interesting it is almost tempting to carry out.

Why not? Why not stage an ethical revolution where we come together to fight (pardon my idealism) the evil of the world with weapons of understanding and compassion instead of bullets and knives? Why not do

something with our lives and stand up for what we believe in for once?

We are greater together than they give us credit for! Let us prove our elders wrong in their false conception of our laziness, of our lack of passion and morality. Let us be the generation everyone remembers. Let us fight for the rights and lives of others.

For equality and empathy, “with liberty and justice for all.” Viva la Revolution!

Rodriguez writes for FSView and Florida Flambeau, the student publications at Florida State University.

NICK SARKOHANIAN THE COLLEGIATE TIMES California is burning and it could use our help. While these fires may not have captured our attention with the immediate traum Hurricane Katrina brought us, with its sudden onslaught of rain and flooding, the fires in Southern California are just as damaging as the hurricane.

Reports of people leaving their homes in the hundreds of thousands keep coming in, and many evacuees have left the state or are in shelters. Sadly, these fires won’t be subsiding soon, and President Bush will be going to the affected areas today to show solidarity and pledge funding and support for fighting the fires and for rebuilding after they are contained.

Red Cross and other charitable organizations are in the area and are asking for help, and it would be great to see the Virginia Tech community unite for this worthy cause.

Luckily, the number of deaths and injuries thus far are far fewer than we saw in New Orleans, and the destruction has mostly been kept to property, which unlike lives, can be replaced. But this will be a massive undertaking for California and the country to replace and rebuild.

Johnny Kilroy, a member of Virginia Tech’s Wildfire Crew, said while wildfires are natural and seasonal, sometimes fires can get out of control. The Virginia Tech Wildfire Crew responds to local wildfires, typically those that occur in Montgomery and Pulaski counties, and have been dispatched three times to work with the Pulaski Fire Department.

Kilroy said during in the summer, several members volunteered out west on an individual basis, but was not sure if the Wildfire Crew would go as a group to help the patchwork of fire departments, forest services and state and local crews fighting the California fires.

“Luckily, the number of deaths and injuries thus far are far fewer than we saw in New Orleans, and the destruction has mostly been kept to property, which unlike lives, can be replaced. But this will be a massive undertaking for California and the country to replace and rebuild.”

Kilroy also pointed out that after these fires die out, “there won’t be a big fire like that for a while, because all of the excess fuel, like dry grasses and weeds, will all be gone.”

Let us hope he is right and California will not have more fires in the near future. Most wildfires do happen away from urban areas, but as the environment and ecosystem may change and urban areas sprawl out, they do hit closer to home than we would like.

The rebuilding process will be long and painful. Homes will need to be rebuilt, rail and highway systems will need to be reconnected to San Diego and other urban centers. California needs the nation’s support, and let us not fail them in sending donations and other needed items, just like we rallied around those affected by Katrina.

Sarkohanian writes for The Collegiate Times, the student newspaper at Virginia Tech.

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VIRTUAL From Page 1 able using 3D design.

But although it may look like a video game, SL is much more.

Video games have missions, skills and narratives. In SL, the users are free to interact, explore and learn as they please.

The purpose of educating is exactly why the University purchased the 1,024 square meters parcel of virtual land, funded by the Chief Information Officer.

In order to teach students how it feels to be discriminated based on appearance, Robbins said she made all of her students’ avatars wear a giant KoolAid man costume and go to an SL dance club. She said her students learned firsthand what it’s like to be rejected based on size and color, because nobody wanted to dance with a big, clumsy Kool-Aid man.

Linda Mandlebaum, associate professor for the School of Intervention Services, said SL allows her to teach her students in ways that she otherwise wouldn’t have the time

and materials for.

“I have about 180 students all together. On campus we have very few wheelchairs.”

In a wheelchair simulation, some students’ avatars would be restricted to a wheelchair and asked to perform a simple task such as going to the second floor of the educational building to retrieve a book.

“Even though the task was accomplishable, whether they were in a wheelchair or not, it gives them a sense of what a disadvantage students can be at,” Mandlebaum said. “There are a lot of activities that we are trying to come up with like that, that will give students a feeling of what it’s like to have a disability in a classroom.

Some professors at the University may already be using SL in their classrooms, but Anthony Fontana, art instructor and co-administrator of the BGSU SL Island, said it will take time to catch on.

“It is going to make its way into the classroom slowly. Just like some classes are good online courses, same with Second Life. There will be some things that can’t be taught with Second Life,” Fontana said.

“I don’t think it will be taken advantage by those who aren’t open to it... Second Life can be used as a tool to augment those, or not. It’s all up to the student and professor.”

Anthony Fontana | Instructor Fontana explained that the virtual world is a tool, just like the pencil, and some students will grasp to it more than others.

“I don’t think it will be taken advantage of by those who aren’t open to it. But it has benefits. Second Life can be used as a tool to augment those, or not. It’s all up to the student and the professor,” he said.

Fontana said some of his students use SL to host art shows and sell artwork, but not for U.S. dollars — for Linden dollars.

Linden dollars are the SL currency. Just like any currency, exchange rates fluctuate, but right now, 200 Linden dollars cost about $1.06.

Fonatana, who said he didn’t buy anything on Second Life for the first 2 1/2 years, has recently purchased a parcel of

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land for himself, where he sells T-shirts for avatars and copies of his graphic novel.

Fonatana isn’t the only person trying to make a buck in Second Life.

“Lots of companies have been dabbling with Second Life — Coke, Nissa, IBM — but haven’t quite figured out yet how to make money. It’s still an area open to study,” Fonatana said. “If you can think of the research in real life, it’s happening in Second Life.”

Brian Scavo, streaming video and audio server manager for the island, said SL allows him to entertain an audience that he otherwise wouldn’t be able to reach.

At the island’s musical performance center, Scavo, better known as “DJ What-The-Bleep,” performs live shows for avatars that are ready to get down on the

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Although the University’s island is fairly desolate, Scavo said there are clubs — lots of clubs — on SL. “Second Life has everything.

It’s a new platform for all sorts of things. Some people say, ‘Oh its a game, Oh it’s for educating.

But it’s everything. Some people even make a living out of it.

It’s a new platform to try things that we don’t necessarily get the chance to every day.”

The University’s island’s grand opening is Nov. 9 in the Union Ballroom from 4 to 7 p.m., but will be celebrated all day on the virtual island. Scavo and another DJ will be simultaneously performing in the ballroom and in the musical performance center on the island.

The island is open to the public, which means any user from anywhere in the world can teleport to the island to check out what is going on with the University.

Fontana said about 6,000 avatars visit the island each week.

Second Life is absolutely free and takes about 20 minutes to download, Fontana said.

Go to www.bgsu.edu/secondlife to create an avatar or for more information.

Mob families are dying out

By Larry McShane The Associated Press

NEW YORK — In early 2004, mob veteran Vincent Basciano took over as head of the Bonanno crime family. The reign of the preening, pompadoured Mafioso known as Vinny Gorgeous lasted only slightly longer than a coloring dye job from his Bronx hair salon.

