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A second home for local teens

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Yuliana Gallegos, 16, accounts her first year in America as a Mexican immigrant who didn’t know English in her book “Mi sueno de America” | Page 9

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AFTER SCHOOL SPECIALTY: University students interact with teens at the BG Teen Center in the Veteran’s Building in the City Park. The center offers a variety of games and other activities for teens to get involved in after school.

Wrestling team shows dedication and spirit

The BG Teen Center provides a place for teens to hang out after school lets out

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Re-formed three years ago, the team has brought home two wins this year and is one of eight teams invited to compete in a prestigous tournament in Iowa | Page 7

Converted tight end proves to be leader Sean O’Drobinak is lauded as a new defensive end this year, and was elected as captain late this season | Page 7

By Kyle Reynolds Reporter

Seventh grader Eclipse Stockwell used to go to the library or just go home and watch TV after school but thanks to University students, staff and the community she now has somewhere else to go — The BG Teen Center.

The center opened in September and is directed by Niki Messmore of AmeriCorps, and staffed by student volunteers.

Its purpose is to provide a safe and fun atmosphere for seventh and eighth graders in Bowling Green, Messmore said.

Seventh and eighth graders can come to the center after school is over to hang out and make some new friends.

Daily activities for the teens include homework help, sports and board games, as well as special events.

“We have special programs like female self-defense

classes, movie nights and theme parties,” Messmore said.

“We want to provide teens with opportunities.”

The idea for the center came from Linda Dobb, executive vice president of the University, a couple of years ago when she noticed teens didn’t have a good place to go after school.

“I was at the public library and noticed the police were there because some rowdy teens were causing a

Democrat Robin Weirauch and Republican Bob Latta might come from different political parties, but it seems they have at least one thing in common.

Both of the candidates running for the 5th District congressional seat are against illegal immigration and amnesty for Robin those already living inside Weirauch Democratic U.S. borders.

“I am strong- candidate ly opposed to vying for the amnesty,” Latta spot in the said. “It’s the worst thing you 5th District could possibly do to grant it at this time and allow people to enter illegally.”

A m n e s t y, which is the act of allowing illegal immigrants to live in the U.S. without punishment for their actions, is also an issue Bob whichdeceased representative Latta Paul Gilmore Republican was passionate candidate about. vying for the “It’s clear that spot in the the concept [of amnesty] has 5th District broken the law in light of the fact that five million illegals have come over in the last seven years,” Weirauch said. “They have flooded our schools, and this has put an unfair burden on the taxpaying U.S. citizens.”

Latta, who agreed with

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Wood County law enforcement officials are going on a shopping spree with underprivileged children to help them pick out everything from a warm coat to a new toy.

For the second year in a row, most Wood County police departments will be participating in a program called “Shop with a Cop.” The program, created and run by the Wood County Sheriff’s Department, started last year and will have an even larger impact this year for some underprivileged children in the area.

Each child who participates in the program is given $75 and is escorted around the Bowling Green Wal-Mart with a police officer who helps them pick out items the child can use.

Last year, there were 57 officers who volunteered their time to take the 106 area children around Wal-Mart to do their shopping said Deputy Becky Parker, the coordinator for the program.

“The goal this year is to be able

to take 150 children,” said Parker.

“At the beginning of the day, we were up to 159 kids.”

Money is raised for this event based on donations from both area businesses and donations from community members.

Community members donations are usually in the form of raffle tickets they purchase.

This year, Wal-Mart donated a digital camera, a laptop computer, a $100 gift card and an iPod for inclusion in the raffle.

Area businesses, such as Domino’s Pizza, are also doing their part to raise money for Shop With a Cop. Michael Omler, the owner of Domino’s on Wooster Street, donated 25 percent of last night’s sales.

He said the Sheriff’s department approached him and asked if he would be willing to donate a few pizzas or make a cash donation because the past owner had a good relationship with them.

Olmer offered this deal for a contribution instead because he thought it would go further for the children.

Olmer said in the past different

Domino’s franchises have offered this deal to groups including the Red Cross and the United Way. He said one of the stores in the area donated their sales like this in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and ended up donating over $1000. Most organizations and groups end up in the hundreds depending on group size and participation the owner said. “[Domino’s] hopes to donate close to $1,000,” Omler said. “We had a hard time keeping up with the lunch rush.”

Other area businesses that have contributed to the cause include Wendy’s, Ben’s Table and Tech Dynamics. But the list is not limited to those businesses, said Sandy Wiechman, a deputy with the Wood County Sheriff’s Office. “[The kids] have to get clothes, shoes, and a coat and if there is money left over, they can get a toy,” Wiechman said. “Some kids even ask if they can buy gifts for other people. It touches your heart how much the kids show they care.”

