THE BG NEWS Tuesday
November 13, 2007 Volume 102, Issue 60
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Tenured positions in college courses held by white men A recent study states that minorities and women are underrepresented in the fields of engineering and science | Page 4
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U.S. dollar is the currency of the world Problems could lie in store for other countries with the declining value of United States currency, says columnist M’Mailutha | Page 4
Racial tension builds in 70s BG
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In part one of a three-part series, BG News alumna Julie Hohman comments on the racial climate of the University in 1977 | Page 5
Still in pursuit of bank robbery suspect Police: Man may have called in a school bomb threat so he could rob a local bank By Tim Sampson City Editor
Police are still searching for a man they believe is responsible for robbing a North Main Street bank and calling in a bomb threat to Bowling Green City Schools on Friday. Bowling Green resident Joel Kenneth Westfall, 27, is being
sought by authorities on charges Joel Kenneth of aggravated robbery and makWestfall ing a terroristic threat. Police believe he Westfall is suspected of callis responsible for a ing city school officials shortly before 11:05 a.m. on Friday and bank robbery telling them that bombs had been planted in their school buildings. an hour as police searched the All schools in the district were buildings, Bowling Green police placed on lockdown for about Lt. Ken Fortney said.
No bombs were found. Fortney said Westfall likely made the call to distract police from his alleged robbery of the Huntington Bank branch at 1050 N. Main St. less than a half an hour later. “There’s reason to believe the bomb threats were a diversion because of the close time and proximity to the bank robbery,” Fortney said.
Living the ROTC way The Fighting Falcons strive to learn how to serve By Kelly Day Campus Editor
Ship crew is put under criminal investigation
A line of cadets from BGSU’s ROTC battalion stand facing an intimidating task on a cool October morning at the Camp Perry training facility in Port Clinton, Ohio. Perched in a control tower behind them, Master Sergeant Nathan Aguinaga instructs the group to maintain the correct shooting posture. He doesn’t want to be out all day, he says into the tower microphone. But no matter what he wants, long days are typical in the lives of the officers and cadets in the Fighting Falcon Battalion. On this day, the cadets, dressed in their camouflage uniforms, combat boots, and helmets, lay in the grass and brace their elbows on wooden supports. They begin to fire rounds at the paper targets pinned to upright wooden boards. Only a few “zero” this time, meaning they hit 5 out of 6 rounds within a 4 centimeter circle. Nearby, senior Matthew Swaney sits at a picnic table with two of his older comrades, loading the rifle magazines with rounds and remembering the training he had to go through before he became a student leader in the ROTC program. The training staff sends cadets who have zeroed in to Swaney. Walking in a single-file line, the cadets approach
After the Cosco Busan leaked 58,000 gallons of fuel oil into the San Francisco Bay, the crew is being detained by the Coast Guard | Page 11
Falcon football bowl eligible With Friday night’s victory over EMU, the team has ignited bowl game hopes that were not even a possibility a year before | Page 8
BG basketball wins in close call against Bearcats
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After beating Belmont the night before, the Falcons narrowly defeated Cincinnati 69-67 on the road over the weekend | Page 7
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See ROTC | Page 3
It’s ‘Transgender Awareness Week.’ If you could create an awareness week, what would it be?
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Kappa Alpha brothers create award-winning video A telecommunications major and his fraternity shoot footage to entice others to join their brotherhood
KATY DUNNING Sophomore, Business
“‘Obesity.’ There’s so much fast food everywhere, people don’t stop to eat healthy.” | Page 4
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By Amanda Gilles Reporter
Spreading the word of brotherhood just got a little bit more entertaining for BGSU’s of the Kappa Alpha Zeta Lambda chapter. Junior Larry Marshall knew even before he got his bid in the fall 2006 that he wanted to make a video for his chapter. A telecommunications major with a minor in film, Larry has his own editing system. He wanted to show the campus and parents what being in Kappa Alpha was really about. “I love to make films, and I thought it would be a great way
Larry Marshall
Eric Heffinger
Brandon Parent
Junior who created Kappa Alpha video
Junior who assisted with recruiting video
Sophomore who thinks video is good for recruiting
to recruit potential new members to the chapter,” Marshall said. Helping as his partner with the video, junior Eric Heffinger, began shooting for the film with Marshall in March 2007. With Heffinger conducting interviews, and Marshall behind the camera, the two were shooting footage for the film every chance they got. They covered
philanthropies, chapter ceremonies and incorporated personal insights from current members of the chapter. Interviews and still shots were not all the duo captured in the six-minute film. Marshall was sure to have his camera along for even the unexpected live shots. In fact, during the snow days last spring a bunch of the guys decided to go sledding down the
hill out past Lot 6. “My camera probably almost froze, but I still brought it along to capture our good times,” Marshall said. While the Kappa Alpha brothers thought they were just making a video for their own enjoyment, they soon learned
See VIDEO | Page 2
Police said Westfall entered the bank with a semi-automatic pistol at 11:25 a.m. He threatened the tellers, demanded money and then fled from the scene in a black Dodge pick up truck with an undisclosed amount of cash. The abandoned truck was later
See SUSPECT | Page 2
Judge orders White House to preserve e-mails By Pete Yost The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A federal judge yesterday ordered the White House to preserve copies of all its e-mails, a move that Bush administration lawyers had argued strongly against. U.S. District Judge Henry Kennedy directed the Executive Office of the President to safeguard the material in response to two lawsuits that seek to determine whether the White House has destroyed e-mails in violation of federal law. In response, the White House said it has been taking steps to preserve copies of all e-mails and will continue to do so. The administration is seeking dismissal of the lawsuits brought by two private groups, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and the National Security Archive. The organizations allege the disappearance of 5 million White House e-mails. The court order issued by Kennedy, an appointee of President Clinton, is directed at maintaining backup tapes which contain copies of White House e-mails. The Federal Records Act details strict standards prohibiting the destruction of government documents including electronic messages, unless first approved by the archivist of the United States. Justice Department lawyers had urged the courts to accept a proposed White House declaration promising to preserve all backup tapes. “The judge decided that wasn’t enough,” said Anne Weismann, an attorney for CREW, which has gone to court over secrecy issues involving the Bush administration and has pursued ethical issues involving Republicans on Capitol Hill. The judge’s order “should stop any future destruction of e-mails, but the White House stopped archiving its e-mail in 2003 and we don’t know if some backup tapes for those e-mails were already taped over before we went to court. It’s a mystery,” said Meredith Fuchs, a lawyer for the National Security Archive. CREW and the National Security Archive are seeking to force the White House to immediately explain in court what happened to its e-mail, an issue that first surfaced nearly two years ago in the leak probe of administration officials who disclosed Valerie Plame’s CIA identity to reporters. Special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald revealed early in 2006 that relevant e-mails could be missing because of an archiving problem at the White House. The White House has provided little public information about the matter, saying that some e-mails may not have been automatically archived on a computer server for the Executive Office of the President and that the e-mails may have been preserved on backup tapes. The White House has said that its Office of Administration is looking into whether there are e-mails that were not automatically archived and that if there is a problem, the necessary steps will be taken to address it. Kennedy issued the order following recommendations to do so by a federal magistrate who held a hearing on the matter.
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