Within a year, the ex-beauty shop owner with the hair-trigger temper was behind bars — betrayed by his predecessor, a stand-up guy now sitting down with the FBI. It was a huge blow to Basciano and the once-mighty Bonannos, and similar scenarios are playing out from coast to coast. The Mafia, memorably described as “bigger than U.S. Steel” by mob financier Meyer Lansky, is more of an illicit mom-and-pop operation in the new millennium.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronauts aboard space shuttle Discovery and the international space station joined forces yesterday, linking their ships and kicking off the biggest construction job ever attempted by a single team in orbit.

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Parrot mocks smoke alarm, saves man and his son MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A noisy parrot that likes to imitate sounds helped save a man and his son from a house fire by mocking a smoke alarm, the birdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s owner says.

Shannon Conwell, 33, said he and his 9-year-old son fell asleep on the couch while watching a movie. They awoke about 3 a.m. last Friday to find their home on fire after hearing the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Amazon parrot, Peanut, imitating a fire alarm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was really screaming his

head off,â&#x20AC;? Conwell said.

The smoke alarm had activated, but it was the birdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s call that caught Conwellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attention. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I grabbed my son and my bird, and got out of the house,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The fire destroyed the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dining room, kitchen and bedroom, Muncie fire officials said.

It remains under investigation.

Conwell said the fact that he and his son fell asleep on the couch helped save them.

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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has released a 300-page report on the zapping of University of Florida senior Andrew Meyer, whose actions, catch-phrase and police Tasering during a John Kerry town hall forum made international headlines. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Tase me, Bro,â&#x20AC;? Meyer, 21, squealed after police put the screaming, combative student down on the ground and relaxed him with 50,000 volts from a Taser.

The state agency has determined that University of Florida police did nothing improper in subduing Meyer after he resisted arrest.

In a statement, University of Florida President Bernie Machen said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;While I am pleased that the FDLE review is complete, we still have work to do on a separate front. As an academic institution, it is our responsibility to continually review â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and improveâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;

how we foster an open environment that is also safe for our ever-changing campus community.â&#x20AC;?

The incident, whose footage has been viewed thousands of times on youtube.com, took place on Sept. 17 during a forum hosted by Sen. John Kerry at the university in Gainesville.

During a question and answer period, Meyer caused a stir while asking Kerry a line of questions ranging from voter fraud to the senatorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alleged membership in a secret society.

After Meyer refused to stop his line of questioning, and his microphone was cut off, the student became agitated when police tried to escort him out of the room.

He resisted arrested and was eventually pinned to the ground, where he continued struggling.

At that point, after seeing that a police officer had taken out his Taser, he uttered the words that have become a pop catchphrase: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Tase me, Bro.â&#x20AC;?

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Researchers studying the DNA of Neanderthals found a mutation in two individuals that can affect skin and hair pigmentation, they reported in yesterdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s online issue of the journal â&#x20AC;&#x153;Science.â&#x20AC;?

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Scientists are working to analyze Neanderthal DNA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the blueprint of life â&#x20AC;&#x201D; taken from ancient remains. They hope it will help them better understand these ancient people. As part of this process, last year researchers discovered that Neanderthals also had the gene known to influence speech in modern humans.

The two fossils studied in the hair-color research were found in Italy and Spain.

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Evans’ parents are Falcon Family Weekend-atics

By Adam Louis Reporter

Maybe you can’t go home again.

But that doesn’t mean home can’t come to you, if just for a little while.

Students take time from their busy schedules in order for families to trek hundreds of miles every year to visit and celebrate Falcon Family Weekend.

The Evans family is one that has made it a tradition.

Hailing from Columbus,

Erick Evans His parents have never missed a Family Weekend. senior early childhood education major Erick Evans, his parents and his grandparents have been together for the past three family weekends.

“I don’t have the opportunity to go home often, so I probably

don’t see them as often as I like,” Erick Evans said. “Whenever they come, I look forward to it.”

The whole family usually goes out to eat and walks the campus with Erick. Evans said his grandparents in particular enjoyed seeing where all his classes were, even though he himself found it “horribly boring.”

Erick’s grandmother passed away recently, said his mother, Becky Evans. But his grandfather plans to attend this year.

“[His grandparents] adored him,” said Becky Evans. “They loved to do anything. He could have taken them to the top of a tower and said ‘we’re going to jump off’ and [his grandmother] would be like, ‘OK!’” Becky Evens said it was the little things that made the best memories of family weekend.

“There was a time he walked us all over campus, and we were all tired and hot,” Becky Evans said. “He took us to this little carryout and he bought us

bottle of Gatorade and water.

I thought it was the coolest place.”

This year, Erick Evans plans to host a cookout at his off-campus house, inviting friends and family.

“I wanted to do something where they could stay and make a day out of it,” Erick Evans said.

“I’m especially excited for them to meet my friends and everything.”

The Evans family also visited Erick’s sister Carly, when she

attended Ohio University, and spent time going to a football game and participating in various campus-sponsored events.

“I think it’s nice that colleges offer this weekend in the first place,” Becky Evans said. “There’s so much to do and see.”

Becky Evans said she enjoyed seeing her children become independent and individuals.

Falcon Family Weekend is sponsored by the Office of Campus Activities.

More than 25 years of family fun The traditions of Falcon Family Weekend have evolved over time

By Christy Johnson Special Section Editor

GENEVA HODGSON | THE BG NEWS

Family weekend is here, and for many students, that means taking some time to show their loved ones what Bowling Green is all about.

This year, family weekend falls on the weekend before another major college tradition — Halloween.

The reason the dates are so close together happens to be because of the Mid-America Conference’s football schedule for the 2007 school year explained Sue Pelo, Program Coordinator for Major Events for the Office of Campus Involvement.

Family weekend always falls on a weekend when there is a home football game, and this year that happened to be Oct. 27.

The University has been putting on events for family weekend for at least 25 years, said Jill Carr.

“It started on a smaller scale, but the Friday night activities and other activities have evolved over time,” Carr said.

Students who are having their families up for the weekend can look forward to the Falcon football game, a comedy show at the Union and for the first time ever, the Make Way for BG Museum tour.

Aside from University spon-

“My family is coming up Sunday, and they come every year. We go out to eat. ” Mitchell Waxler | Senior sored events, there are a bevy of restaurants, shops and parks to keep the whole family entertained.

“My family is coming up Sunday, and they come ever year,” said senior Mitchell Waxler. “We go out to eat, and I like to take them to Marble Slab.”

And while plenty of students have people come up for the weekend, some students do not have that opportunity.

“If BG was two hours closer to home then my family would come up, because there are a lot of activities,” said sophomore Kelly Nightingale.

Each year the University sends out information to parents and guardians letting them know about the approaching event. Families are also notified about the weekend during Orientation and Registration, Carr explained.

“We have definitely seen an increase in participants, it’s a campus tradition — in the fall we have Homecoming and Family Weekend,” Carr said.

Music to the ears There’s no place like home, performed for youth but college places a close second

By Tannen Gliatta Reporter

The College of Musical Arts is starting off Family Weekend with a whimsical concert that aims to entertain young siblings.

The Young People’s Concert series kicks off its 10th season with the concert “Saxophobia” tomorrow morning. The program aims to introduce children to various styles of music while entertaining and educating.