Wiechman said last year’s

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event went really well despite an untimely interruption. Bowling Green city police had to shift their roles from volunteers to officers when two people attempted to steal a pair of televisions while the children were shopping. They were forced to ask other officers to take their children for the remainder of the shopping trip.

Wiechman and other law enforcement officials are hoping this year’s event will go by much smoother.

BGeXperience Director George Agich found out the same way everyone else did.

A campus update e-mail sent out Nov. 9 announced the fall 2008 move-in for first-year students is now scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 23, and upperclass students will move in Sunday, Aug. 24.

BGeXperience is a values program that normally runs from Friday to Sunday the week before classes begin and is designed to help all first-year students make a successful transition to college.

Students participate in small group discussions in a class led by a faculty member who will be one of their teachers during the fall semester and an upperclass peer mentor.

Currently, the 5-year-old nationally renowned program’s schedule is up in the air.

“It’s all in the talking stages now,” said Ryan Gardner, Resident Student Association president.

On June 22, 2007, the Board of Trustees expressed overall support for BGeXperience’s Values Initiative as part of the BGSU curriculum, but did not approve the program itself,

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AMNESTY From Page 1 Weirauch about the issues facing taxpayers, said immigrants who are not legal nor citizens of the United States are unfairly leeching off the money of others.

“Illegals are consuming services here that taxpayers are paying for,” he said. “Those people are taking away from an American who is here legally and correctly.”

Although Weirauch and Latta recognize the fact that gaining legal status in the U.S. is a timely and costly matter, both feel it is a step that must be taken in order to solve the problem of illegal immigration.

“I realize that people who come here legally are normally put on a waiting list,” Latta said.

“But illegals have to realize what a real slap in the face it is when they bypass that law for those

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disturbance,” Dobb said. “I thought there needs to be other places other than the library to hang out because since it’s [the library] supposed to be a quiet place it isn’t an ideal place for them to hang out.”

Dobb consulted students like senior Tom Bethany and they developed a plan for the center.

The city wanted to follow through with the project and had a building that the teens could use, The Veteran’s Building in City Park.

In order to get the center started Dobb knew she would have to get trained student volunteers, so she worked with Professor Laura Landry-Meyer to develop a course to train students, FCS 480, Youth Program Development. Students interested in volunteering should take the course.

Courtney Hanley, sophomore,

10:24 A.M.

Overnight someone kicked the front door of an apartment on Second Street, causing $50 worth of damage.

9:51 P.M.

Police responded to a report of heavyset, white male spray painting on the women’s bathroom door of the Mini-Mall on South Main Street. Police searched the area and were not able to locate the suspect. They did stop another man, Zachary Cole, 26, of Bowling Green, who fit the suspect’s description and found a bag a marijuana in his car. He was charged with drug abuse and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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Bob Latta | Republican candidate for the 5th District people who are doing things right.”

In order to enforce correct immigration into the U.S., Weirauch plans to crack down on enforcement in more ways than one if she is the winner of the election on Dec. 11.

“First of all, we need to stop employers from hiring illegals which would be a huge help in reducing the flow of people that are coming into America,” she said. “Essentially, we’d be putting a plug in the dike.”

Weirauch also plans on creating police programs that will work to train local officers on issues dealing with illegal immi-

gration.

“Right now, when the local police come across illegal immigrants, they don’t have any mechanisms to deal with them,” she said. “This must be cleaned up immediately, and if elected, I will do my best to do so.”

Latta, however, wants to reinforce border control with more individuals in order to prevent illegals from crossing into the U.S. unnoticed.

“We need to strengthen spots where individuals are crossing over,” he said. “This can be done from the ground or from pilotless drones that can watch over the borders from the air.”

“I thought there needs to be other places than the library to hang out ...”

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“It’s not a safe manner in how they’re trying to ge here and their welfare, of course, concerns me. People are found dead in the back of vehicles due to an unnecessary risk ...”

Linda Dobb | Executive vice president of the University is currently enrolled in FCS 480 and volunteers at the center. As part of the course, Hanley said she keeps a journal of what happens at the center and helps develop programming for the teens.

The teens think the center has been beneficial for them and has given them something to do.

Stockwell is glad she has place to go where she can meet new people and play kickball and volleyball.

“I’ve made at least five new friends here,” Stockwell said.

Eighth grader Megan Willem thinks the center gives her more options for after school activities than before.

“It’s fun and a real nice place to hang out,” Willem said. “I used to just watch TV and sit around, go to the library or sometimes

be lazy and draw.”

The center’s goals for the upcoming year are to spread the word about the center, have more activities outside of the center’s usual hours (MondayThursday 2:30-5:30), more student involvement and hopefully have high school students at the center.

There was also a concern in the community over several suicides by high school students in the community over the past few years, Bethany said.