Deborah Fleitz, director of public events, said the concerts are important for the audience and students participating in the program.

“There are constantly cuts in the public school systems and music programs often go to the waste side and the Young People’s Concert is a way to engage young students in music,” Fleitz said. “Young kids usually get a kick out of it and we try to keep them engaged by being very interactive during the concert like calling them up on stage. It is also good for our students to interact with the children because many of them are studying to become music teachers.”

Richard Kennell, dean of the College of Musical Arts, said the concerts are great for families and the 45-minute runtime of the concerts are “good for young kids who can’t sit in their seats, the performances

“We want families to have a good time while learning.”

John Sampen | Music Professor are short and interactive.”

“Saxophobia” is the first of five concerts for the series this year. Music professor John Sampen has been working with the University saxophone band for the concert.

“Our goal is to get children exited about music, so were going to play lighthearted popular music like “Stars and Stripes Forever,” “Yankee Doodle,” some Disney songs and some of our original works,” he said.

Throughout the concert children will also learn about the history of the saxophone, melodies and musical theory, but may not even be aware they are learning.

“We try to sneak in the educational information, we want families to have a good time while learning,” Sampen said.

“The Young People’s Concert: Saxophobia” begins at 11 a.m. tomorrow in the Bryan Recital Hall of the Moore Musical Arts Center. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children, available at the box office beginning at 10:30 the day of the show.

University students have a weekend to display their life to family KRISTEN VASAS COLUMNIST

Each year, thousands of freshmen leaving for college say goodbye to their parents for the first time in their lives.

Upon arriving at school, firstyear students are subjected to a whole new environment. Late nights become common, new friends are made and a sense of freedom dominates.

As we get older, we realize that college is a place all our own. We can tell friends and family from home about our achievements and the opportunities given to us, but they can never fully understand because they cannot experience it for themselves.

However, once a year, BG gives us the opportunity to literally show our parents and siblings the lives we live while enrolled at the University.

Every fall, Family Weekend descends on campus, bringing orange and brown streamers, an array of fresh flowers and an extensive cleaning of the grounds.

Parents receive letters and e-mails with detailed itiner-

“As we get older, we realize that college is a place all our own. We can tell friends and family from home about our achievements and the opportunities given to us.” aries of the weekend’s events, while students are subjected to constant reminders from fliers and banners strewn about the University.

This year is no different. The same decorations, cleanliness and fervor run rampant across campus as the weekend gets closer. Unfortunately for students and families alike, similar family-orientated activities also dominate the pre-planned agenda.

Each time Family Weekend rolls around, I always naively assume that maybe this year the Office of Campus Activities will provide students and families with a more diverse and mature array of options than normally delivered.

But after looking over the itinerary sent to my household detailing the list of events offered by the University, I was once again dismayed to learn that a majority of the activities presented were only geared toward families with young children.

For example, although I’m sure kindergarteners would

enjoy bingo, board games and constant reruns of Shrek the 3rd in the Union Theater, most teenagers don’t.

After interviewing a number of students whose parents and siblings attend Family Weekend, I found that families with children who are teenagers or young adults are the most likely to go to the event.

The No. 1 reason behind this trend was the simple fact that Family Weekend gives our teenage siblings a chance to experience the college life a year or two before they leave for school themselves.

However, parents aren’t the only ones who realize that Family Weekend offers our siblings a potential tour of the school.

Nearly one-third of the “activities” listed on the agenda for the weekend are simply tour guides and information on clubs and classes here on campus.

For instance, just in case your younger brother or sister was already concerned about what fraternity or sorority they want-

ed to join upon entering college, the Office of Greek Affairs has them covered with an event titled “Everything You Wanted to Know About the BGSU Greek Community!” That’s sure to get the kids excited!

Not only that, but the University also offers a “Study Abroad Information Session” as well as a “Falcon Family Advisory Board Meeting.” Thrilling!

Although the weekend does include some interesting choices, including a climbing adventure and the football game, most of the activities planned just don’t make the cut.

What the University needs to realize is that events don’t have to center around tours of the school and its many diverse clubs and groups. The only thing needed to sell BGSU to parents and siblings is spirited students who love their university, which I know BG has plenty of.

Family Weekend, in honor of its name, should focus on all the members of a student’s family — not just younger children or teenagers ready to go off to college themselves.

It is a time for parents and siblings to come together and enjoy what a wonderful college we attend, as well as for students to welcome their families into a life that they are making all their own.

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Would you party with your parents?

“No, I don’t think my parents need to know how I party.”

“No, because they wouldn’t be happy with what goes on at the parties I go to.”

“Yeah, my dad is an interesting fella, so I think I would.”

“No, just because it’s lame.”

ALEX MILLER, Freshman

JAIME LEWIS, Sophomore

RYAN CONROY, Sophomore

CHRIS KAGY, Freshman

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EXPLORING DOWNTOWN BOWLING GREEN: Families attending Falcon Family Weekend will discover new ways to experience all that Bowling Green has to offer, on- and off-campus. For the first time in history, Family Weekend coordinators offer city-wide experiences including Fun-on-Main and the Make Your Way for the BG Museum Tour. If that doesn’t float your boat, there are various restaurants and shops that are bound to suit your fancy.

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WEEKEND PLANS LOCAL Northwest SkaFest Tomorrow night Unity Ska Promotions, Taking on Explosives and The Argonauts host the festival at Howard’s Club H from 2:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

This includes local bands and others. Tickets are $57 and it is open to all ages.

2:30 p.m.-The Issues from Toledo 3:30 p.m.-Hullabaloo from Ann Arbor 4:30 p.m.-The Argonauts from Bowling Green 5:30 p.m.-Johnny Red and the Skammunists from Cleveland 6:30 p.m.-Brian’s Moving Out from Cincinnati 7:30 p.m.-Money Shot from Toledo All bands perform ska music which was created in the 1950s and 1960s in Jamaica and was a precursor to reggae.

Saxophobia Also on Saturday, the Young People’s Concerts continue with Saxophobia at 11 a.m. in Bryan Recital Hall. Recommended for children ages 5 and older.

Tickets, $2 for adults and $1 for children.

TOLEDO AREA Fall Festival Levis Commons in Perrysburg is hosting the third annual fall festival all weekend long. Activities include hayrides, live music, trick-or-treating, bonfires and spooky storytelling. Festively decorated with pumpkins, scarecrows and more. Free.

ELSEWHERE Leaders Family Farms Looking for some “corny” fun this weekend? Come visit both a corn maze as well as a haunted one in Napoleon, Ohio. Open Friday 6 -10 p.m., Sat. 1 p.m.-10 p.m and Sun. 1 p.m.-9 p.m.

Check out this week’s movie and CD reviews at bgnews.com!

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BACKYARD BIKE RAMP: Lucas Balistreri and his friends created a home-made ramp in order to perform bike tricks without getting into trouble with the law. With the help of supportive community members, they may get to ride their bikes at a future skate park.

Skaters, bikers work for a park to call their own

By Emily Rippe Reporter

SH AD E S OF Why some scare and some scream all through Halloween

SCARY The Haunted Hydro continues to provide safe, fun frights

Why thrill-seeking students enjoy a good scare

By Addie Curlis Pulse Editor

By Sarah Moore Assistant Pulse Editor

Even in his eighteenth year, owner, host and door keeper of the Haunted Hydro in Fremont, Bob Turner still enjoys scaring guests.

He and his wife Beth bought the property where an old hydroelectric plant sat in 1993 and transformed it into a house of fright.

The Turners have always enjoyed haunted houses and Halloween.

Cautiously walking through dark hallways full of strobe-lit demons, getting chased by shadowy figures with chainsaws and gasping after psychotic killers plot revenge on the silver screen are enjoyable and popular activities for students throughout the month of October.

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Resonant Soul kicks off their CD release in BG

By Alissa O’Neill Reporter

The boys of Resonant Soul are back in Bowling Green. The band will be holding a CD release party at Howard’s Club H on Main Street tonight to celebrate their latest album, “The Death of Amara Lee.” Resonant Soul consists of Rick Acker on drums, Anthony Beck with lead vocals and keyboard, Josh Bock on bass and vocals, Dan Fowler with guitar and John Fowler on lead guitar. Acker describes the band’s music as having “roots in classic rock with modern influences,” citing influences from Queen to The Black Heart Procession.

The band has come a long way since the release of their CD “Stillwater” in 2005. Acker said they have grown a lot, both musically and as a group.

“This is an album,” Acker said.

“It follows a theme. Musically, there are scene changes from song to song and we really strived to play what should be played instead of what can be played.”

For “The Death of Amara Lee,” Resonant Soul had the opportunity to record the drum portion of their album in the RCA Victor Studio B in Nashville, Tenn.

Studio B is the same place where musical legend Elvis Presley recorded and Ackers calls it a “haunting experience.”

All musical aspects besides the drums were produced and mixed by Beck in his home studio and the album was sent to Philadelphia to be mastered.

Acker said the band is thrilled with the way “The Death of Amara Lee” turned out.

“It sounds really professional, Acker said. “Anthony and our production team did an amazing job. We were really proud of ‘Stillwater.’ This time around we’re just as proud, but a lot more confident. We spent more time making sure exactly what we wanted was on there.”

In addition to musical growth,

Resonant Soul has also experienced some progress in the business aspect of their band.

The group is now marketed and managed by Platform One Entertainment out of Chicago, a company that has worked with many big names such as Alice in Chains, System of a Down and Taking Back Sunday.

“It’s always fun playing at Howard’s,” Acker said. “It’s like playing at home, it’s always kind of comforting.”

Resonant Soul’s future plans right now include acquiring XM Radio exposure as well as increasing their college campus market. The band also recently acquired a new set of wheels that they’re itching to use.

“We just got a new van so we’re pretty pumped about that,” Acker said. “We’re ready to just hit the road.”

Resonant Soul’s CD Release Party at Howard’s Club H includes the band Rosella and starts at 9 p.m. Copies of “The Death of Amara Lee” will be available for $10 and if anyone attends the show in costume for Halloween, Resonant Soul will sell them the album for $5.

15-year-old Lucas Balistreri and his friends built a bike ramp in the backyard of his house on Haskins Road.

They had to because there are few “wheel friendly” spots in the Bowling Green community.

Just take a walk downtown and you are bound to notice the bright blue warning signs on the sidewalks that read: No Bicycles.

No Skateboards.

No Rollerblades.

The University tries its best to keep people who like to ride bikes and skateboard on rails and steps off the property by posting signs up around campus buildings.

Maybe you’ve noticed the recent addition of the silver-plated leaves encrusting the sitting ledge near the flowerbeds by the Union – another deterrent to keep skaters and bikers from grinding there.

“I still grind, I just go really fast,” said 17-year-old Dustin Parsons.

“It would have been a better idea for them to paint it black, instead of putting elevated leaves on the ledge, so that the marks wouldn’t matter.”

But the marks do matter to city and campus officials. It appears that Balistreri and Parsons will have to continue to use their makeshift ramp to stay out of trouble.

Unless the hard work of people like Kristin Otley and Steve Gnagy gets recognized. Otley and Gnagy are two members of the Community Coalition for Youth

“I was put on the five-year plan.

I’ll give it two more years.”

Lucas Balistreri | Biker and Family.

Their vision: To create a safe environment where bikers and skaters can enjoy their crafts, otherwise known as a skate park.

“We already have an actual location for it that was approved by the mayor a few years ago,” Otley said at an informational meeting on Tuesday. “The spot is a 13,000 square foot area right between the in-line rink and maintenance buildings at City Park.”

A group of nearly 30 interested skaters and bikers listened intently as they discussed the many factors concerning the future skate park.

Gnagy, 27, said the need for a skate park in Bowling Green is evident with the stricter changes made by the University and the city. With everyone seemingly against teens on bikes and skateboards, someone clearly needs to be the adult voice.

“I want a better place for kids to ride and skate, while keeping them focused on things other than partying,” Gnagy said. “I got the city to look at the idea of a skate park more strongly by providing an adult point of view.”

Gnagy’s main concern now is

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Cheesy Beefy Busted

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By Freddy Hunt Assistant City Editor

We’ve all been disappointed by cheese at some point in our lives, mainly the elasticity of cheese.

So in an attempt to save a handful of people from disappointment, I am going to bust a myth and call out Taco Bell for false advertisement.

In the commercial for the

Cheesy Beefy Melt, people are walking down the street with cheese stretching from the Cheesy Beefy Melt in their extended hand reaching to their smiling faces. Of course I knew it looked too good to be true, but I had to go and make sure.

The closest you will come to finding lustfully elastic cheese in BG is at Myles Pizza, they put a liberal amount of cheese on every slice. But If you’re looking for a cheese stretch as advertised in the Cheesy Beefy Melt commercials, you’re out of luck because that only exists in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cartoons, and I have no idea where they get their pizza from.

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Kurt Halsey: The man behind the canvas HYDRO From Page 11 “The beauty of this business is that everyone who comes wants to have fun and enjoy the Halloween season,” Bob said.

Turner also enjoys providing fun, mystique fright for the senses that people cannot get year-round.

On an average night during Halloween season, Turner meets everyone that visits the Haunted Hydro. He stands at the door and gives a brief history of the building and scaring the guests at the same time.

He tells chilling stories to set the tone before the guests enter the haunted house.

“The stories are definitely not happy-go-lucky,” he said.

Turner added at least once or twice a night people drop out of the line or back out in the middle.

The job allows Bob to see where people are coming from to visit. He is surprised by how many people drive one and a half to two hours from the Columbus, Cleveland and Toledo areas.

The goal at the Hydro is to provide entertainment that is

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low in gore, blood and guts, but high in startling guests.

“The Hydro is no Walt Disney movie, but it’s also not like a slash-and-gash movie,” Turner said. “We are somewhere in between.”

The Haunted Hydro was awardedbyTouristAttractions and Parks magazine in 2006 for having the best theatrical cast and makeup in a haunted house in the United States.

Turner said it takes the “monsters” between one and two hours a day to get into makeup and costume.

The Hydro houses about 60 actors, all in full makeup, none of them wearing masks.

As for Turner, his character has stayed the same for 15 years. He dresses in a 1950’s style tux with a black top hat and diamond tie, topped with a plaid red overcoat.