“There were a lot of suicides in a short time and people were asking, ‘what is happening?’” Bethany said. “We felt that reaching out to teens in junior high, when their identity starts forming would help stop the number of suicides in high school.”

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Latta is also concerned with the safety and well-being of the people illegally crossing as well.

“It’s not a safe manner in how they’re trying to get here and their welfare, of course, concerns me,” he said. “People are found dead in the back of vehicles due to an unnecessary risk that could be eliminated if they had chosen to come over legally.”

But for some students, the well-being of illegal immigrants is not the only concern they have when faced with this issue.

Nick Gamero, junior and member of Latino Student Union, feels that the issue is one that must be addressed, but in a manner that is respectful to all people involved.

“We need to take into account how the rest of the world is going to perceive us based on the actions we end up taking,” Gamero said. “Perception is just as important as the actual problem at hand.”

agers committed suicide in Bowling Green, according to the Toledo Blade.

Bethany, board member for the center, is optimistic that the program will help teens as they develop.

“Hopefully it will pay off down the road,” Bethany said. “We want to create opportunities for the teens since there isn’t much to do in this town and hopefully we can end this quiet crisis.”

The center has received a lot of community support and aid from student organizations after it was robbed last week.

A 40-inch HDTV, two computers, three Playstations, movies and video games were stolen from the center.

The Inter-Fraternity Council has donated $500 to the center and people have donated things like computers since the robbery.

“People want to help,” Dobb said. “When so many people do kind things it really makes you have faith in the goodness of human beings.”

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By Ella Fowler Reporter

Faculty and staff on campus feel improvements need to be made to a survey issued to them this past spring.

The Committee on Academic Affairs (CAA) distributed an online survey to the facultyemployed at the University, which contained eight questions in a effort to get faculty and staff opinions about issues and concerns that have been expressed as priorities among the faculty.

Questions covered concerns about the academic work environment, the effectiveness or fairness of the campus administration and if the faculty feels the University is “going in the right direction,” according to the report issued by the CAA at the faculty senate meeting.

“The CAA resumed a practice that has not been done in the past couple of years,” Chair of CAA David Border said at yesterday’s faculty senate meeting. “This year we had a good response rate around 40 percent.”

The CAA reinstated the survey because, under the faculty senate charter, they are “respon-

sible for the formation of a statement of the academic priorities and objectives of the University which shall then be used in the process of planning and building the budget for the academic area of the University for the subsequent year.”

Travel allowances, wages and research and teaching balances were the top concerns among faculty.

Some faculty, however, felt the questions needed to be changed to better address their opinions.

Chemistry professor Neocles Leontis felt the questions should be made more proactive and creative so the faculty could have more ways to respond to the questions.

Border agreed, “If the questions were constructed creatively it would evoke creative comments and discussions. It would be more proactive in coming up with solutions to problems.”

Border added improvements should be made to the surveys and he hoped those improvements could be implemented on the next survey scheduled to be issued this spring.

Other faculty senate members felt the survey brought up other

Percentage of faculty members who felt the following areas were ‘poor’ at the University Travel allowance Wages Research/Teaching Balances Shared governance — University Research Facilities Shared governance — College Effective/fairness — College Effective/fairness — University Instructional — Support and Facilities Workload

53.9% 35.6% 31.2% 31.2% 28.2% 27.6% 25.4% 24.3% 23.5% 21.3%

Source: CAA survey report

concerns.

One of the questions on the survey brought up the issue of respect and many non-tenured track faculty felt “that tenure track faculty tended to regard instructors as ‘less than’” according to the report issued by the CAA. Sue Carter Wood, an associate professor in the English department, felt this issue needed to be addressed because non-tenured faculty are under-represented in faculty senate.

“I was wondering what [the] senate might do to bring this up

[number of non-tenured faculty senate members],” Wood said.

“There is nobody representing this faculty. Faculty from all ranks — instructors and lecturers — should be able to be in faculty senate.”

Many other faculty members agreed with Wood’s comments and some agreed to write an amendment to allow non-tenured faculty into faculty senate.

Faculty senate meetings are held at 2:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month in the 140 McFall Center and are open to the public.

Residence halls offer prizes for academic performance

By Hannah Sparling Reporter

If you live in Harshman, Kreischer or MacDonald, it pays to get involved and get good grades.

In Harshman, students are rewarded for getting As on papers, tests or exams, or for attending floor programs and hall council meetings. They are

given Harshman Bucks, which can then be used to buy prizes at auctions held at the end of each semester.

The same type of program is run in Kreischer, except instead of Harshman Bucks, students receive Kreischer Kash.

In MacDonald Hall, instead of an auction, a raffle is held, said Kevon Christian, a MacDonald hall director. Students then use

that money to purchase raffle tickets. The more MAC Money a student has, the better chance he or she has of winning a prize.