New this year, guests have to crawl into the Hydro through a hearse instead of just walking into the Hydro.

“This gives me more of an opportunity to play head games with the guests and talk about things like lingering spirits,” Turner said.

Also new this year is a second attraction called “Rage in a Cage,” a combination of inside and outside mazes.

tion of why people like getting scared may be as challenging as seeing a dark object veiled within a nighttime fog.

Howard Casey Cromwell, associate professor in the department of psychology, said what causes fear is a hotly debated topic. Mentioning a “fear circuit” in the brain, Cromwell said when specific regions in the brain get activated, such as the brain stem in the lower region and the amygdala in the forebrain, the reaction is feeling fright.

Senior film production major Anthony Beal does not get scared easily. However, he does enjoy a good scare when watching frightening movies.

“What makes horror films great to me is the fact that everybody has something that they’re scared of,“ he said.

“There are so many different subgenres and different kinds of horror films that everybody can find something they can latch onto and say ‘That terrifies me.’”

Beal said an even mixture of gore and suspense make a horror flick exceptional.

“Even though you’re watching [the movie] in between your fingers, there’s an exhilaration and an adrenaline rush that goes into watching something like that,” he said.

“I think that’s what people are after...It’s like, ‘I don’t want to watch, but I have to.’”

Junior Jake McPherson is not easily scared either, but he likes visiting haunted houses when they have been creatively thought out.

“I like them when time is actually put into them,” he said. “I like going there and having people put in good days of work trying to scare you. It usually never happens, but it’s

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HAUNTINGS: The Hydro is open tonight and tomorrow from until 11:30 p.m., Sunday until 10:30 p.m. and Wednesday Oct. 31 until 10:30 p.m. Bob Turner advises people to provide safe home haunts. It’s important to take children and medical issues into consideration.

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entertaining.”

If McPherson were to create his own haunted house, it would take place in an eerie setting. He would not use props, but rather, psychological techniques to mess with the mind, since that is what scaring accomplishes in his opinion.

And when a person feels afraid, the mind can become rewired, said Cromwell. In turn, the person might become prone to getting scared in the future.

But certain psychological theories suggest deciding to go out for scares is a way to prepare for sticky situations, even if they are extreme.

“We enjoy scary things because it tests us and allows us to kind of see what we would do if we were threatened, but we do it in a safe manor,” said Cromwell. “When something real might happen, you’d know that you’d be able to handle it.”

McPherson has witnessed this enjoyment firsthand, perhaps lending an understanding as to why a foul-smelling and demonic creature following close behind may have a unique comfort attached to it.

“It’s fun being scared, especially in a controlled environment...” he said. “You obviously know nothing’s going to happen to you, but you still get the exhilaration out of it.”

And as far as thrill-seeking individuals go, Cromwell said participating in activities causing a rush could happen because the person may need the excitement to change the routine of a calm everyday life.

So as All Hallows Eve approaches, taking steps with shielded eyes or fearless confidence both contribute to the psychology behind what makes people scream for their life, or for the brave, what makes them laugh about the attempt.

Halsey’s first series of artwork added to the Urban Outfitters catalog was an immediate hit.

An underground talent such as Halsey selling his artwork to a mainstream store shocked many of his fans. Some were happy his drawings were now more accessible and affordable and some were upset and afraid their favorite artist would “sell out.”

In an interview with Cisco Griffin, Halsey explains how he came about the collaboration with Urban Outfitters and the reaction of his fans.

“The word ‘sellout’ has happened,” Halsey said. “I try to explain that I’ve never worked with a company before. I turned down Hot Topic wanting to do T-shirts. That’s not something I want to do, but when Urban Outfitters came along they wanted to do these mini stretched canvasses... I bought in so that people could have these mini paintings, which I thought were a really cool little project. It was an opportunity and the first, really, that I’ve been offered that I wanted to take.”

Halsey recently added another collection of artwork to the Urban Outfitters catalog called Wanderlust Triptych. This wall art is a set of three images stretched on separate 8-by-8 inch canvases for the price of $40 which can be ordered online or bought at the store.

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There are many artists who strive to capture a feeling through artwork so well that it mesmerizes people and leaves them wanting more. In this day and age, there are tons of struggling artists who just want to make it, but there is only one who has recently been successful.

Kurt Halsey Frederiksen is a 29-year-old talent living in Portland, Ore., where he paints and draws depictions of the mind and heart.

Halsey’s images appear innocent, but have dark underlying messages. They are usually sketches of a boy or a girl with a relationship-based thought written to the side. A theme that shows up in much of Halsey’s work is post-it notes with sayings written on them next to the drawing.

In an artist statement Halsey gave about himself for the Art Star Gallery and Boutique located in Philadelphia, he explained his influence as his hopeless romantic and super sensitive mindset.

“I pay far too much attention to the little things in life and in the relationship between two people,” Halsey said. “In constant need of reassurance, explanation, closure and attention, my paintings are made.”

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SKATE PARK From Page 11 getting others in the community to understand the need for the skate park, and being a voice of reason to corporations who might agree to help with funds.

“Parks and Recreation doesn’t have any money in its budget for a skate park,” Otley said. “But we hope to be working with a combination of grants, corporate support and the users.”

And though it may seem like the adults are doing all the work, the users are trying just as hard to make the skate park in Bowling Green become a reality.

“I was put on the five-year plan,”

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Lucas said, recalling his first time at skate park meeting three years ago. “I’ll give it two more.”

In the meantime, Lucas, Parsons and the rest of the friends they’ve made through riding will continue to use the home-made ramp in the backyard or else risk the possibility of getting arrested.

“Building a skate park would be great for the town, city and people,” Parsons said. “It gives us a place to go. It’s cheaper in the long run for officials. And campus wouldn’t have to leaf.”

Editor’s note: Anyone interested in supporting the future skate park can attend the next meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. It be held in the Veteran’s Building at City Park.

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Falcons on winning roll

Cleveland, the city of “almost” CHRIS VOLOSCHUK ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

GYMNASTICS Seven BG gymnasts earn academic honors Falcon Gymnasts Erin Coudriet, Jillian Stranges, Karly Yohe, Marissa Saneholtz, Amber Brewer, Megan Chronister and Morgan Balzer were all named 2007 Scholastic AllAmercians yesterday.

TODAY The BG News football program For in-depth information previewing tomorrow’s Family weekend football game against Ohio University at Doyt Perry Stadium

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SCHEDULE TODAY Women’s soccer: vs. Ohio; 4 p.m.

SATURDAY Football: vs. Ohio; 6 p.m.

Radio: WBGU-FM (88.1) Volleyball: at Western Michigan; 7 p.m.

Men’s soccer: vs. Western Michigan; 3 p.m.

Men’s golf: MAC/Big East Challenge, Orlando, Fla.; All day.

Cross country: MAC Championships, Mt. Pleasant, Mich; 11 a.m.

SUNDAY Volleyball: vs. Akron; 1 p.m.

Men’s golf: MAC/Big East Challenge, Orlando, Fla.; All day.

OUR CALL Today in Sports History 1993—NFL announces the Carolina Panthers as new expansion team.