One of the main goals behind each program is to get students involved, said Amanda Stump, a residence hall director for Chapman Hall and co-founder of the programs in Harshman and Kreischer. The programs

give students motivation to succeed academically, and also give them a reason to participate and get involved in residence life.

“It gives that extra little push,” Stump said.

The prizes available at each residence hall were enough to create interest and participa-

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If you had to get a tattoo, where and what would it be?

“Escher’s ‘Neverending Staircase,’ around my arm.”

“My name on my lower back, with pretty flowers.”

“Wouldn’t you like to know...”

DAN WECKESSER, Senior, Political Science

KELLY TYLER, Freshman, Undecided

JACOB SMITH, Junior, Political Science/ History

“Something small, like a star, on my foot, because it’s subtle.”

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“Someone should go to Jerome Library with a Sharpie and help stop this injustice!”

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Our father, who art in starches LEVI JOSEPH WONDER COLUMNIST I can safely assume that almost every single human being on this planet subscribes to one established and credible theory or another on how the universe, our planet and we humans came to exist in the first place.

Some believe that an almighty God created we humans and our planet we inhabit (regardless of any specific religious association). Others turn to elemental science and the theory of evolution to explain how the universe, its many components and the modern creatures on this earth came to be. Some people blend the two theories into one, coming up with a creation story cocktail of sorts known as intelligent design.

And lastly, there are those who would like to believe in the idea that our universe and all that dwells within its borders was brought into existence by a sentient, fully omnipotent, colossal wad of loose pasta. These people, dear readers, are known as Pastafarians.

Founded in 2005, The Church of The Flying Spaghetti Monster is a free-form, anti-dogmatic religion regarded by its founder and followers to be a fully legitimate religion; much evidence proves this point to be true.

This church has thousands of active members, a thoroughly informative and professionallydone Web site, a gospel currently available in print — The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster — and a cult following comprised of droves of people on college campuses and internet groups all over the United States.

These examples explicitly show The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is actually quite well-established and popular with its loyal following. Even more entertaining (and shockingly eye-opening) is the story of the Church’s creation, as well as its message.

In May 2005, Bobby Henderson, a college graduate

“This church is a mechanism for people to be free-form in their religion, and to take it however they want.” living in Kansas, discovered the Kansas school board was planning to implement intelligent design into its educational curriculum.

As a rebuttal to this, Henderson wrote a lengthy essay to the school board, indicating his own beliefs on intelligent design — that the universe was created by said Flying Spaghetti Monster — were just as credible as the common Christian viewpoint on intelligent design. Also included in the letter were line graphs linking global temperature increases to the declining number of pirates in modern times.

Needless to say, many have criticized and derided Henderson, but many more have fervently supported him and the Flying Spaghetti Monster church’s message. Now, Henderson’s Web site says it receives thousands of hits every day, and has been Googled over 2 million times. All of this info can be found on the Web site, www.venganza.org — I highly recommend visiting it.

So, what’s the point of all this baloney about pasta monsters and vanishing pirates? It all depends on one’s personal interpretation of the movement.

Personally, I applaud Henderson for his outright chutzpah and sheer audacity to pull such a move. He has indicated on his site that he has no problems with religion in general; he dislikes it when people misuse religion to further their own personal agendas, or when religion is attempted to be placed into areas where it does not (legally) belong, such as public schools, in specific.

I wholeheartedly agree with Henderson’s message; it is unbiased, and at the same time it pokes fun (with a boatload of humor) at just how bull-headed people can be about religion. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: religion is a wonderful thing for people to have, but it’s a terrible thing for people to manipulate.

Henderson’s message (and that

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of the Church of the FSM) strikes a powerful chord with my sentiments on the issue, and I hope people will truly understand what the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is all about: it’s about being unbiased and open-minded.

Although some may view the FSM religion as nothing more than a cheap shot aimed at dismantling mainstream creed in today’s world, it is actually the polar opposite of such a viewpoint. This church is a mechanism for people to be free-form in their religion, and to take it however they want.

Some Pastafarians see FSM as a way to break free of the fire and brimstone/hell or heaven ideologies which so many people fall into. Others take membership in this church as a medicine to keep them in line from being too judgmental or critical in their religious lives (yes, some Pastafarians are Christians). And for others, it’s a way to have fun by dressing up in a pirate costume and trying to (jokingly) convert others into believing in Pastafarianism.

But one of the best messages this church disseminates is this: no one religion is any more credible than another. When taking into consideration just how many different religions there are (and have been) on this planet throughout its lengthy history, who is to say, based solely on faith, that any one religion is superior to any other?

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A column by Grant Pardee.

Schedule subject to change.

Some people need to get a grip on reality.

There are times when words are simply just words, and people need to realize that nothing bad is meant by them. The problem arises when people become intolerant and ignorant of history and tradition, and use imagined injustices in order to feel good about themselves.

I am, of course, talking about the attempts in malls in Sydney, Australia to ban their Santas from saying “Ho-hoho” because it is degrading to women since the word “ho” is slang for a prostitute. And because we all know St. Nick is a misogynist, abusive SOB. Before we delve into this insanity, I just want to say: Hoho-ho-ho-ho-ho.

Now that I have gotten that out of my system, let’s look at the origins of the phrase now coming under fire. According to the Modern Language Association, the phrase came into usage around 1150 A.D. With this in mind, I doubt they were calling prostitutes “ho’s” back in the Middle Ages.

Maybe I am wrong and King

Arthur talked to Guinevere like that, but I seriously doubt it.

Maybe the real concern is when Santa says “ho-ho-ho” he is degrading the female reindeer he works with. I bet Dancer, Blitzen, Cupid and Vixen all feel degraded when Santa compares them to the promiscuous reindeer at the stables. Can someone say hostile work environment?

Because of this verbal abuse, the female reindeer become depressed and develop an eating disorder. They are then ostracized by the others and aren’t allowed to join in any reindeer games. Not a good thing.

One of the most influential writers in history, William Shakespeare, has written the phrase into one of his plays.

Obviously, he did it to disparage and degrade women.

I mean, if you read the line Puck utters in Act 3, Scene 2 of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” he does say: “Ho, ho, ho, ho!

Coward, why com’st thou not?”

So either our friend Billy had no respect for women, or he was using language in common use during his times. Well, it is better to be safe rather than sorry: We should just ban people from saying that line so women in

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the audience don’t get offended.

Someone should go to Jerome Library with a Sharpie and help stop this injustice!

But some will think this phrase is OK in this instance since it is part of a historical context. If this is the case, why is the original phrase not protected even when it is hundreds of years old?

Since this does go so far back in time, I believe that using the phrase “Ho-ho-ho” is part of an international conspiracy to hurt women. Thinking it is just a word is ignorant since I, as a non-member of the women group, have no idea the pain and association that word creates.

I should write a book called the “Ho Code” and point out the groups that have helped keep this phrase of hate alive through out history: Knights Templar, Freemasons, Catholic Church, CIA, Illuminati, and COBRA. I can’t forget to add Sept. 11 and Halliburton since its conspiratorially chic to implicate these two into anything.

Even though I found “Ho-hoho” in Shakespeare, thankfully I did not find the phrase in the Bible, Torah or Quran.

Otherwise, we would have some big problems with God right now.

I really want to know why this came into the crosshairs of the PC crowd. Either they have solved all the problems out there in the world, or they can’t take on real issues and want to feel like they are making a difference by ruining holiday traditions.

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THE BUCHTELITE | GUEST COLUMNIST If you didn’t use Ratemyprofessors.com when scheduling your classes for next semester, it would be a good idea to go back and double-check your choices.

Having a good professor can make or break a class, and figuring out which professor to take isn’t always easy.

That’s where Ratemyprofessors.com comes in. You’re able to rate professors on their overall teaching or on whether or not they are “hot.”

You’ll also be able to read comments from other students who have taken classes from the professor.

Valuable knowledge.

So if you haven’t used it yet, it would be a good idea to go over your schedule for next semester.

It might help you avoid really tough or really terrible professors, which will improve your semester in a real and tangible way. If you want those really tough and terrible professors, then it will help you find them.

We use and appreciate it, and we think it is a useful tool. The university doesn’t provide ratings for their professors, so we’re glad to find them on the Internet.

But it’s also a useful tool for professors as well. Away from student evaluations or the classroom, students may say what they really mean.

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Professors can read the comments left on them by their students and use them to evaluate their performance.

The administration can use the site the same way professors can, evaluating their performance.

Or, for instance, they could use the site like Buchtelite reporter Johanna Hariharan did, discovering the ten best-rated professors at the university.

Easy way to figure out who gets a pay raise, if you ask us.

So next time you sit down to schedule and are exposed to five different sections of the same class meeting at the same time, don’t just randomly choose which professor’s class you enroll in.

Take the time and do some research. It could be really helpful.

If not, at least you’ll know which professors other students think are “hot.”

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said Linda Dobb, secretary to the Board of Trustees.

Agich said the decision was made by Ed Whipple and Provost Shirley Baugher in the Student Affairs office to change the move-in date without any preliminary discussion.

He said he questions the reasons behind the decision and worries about the impact it will have on students. Agich said the BGeX sessions are more of a “process” for students because they can make new friends and become familiar with a core set of students. The common reading also gives students a chance to share their ideas and unique experiences, he said.

“I think it will raise the pressure for students,” Agich said.

According to statements from Whipple and Baugher, one reason for the sudden change is the fact that until three years ago, the University always had first year students arrive on campus the Saturday prior to classes, with upper-class students moving in Sunday.