The List Yesterday we looked at why the playoffs could be considered boring. Today, we look at why the playoffs have been great.

1. Youth: Most all of the teams in the postseason were really young teams we’ll be seeing more of in the future.

2. Cinderella: The Rockies have been incredible.

3. No Yankees: Finally, some other teams have gotten the spotlight.

4. Pitching: Josh Beckett, Jeff Francis, etc. have been off the charts.

5. It’s the playoffs!: They only come once a year.

Baseball is a great game.

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PSYCHED: Corey Domek (7) gets pumped up during BG’s victory over Miami on Wednesday. The Falcons have won eight matches in a row and are heading to W. Michigan tomorrow.

Volleyball taking eight-game winning streak on the road

By Sean Shapiro Reporter

the West division competition with their only losses coming to three of the top teams in the Following a four-game victory MAC east.

The Broncos, a young, seniorover Mid-American Conference East leading Miami, BG takes less team, are led by a trio of its eight-match winning streak hitters who all average over 2.75 to Kalamazoo, Mich. to face kills a game lead by sophomore Western Michigan, a team BG Michelle Moore with 4.58 kills a game good for 43rd in the NCAA hasn’t defeated since 2001.

“It’s a big deal to beat Western, and second in the MAC. “They’re quick, they run a realsome of us have been here five years and haven’t beat Western. ly quick offense. They run a lot They’re first in the west, so of quick sets, so blocking will it’s a big seeding opportunity be very important, making sure if we beat them,” said senior we stay with their hitters,” said senior Madeline Means.

Corrie Mills.

Defensively, Western is led by BG is currently 18-7, 9-2 in the MAC, and has yet to lose in sophomore libero Caitlin Strimel the month of October. Western who has more than 1,000 kills in Michigan is coming off a week- her first two seasons and was end that it dropped matches to named MAC West player of the Ohio and Kent in Kalamazoo, week for her performance the dropping their record to 16-8, 7- week of Oct. 1.

Like BG, the Broncos have 3 in the MAC. Western is a fast, athletic team been a strong team at home, according to Coach Denise Van winning their first seven games De Walle who has run through at home before last weekend.

Despite their first place standing in the West, had the Broncos been in the East, their current record, an impressive 7-3, would still only put them in fifth in the east.

Despite BG’s advantage on paper, the Falcons are not taking the Broncos lightly, as the current senior class has never beaten the Broncos. It has been a history of controversy between the two teams, as two years ago in Kalamazoo, BG lost on a questionable ruling by the referee on a serve by now-senior Stephanie Swiger.

“It was a heated battle and there was a controversial call.

Where the official never blew his whistle to serve and Swiger didn’t hear a whistle so she waited, and waited, and waited, then the official said that’s eight seconds, and he gave Western the ball. It was a situation that cost us the game, which then cost us the match,” Van De Walle said.

Buckeyes, Nittany Lions resume rivalry tomorrow

By Rusty Miller The Associated Press

COLUMBUS — There’s no doubt who is Ohio State’s No. 1 rival.

Steeped in the Bo-Woody wars and all of that “team up north” rhetoric, clearly Michigan is the red-letter opponent on the schedule.

But No. 2 on the list might just be the team the Buckeyes frequently have the most trouble with, Penn State.

“Ohio State’s got a great tradition,” Penn State coach Joe Paterno said. “We’ve had a lot of good games with them.”

When the Nittany Lions and Buckeyes meet tomorrow night in Happy Valley, no one would be surprised if the game swings on one play, as it so frequently does.

One reason is both teams are usually talented. Another is familiarity: Even in the Big Ten’s rotating schedule, the Nittany Lions are on the Buckeyes’ schedule every year — just like Michigan is.

The teams have a lot in common, and the scores are usually close. Four times in the last six meetings, the difference has been seven points or fewer, including margins of one, two and six points.

Even those other two meetings were deceptively tight. Ohio State won 21-10 in 2004 and last year led 7-6 going into the fourth quarter before the top-ranked Buckeyes put the game out of reach with three touchdowns.

“I’ve been in each one of them in the last decade, so I’ve lived all of them,” Ohio State defensive coor-

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For seniors like Swiger, winning at Western is not just about exacting revenge for the past four years, but also gaining ground on winning a MAC championship.

BG heads into Kalamazoo riding a seven-match winning streak in which they have only dropped five games since losing in Athens on Sept. 29.

“I think defense has been very good during this stretch, passing and serving has been very good.

But I think the thing that’s been important is that when someone has a down night, somebody else steps up,” said assistant coach Mark Hardaway.

Following this weekend’s trip to Kalamazoo, BG returns home the weekend of Nov. 3, where they face the other top two teams in the MAC East, Kent and Ohio. Both games start at 4 p.m. in Anderson and have potential to determine who will win the M AC East t it le.

They were oh, so close to the promised land.

That darn Tribe did it to us again.

They took a commanding ALCS lead on the Boston Red Sox and then let it slip as quickly as, say, a three-pitch strikeout from Josh Beckett.

Its been almost a week since a close, hotly-contested game seven turned into an 11-2 rout, and Cleveland fans everywhere, or just fans that despise the “Sawx,” were left wondering what might’ve been. The Indians, the team that defied odds all year, was finally brought back to earth.

This seems to be the recurring theme in Cleveland, getting to the verge of the promised land and then falling short in painful ways. The word “almost” comes to mind.

Throughout the city’s playoff history, the names speak for themselves.

The Drive. The Fumble. 1997.

And so on. And so on.

In 2007, the heartache has come from multiple directions.

First it was the Cavaliers, and a magical playoff run.

Everything fell into place for the Cavs, something that in and of itself just sounds ludicrous, but actually happened.

In the first round, the Wizards were playing with Antawn Jamison and only Antawn Jamison, and the Cavs won easily in a sweep. Injuries to their best players kept the Wizards from being competitive, and the Cavs moved on.

Then came the Nets, and a glaring lack of depth. The Nets had virtually no inside presence, and Vince Carter only showed up to two of the games, so the Cavs were able to take the series in six.

Next in line was the Eastern Conference Finals against the

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Displaced Chargers want to help community, eager to play next game

By Bob Baum The Associated Press

TEMPE, Ariz. — The San Diego Chargers are well aware that football is only a game, and they are but entertainers. The fires rampaging across the San Diego area make that very clear.

Still, the Chargers believe that by playing the Houston Texans — somewhere on Sunday or Monday — will fill a useful role for a community just beginning ROSS D. FRANKLIN | AP PHOTO to sift through the ashes.

HARD TIMES: The Chargers have had to practice in Arizona while fires rage in San Diego.

“To play a game, hopefully back there, but wherever it is,” San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders The stadium has been used as an quarterback Philip Rivers said, “is hopefully going to lift people’s will decide whether the Chargers’ evacuation center. An estimated spirits because this is something home, Qualcomm Stadium, can 10,000 were there on Wednesday. the county is going to have to be made available for the schedSee CHARGERS| Page 14 deal with for a lot more than a uled game. If not, Dallas and couple of days.”

Houston were being considered.

RESPECT: Coaches Jim Tressel (left) and Joe Paterno (right) chat after last year’s game.

dinator Jim Heacock said. “It’s two good traditional football teams and two hard-hitting teams, two competitive teams and two competitive coaches. You know going in it’s going to be a battle and then it comes down to turnovers and who’s able to run the football.”