Other reasons include a lack of substantive evaluation data, the overall cost, the short time between the end of summer session and the start of orientation and a number of behavior problems in the residence halls.

Whipple and Baugher have asked that a different model be recommended that will more closely align with the goals of the BGeXperience, since the small amount of data they do have indicates many students were not finding the sessions productive and felt they had too much time without structured class or out-of-class activities.

At this time, the decision is final, but they welcome suggestions for ways to improve the BGeXperience program.

As of right now, BGeX faculty are asking for one more day for the program, Agich said.

Along with the BGeXperience program, RAs, Honors Fellows, Orientation leaders, Greek organizations, athletes, band members, dining services and residence life could all be affected, said Jodi Devine, associate director of the Honors Program.

“Who gets to decide what happens that weekend?” Devine asked.

She said everything depends on how flexible BGeXperience is in offering down-time to students for other activities.

Agich said he worries BGeX won’t be able to accommodate learning communities or other organizations very well with the limited amount of time they might be given.

A University Opening Committee decides how much time is allotted to each pro-

Josh Benner | Greek Inter-Fraternity Council gram and organization based on information brought before them, Agich said.

If needed, Devine is considering moving Honors Learning Community students in a day early on Friday, but the cost of that is also an issue.

“There are pros and cons with the decision,” said Josh Benner, president of the Greek InterFraternity Council.

He said it’s better because the freshmen will have less idle time, but worse because student organizations did a lot of work and recruiting, including all the welcome week events.

Last year, 450 Greeks moved in the day before freshmen so they could help with move-in on Thursday, so it’s unfair to parents as well as students moving-in, Benner said.

Benner also said Saturday is the day of Bowling Green’s National Tractor Pull and the day University of Toledo freshmen move-in, which could cause traffic congestion problems.

He said he wants to address the Parents Association and the City Council about the issue, since the mayor just heard about the change at a USG meeting last Monday.

Gardner said he plans to meet with Johnnie Lewis, president of USG, to collaborate about possible changes student organizations will have to make following such a major decision made without any student input.

Although Devine said the extra days do help students feel confident about walking in to their first day of class, she knows programs can adapt to the way they were 20 years before BGeX. Every office is taking cuts, Devine said, since the University’s budget has a $3 million deficit.

As for dining services, Director Gail Finan said she doesn’t know what will happen at this point, but it will help remedy the problem that arises with upperclassmen workers needing to move-in and work before their apartment leases start.

At this point, Whipple and Baugher said they are still reviewing all budgets for students involved in first year programs and that no final decisions have been made regarding program reductions or reallocations.

In the mean time, University organizations are waiting for definite information to work with.

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Hanukkah celebrations differ between U.S. and Israel

By Laurie Copans The Associated Press

JERUSALEM — Israelis lit the first candle of Hanukkah yesterday evening to begin the eight-day Jewish festival of lights, one of the country’s most popular holidays.

Hanukkah, which features presents, jelly-filled doughnuts and potato pancakes, commemorates the rededication of the Jewish Second Temple in Jerusalem in 164 B.C. after its desecration by the Syrian Greeks. According to the story told to Jewish children, when the victorious force of Judah Maccabee tried to rekindle the Temple candelabra, or menorah, they found only one day’s worth of olive oil. But tradition says the oil burned for eight days.

For many Jewish people, the holiday symbolizes their tri-

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CELEBRATION: People dance and sing marking the start of Hanukkah in front of the Moscow Kremlin. Dozens of people huddled together yesterday outside the Kremlin to watch the lighting of a menorah, seen in the background, center.

umphs against great odds.

Observant Jews light the menorah each night to mark the holiday. More than 80 percent of Israeli Jews light can-

dles every night, according to a survey conducted recently by the Motagim polling center.

Along with doughnuts, Israeli Jews eat large quantities

of potato pancakes as part of the festivities. According to tradition, the pancakes are fried in olive oil, after the oil that lit the temple’s candelabra.

Mexican musicians not immune to organized crime attacks

By Mark Stevenson The Associated Press

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A wave of organized crime violence terrorizing many parts of Mexico is driving fear into the heart of the entertainment business with the murders of several popular musicians, suggesting no one is immune to the rampant brutality.

Most disquieting were the weekend slayings of two singers who had crooned only about love and loss, not drugs and guns like some "narcocorrido" celebrities killed in the past.

The murders of Sergio Gomez, lead performer for the top-selling group K-Paz de la Sierra, and Zayda Pena of the group Zayda and the Guilty Ones has

mainstream singers worrying they may become targets by becoming identified with one or another of Mexico's warring drug gangs.