The No. 1-ranked Buckeyes (8-0, 4-0 Big Ten) are extremely wary of the 24th-ranked Nittany Lions (62, 3-2) and what they’re capable of — particularly when playing at home. The Buckeyes are just 2-5 at Beaver Stadium since Penn State joined the Big Ten in 1994.

“A person being in the wrong spot can go for a touchdown,”

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Tour de France to add new mountain pass ers will face, two fewer than in this year’s race.

And for the first time since PARIS — The Tour de France 1966, the race will start with a will have revamped rules and full road stage — 121 miles from a slightly less mountainous but Brest to Plumelec in Brittany — hopefully more exciting course instead of an opening individual in 2008, organizers announced time-trial race against the clock yesterday, looking to inject fresh that had become traditional. The enthusiasm into cycling’s dop- goal is to give more riders, and not just time-trial experts, the ing-battered showcase race.

After the drug problems of the chance to compete for the race past two Tours, riders will cross a lead and its coveted yellow jersey geographical high in 2008, scal- from the very start.

Adding further unpredictabiling Europe’s highest mountain pass — the 9,193-foot Col de la ity to the mix, organizers have Bonette-Restefond. Last climbed done away with time bonuses by the Tour in 1993, it is one of 19 that were awarded to the fastest major mountain passes that rid- finishers each day and those who

By John Leicester The Associated Press

were among the first at other fixed points along the route. That rule change, especially in the high mountains which often open up large time gaps between riders, could lead to a tighter and more suspenseful and open Tour.

The July 5-27 Tour will cover 2,200 miles, with 21 stages and two rest days. The first of two time trials will come on Day 4.

The second comes on the penultimate day, to fix the finishing order before the race concludes with its habitual processional final ride to the Champs-Elysees

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THE BG NEWS PICKS OF THE WEEK Alright, people, it’s Family Weekend, where we hang out with our parents and pretend we don’t party. Can the Falcons win two MAC games in a row? We’ll find out. Jace Walker of the men’s golf team joins us this week, and our picks will be better than ESPN’s.

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Back at the Doyt after stampeding Kent I feel like the Falcons are ready to start a streak.

BG 41, Ohio 14

The defense showed up in Kent.

With the running game finally being used, I look for BG to win.

BG 31, Ohio 21

The Falcons showed up last week against Kent State, and against a struggling Ohio squad, they’ll do the same.

BG 28, Ohio 17

BG keeps rolling after last week.

Last home game our defense came up with lots of turnovers.

Sheehan throws for 300 yards.

BG 42, Ohio17

time OSU played at the The Bucks haven’t lost a Big Ten Penn State has turned from an Not a Buckeye fan, so I’m going No. 1 Ohio State Last Lion’s Den the band was report- game since their last trip to Happy early season surprise into a Big to take Penn State because if @ No. 24 Penn State edly doused in urine. You stay Valley. Tomorrow night, they exact Ten has-been. Ohio State should they win hopefully we’ll see more

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classy Penn State.

OSU 20, PSU 2

their revenge on old man Paterno. win easily.

OSU 24, PSU 10 OSU 36, PSU 13

orange and brown on Saturdays.

PSU 38, OSU 3

seeing the Eagles in person So far every team that’s been Boston’s already got the Patriots BC has one of the best QBs in No. 2 Boston College After I’d be silly not to pick them in this ranked #2 this season has lost. I and Red Sox gunning for champi- Matt Ryan but I’m going to take @ No. 8 Virginia Tech game. The ACC should not have think there’s a curse on it. Still, BC onships. Can’t you throw the rest Va. Tech because BC hasn’t seen

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two teams in the top 10.

BC 31, Va. Tech 13

will win.

BC 27, Va. Tech 20

of us a bone here?

BC 33, Va. Tech 17

a defense like this yet.

Va. Tech 24, BC 21

s the idiot that picked two Arizona State hasn’t been this All this talk about South Florida Cal should have a chip on their No. 21 California Who’ Pac 10 teams in the same week? good since the days of Jake “The and BC, and no one’s talking shoulder after losing its last two @ No. 4 Arizona State Hey c’mon now, they’re all top Snake” and the late Pat Tillman. I about undefeated Arizona State? games. Cal wins on a last second

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25 teams!

Arizona State 24, Cal 13

Dixon has been waiting No. 12 USC Dennis for this moment, for all his life, @ No. 5 Oregon oh lord.

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say they win this one.

Arizona State 20, Cal 17

For shame.

Arizona State 21, Cal 16

field goal.

Cal 31, Arizona State 28

Although the Trojan is a more manly mascot, youtube has shown that the Oregon duck can hold his own in a brawl.

Oregon 41, USC 31

Oregon and Dennis Dixon are for real... though the Lions fan in me still doesn’t trust QBs coming out of that football program.

Oregon 35, USC 17

After losing to Stanford, USC doesn’t have that same swagger they’ve had for so long. I’m taking the Ducks.

Oregon 31, USC 24

manages to stay near the I could honestly not care less The Gators have won 8 of the last Florida already has two losses No. 11 Florida Florida top with two losses and Georgia about this game, save the fact that 9 match-ups between these teams. and is not ready to make it three. @ No. 18 Georgia manages to stay in the standings I need this to help keep my top Don’t see any reason why they won’t Urban Meyer will have the Gators

Overall record

spot in the pick ‘em standings.

Florida 26, Georgia 14

make that 9 out of 10.

Florida 27, Georgia 21

ready to play.

Florida 38, Georgia 24

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Tour winner, Floyd Landis, was stripped of the title for failing a doping test. This year’s edition From Page 13 was a doping debacle, with race leader Michael Rasmussen sent in Paris, when the winner often home for skipping drug tests and sips champagne in the saddle as favorite Alexandre Vinokourov testing positive for a banned he rides.

“The idea was really to break blood transfusion.

Cycling has responded with the classic scenarios,” Tour director Christian Prudhomme said. “I new anti-doping measures am convinced that cycling will announced this week.

Prudhomme said it was “inconrediscover its romanticism that ceivable” that any rider would be made it a legend.”

It needs to. Drug scandals have allowed to start next year without pushed the sport into crisis, dent- signing on to perhaps the most ing sponsors’ enthusiasm and important measure — a series of television viewership. The 2006 tests that will allow drug-testers

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to build a blood profile for each athlete. If follow-up tests show significant changes to that profile — which could be caused by drug use — riders could be barred from racing.

Prudhomme called the program “a real progress in the fight against doping.”

“We’re setting off with good hope,” said Jean-Francois Pescheux, another senior Tour official. “We have to because otherwise cycling is heading for catastrophe. If the 2008 season is a repeat of 2007 and 2006 it’s the end of cycling and I think everyone is aware of that.”

CHARGERS From Page 13 “We’re waiting as long as we can to assess the need for a shelter as large as Qualcomm,” the mayor’s spokesman Fred Sainz said Wednesday.

“The mayor, when he spoke yesterday, said the concern is really not a football game, the concern was to assure people evacuated from their homes that they have a a safe place to go,” Sainz said. “That remains our priority.”