"What can I say? We are dismayed about this. I mean, we are all in the same boat," said Javier Diaz, representative of Los Tucanes del Norte, a popular group that often poses with assault rifles to promote its songs and violence-filled videos.

AGENCIA ESQUEMA | AP PHOTO Although notknownforsongs glamorizing the drug business, VICTIM: People accompany the hearse carrying the body of Sergio Gomez, a popular Gomez had reportedly received Mexican musician, in his hometown of Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico yesterday. death threats urging him not Pena was killed with simi- ering from surgery for a bulto appear in the capital of the western state of Michoacan, a lar brutality the previous day. let wound in her neck suffered hot bed of the drug trade where Gunman fired an execution- Friday at a motel in the border he was tortured before being style gunshot into her at the city of Matamoros, across from hospital where she was recov- Brownsville, Texas. strangled Sunday.

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tives: You get to free up time to do whatever you want without having to worry about the test or homework you have to work JON RUGGIERO on. Your mind doesn’t have NOT NEWS COLUMNIST to be clouded with things like “thoughts” and “ideas.” Plus, all your stress can be bottled Man. I don’t know about you, up until 10 minutes before the ladies and gentlemen, but I’ve assignment is due, thus saving been busy the past few weeks. you hours of hair-pulling frusPart of it is my fault. Trying tration. to run a successful radio show Second, spend your down(Cheap Milk, Tuesdays from 4 time doing things that make you to 6 p.m. on 88.1), a successful happy. This sounds basic, but webcomic (prettycolorscomic. there are actually people who blogspot.com), and a successspend their downtime studyful “Guitar Hero” career (best in ing and such. Those people are BG), I get kind of stressed out. huge nerds, though (and will I also have a hard time being also go on to make more money modest, AND I’ve got all kinds than me). Do things that will of homework to do. Plus, with relieve stress in your life. Take finals coming up, I’m on the a bath. Play a video game. Kick fast track to having Britney’s a squirrel that jumps into your choice in style by pulling all my path when walking around hair out. So, naturally, I need to campus. That last one sounds figure out a way to stay relaxed horrible, but, come on, those during the day. Calming one’s little rats are asking for it. self is very important. In fact, Third, attempt to stress out many religions (the crazy nonothers whenever possible. By Christian ones) focus on focus. diffusing your stress onto others, So, I started following some of you’ll feel much better about teachings of various religions, yourself. Plus, when you actuas well as the teachings of the ally need to buckle down and self-help guru Tony Robins (and do work, you won’t have any his gigantic friggin’ head). As far bothersome friends or family to as I’m concerned, most of their get in your way. Try these simple teachings were kinda dumb. tasks around your friends to None of them seemed to fit my annoy them: lifestyle. So, I decided to come -make repetitive noises while up with a specialized relaxation they study program to make me (and -leave trash and other belonghopefully others) take some ings of yours in their rooms time out to calm down, and -let everyone know about feel better about themselves. every little insignificant aspect And, yes, if you were wonderof your life (like SOMEONE I ing, it does have a name: Dr. know) Jon Ruggiero (DDS) presents Follow these simple tasks, and Overachieving Underachievers: you’ll be on your way to a pure, A Guide to Relaxing, The Slacker calm state of euphoria. Or, if Way. you’re not into that hippie crap, First of all, you have to learn you’ll just be really relaxed. to put things off until the last minute. While most people Jon (jonr@bgsu.edu) is helping to frown upon this idea, I fully control the squirrel population of embrace it. Look at the posiBowling Green.

GREG CHICK NOT NEWS COLUMNIST Ahhh Christmas. Hot chicks in the mall dressed as elves, spiked eggnog and society justifying my abstinence from wasting money buying gifts for others while I get a boatload of all the green sweaters I need because I’m “in school.”

While sitting on my couch watching reruns of “A Christmas Story” for over a week isn’t much different than what I do here (replace the movie with playing Halo until I’m near comatose and add in listening to a bunch of bs lectured to me periodically) there are certain things that will be new. For the millions … and millions of Greg fans, you all know that I just got out of a two-year relationship.

That means this Christmas I’m gonna be that guy — the single guy.

Don’t think I don’t know what to expect. My mom is gonna lay in a well-meaning pep talk.

“Oh Greg, you’re such a good looking young man, so nice and smart. Any girl would be lucky to have you!” Thanks mom, that makes the past seven months of failed-possibly-contemplating-interested-we’re just friends dynamics makes me feel like it was just Ms. Right’s misunderstanding. Then grandma is gonna drop the sympathy act, “Greg, I just want to see my only grandson get married before I’m done on this Earth.” Great, now my epic failures with girls is somehow hurting more than just me.