The team left the charred air of San Diego for three days of practice, beginning Wednesday, at the Arizona Cardinals’ training facility. Rivers likened the atmosphere to training camp.

The players were doing their best to concentrate on game preparation, even though an estimated two dozen of them had been evacuated from their homes because of the threat of fire.

As far as anyone knew, no players or staff members had lost their homes.

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without being good. Whatever.

Florida 20. Georgia 10

Detroit Pistons, an emotional roller-coaster ride of a series which can be completely summarized in three words and five syllables—Lebron and Boobie.

But when the Finals rolled around and the Cavs were on the brink of a championship, something more rare than Haley’s Comet, the bottom fell out, the Spurs showed why they are so incredibly good and fans were left with another “almost.”

Going on at the same time as the NBA playoffs was the Indians’ regular season, one of their best in a long, long time.

They played (and won) “home” games in Milwaukee and Seattle. Fausto Carmona made the rotation as a fill in for Cliff Lee and became one of the AL’s premier starting pitchers. Paul Byrd won 15 games as a number five starter. The offense looked unbeatable at times. Kenny Lofton came back and his long career came full circle. And C.C. Sabathia finally lived up to his lofty potential as a staff ace.

Even the old “Jacobs Field Magic” of the 90s seemed back, as last-at-bat wins and late game comebacks were all the

rage again. With 96 wins and a new Central Division title, the Indians looked like a team that could finally break the “almost” curse.

Against the Yankees in the ALDS, the Tribe showed their mettle and won in four games, with Byrd getting the unlikeliest of postseason wins—one in Yankee Stadium. At that point, the planets looked to be aligned. This was the team that would finally break through.

But then the Red Sox series started, and the team that was destined to win it all and had a 3-1 series lead was shot down by one massive swing of Dustin Pedroia’s bat in the seventh inning of the seventh game — “almost” was back.

The Browns are currently 3-3 and have a pretty good chance of going over .500 for the first time in a few years on Sunday.

How the rest of their season will go is only a guess.

But when it comes to these teams, how about a break?

Why not finish the job?

Why not Cleveland?

The Drive. The Fumble. Jim Chones’ foot. 1997. The dominance of the Spurs. The 3-1 ALCS collapse.

Welcome to Cleveland, “The City of Almost Champions,” where “how” and “when” are usually always replaced with “why not.”

Penn State from a 27-9 deficit to win 29-27 in State College, the win moving coach Joe Paterno From Page 13 past Paul “Bear” Bryant into the career coaching victories lead said defensive tackle Vernon with 324 (now he’s up to 369).

— Chris Gamble, who started Gholston. “Any time you’ve got two teams competing like Penn at cornerback and wide receivState and Ohio State, it’s close. er, returned a pass by Mills 40 We look a lot back at ‘05, when it yards for the decisive score in was 17-10, and we expect similar a 13-7 win, one of a number of close calls for 14-0 Ohio State things going up there.”

That ‘05 loss, before a wild, in its 2002 national championenthusiastic crowd at Beaver ship run.

— Backup quarterback Scott Stadium, knocked the sixthranked Buckeyes out of the McMullen hit Michael Jenkins national championship pic- with a 5-yard TD pass with 1:35 ture. It also was the last time left to give Ohio State a 21-20 win Ohio State lost a Big Ten game, in 2003 with Penn State’s David a string they’ve extended to a Kimball coming up just short school-best 18 in a row, one off on a 60-yard field goal on the the conference record set by final play.

— Penn State’s defense, led by Michigan 1990-2.

Ohio State’s players are on Tamba Hali, forced Ohio State high alert that they’re walking QB Troy Smith to fumble the ball with 81 seconds left to preinto a lion’s den once again.

“Coach (Jim) Tressel definite- serve a 17-10 win in that 2005 ly harps on that in big games showdown.

Tressel said the two programs like this,” wide receiver Brian Robiskie said. “We know we’re are similar in ways that almost going on the road at night in a guarantee neither will blow out hostile environment. This is one the other.

“One, they both pay very close of those games where your focus has to go up. Your preparation attention to special teams,” he during the week has to go up. said. “And they both play excelThis is one of those weeks where lent defense. It’s not that they guys know that everybody has don’t play good on offense.

[Those] would be the hallmarks to step up.”

Big plays seem to come at a of those teams over the course premium in the closest games of years and years and years.”

Just like close games whenthis millennium in the series: — In 2001, Zack Mills rallied ever the teams meet.

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Child care needed in our Perrysburg home. M, W, F, 8:15 - 5:15. Reliable transp. & child care exp. necessary. m.childcare@hotmail.com

A WONDERFUL house to share, on campus! LOTS of room. Nonsmoker. Pets & young children most welcome. Fenced yard, garage, washer, dryer, 2 living rooms, spacious kitchen, quiet, convenient location, membership to health club included! Come see it, you won t be disappointed.

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Now hiring dancers. No experience necessary. Must be 18 years old.

419-332-2279 after 8 pm.

For Sale Moving Sale!! 2-9x6 carpets, $50 ea.

Entertainment cabinet, $75, sofa wood pullout bed, $95, Sony 27” TV $150, Sharp 25” TV, $75,JVC 23” TV, $75. 419-308-2847.

Wanted 2 female sublsrs. in Copper Beech for Spring Semester. Please contact falc0n333@yahoo.com

Now hiring servers & cooks. Apply in person. 7am - 3pm, Tues. - Fri. Ben s Table. 1021 S. Main St. BG. Yoko Japanese Restaurant now hiring servers & hostesses at fine Japanese restaurant. Flex. hrs. only 15 min. from BG. Apply in person.

419-893-2290. 465 W. Dussel Dr. Maumee OH.

Campus Events BG Student Art Glass Association hosts a fall fundraiser. Come pick out your favorite pumpkin from our glass pumpkin patch. Or check out our hand made glass ghosts, gourds, skulls & more. Oct 24-26, 29,30.

10am - 6pm. Front of Union.

For Rent ** Avail. now. Rooms. $225 mo. 4 bdrm. free internet. cartyrentals.com Call 419-353-0325.

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Arkansas had self-reported violations committed by former assistant Lance Brauman, who was convicted last year of embezzlement, theft and mail fraud. The convictions stemmed from his time at Barton County Community College in Kansas, part of a scandal that spawned charges against seven Barton County coaches and the athletic director and led to the firing of the school’s president. Brauman was coaching Arkansas when he was convicted.

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Avail. immed. I Need to move ASAP! The Enclave, $324 mo. until Aug. Free shuttle, pool, tan, internet, gym.

Call 419-340-6584.

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

Buckeye Studios Student housing available now.

Monthly/semester & yr. long leases.

Fully furnished, includes all utilities & 25” TV. Free wireless internet.

Call 419-352-1520. www.buckeyeinnandstudios.com

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NEEDED, female subleaser for Enclave I. Jan. - Aug. $299. Please call 419-351-7600.

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Vs. Now with a balanced offensive attack the Falcons look to go 3-1 in the MAC. Listen this Saturday on 88.1 FM WBGU.We have the Ziggy Zoomba’s Pregame show at 5 pm with the Kickoff at 6pm. www.bgrso.org

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