In preparation for the inevitable insults that will be thrown my way, I’ve come up with a few ways to respond. The first

“... Clearly something about the local culture poliferates a skewed sense of what a real woman is.” logical argument I’ll respond with is the “I’m still recovering” schtick. This involves tearing up a bit and blaming my breakup back in June for my current failures. Who’s gonna give me crap back? I may sound like a girl but when I mention how I miss the one who’d wash my laundry and bring me beers during the game, people will start to understand.

The next idea I have is blaming it on the native gene pool.

Now New England girls are smart, cute, fun, like good sports teams, loyal, flexible, and only think they’re right about 75 percent of the time.

I think on a good day I may be able to name three or so girls I’ve met here that exhibit maybe two of those traits. Now I don’t know what it is about Ohio, but clearly something about the local culture proliferates a skewed sense of what a real woman is.

I’m sure everyone back home will relate to this, as attempting to date anyone out of the New England area is risky at best, knowing the literacy and general education rate of the rest of the country. Add in that most women here have an affinity to be pigheaded and shallow and it’s a recipe for disaster striking up a relationship here.

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O’Drobinak comes full circle Tight end turned defensive end has emerged as a leader this season for the Falcons

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THE OTHER SIDE: End Sean O’Drobinak has emerged as a leader in his first season on the defensive side of the ball.

TODAY Women’s basketball: vs. Notre Dame; 7 p.m.

OUR CALL Today in Sports History 1983—L.A. Dodgers pitcher Steve Howe is suspended one game for cocain use.

1982—Mel Gray ends NFL streak of 121 consecutive receptions.

1974—NFL’s Seattle Seahawks form.

1970—The Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe and Bill Masterson trophies are stolen from the NHL Hall of Fame.

1908—The University of Pittsburgh becomes the first football team to use numbers on their uniforms.

The List So far this semester we’ve covered some of the absolute best and worst college team names in the country. Today, we look at the most overused names.

1. Wildcats: Currently, 32 schools are named for this animal. That adds up to a pack of wildcats.

2. Bulldogs: 39 schools share this nickname. With so many dog breeds out there, they didn’t all have to go with the bulldog.

3. Tigers: Lions and tigers and bears, but mostly tigers.

Oh my! 45 colleges have tiger mascots in this country.

4. Panthers: 50 schools are named after this member of the cat family. With names such as the Canoneers, Dustdevils and Inferno out there, why stick with the panther?

5. Eagles: A whopping 55 universities share this ultra-common nickname. But hey, the eagle is the majestic symbol of the U.S.A. We’ll let this one slide.

By Colin Wilson Sports Editor

deflected three passes and made 2.5 tackles for a loss.

But it was his leadership that When the 2007 football season made O’Drobinak valuable to his began, Sean O’Drobinak was teammates.

“When we named him a captain a converted tight end who was learning to play on the defensive late in the season, he really stepped line. As the regular season came to it up and it just shows you how an end, O’Drobinak was seen by much quality that kid has,” said BG many of his teammates as a great coach Gregg Brandon.

Before he was named captain, leader.

The fifth-year senior didn’t expect O’Drobinak hadn’t envisioned to become a leader so quickly. He himself as a leader.

“I had no idea,” he said. knew he had to learn how to play But once he got used to playing defense first.

“I didn’t exactly know what to defense, O’Drobinak was able to do,” O’Drobinak said. “I just had to emerge in a vocal role. He also led by example. become a quick learner.”

“Usually leaders are born over O’Drobinak became an anchor on the defensive line. He made time,” he said. “I found myself 34 tackles on the season. His agil- becoming a leader more and more ity and length were strengths. He every day. You find yourself doing

more and more right.”

The coaching staff was very pleased with how well O’Drobinak adjusted.

“He was a little apprehensive, but once he jumped in there, he never looked back,” Brandon said. “He’s done a great job learning that position.”

It’s always difficult for a player to switch positions. But in O’Drobinak’s case, the change came the summer before his senior year. That especially brought praise from his teammates.

“He’s a big reason our defense was able to step it up when he returned,” said center Kory Lichtensteiger. “He made the best of the opportunity he was given.”

O’Drobinak hyper-extended his elbow during the Falcons’ 47-14

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ORIGINS: Sean O’Drobinak was a career tight end before his defensive switch this season.

loss to Miami on Oct. 13. He tried to finish the game but the lack of feeling in his arm made him less efficient.

“Being a football player, I think everyone’s kind of got a hard nose,” he said. “Everyone wants to be in the game.”

O’Drobinak had to make a decision though. He took himself out of the game.

“You feel like you owe it to the other 10 guys out there,” he said.

“Until your backup can perform better than you, you want to be out there.”

He missed the following game, a 31-20 win at Kent. But after that,

he was cleared to play and determined not to miss any more time.

“There’s a difference between being injured and being hurt,” O’Drobinak said. “I wasn’t going to let a dislocation keep me out of the game.”

O’Drobinak and the Falcons have earned another game by winning the final four games of the season. They’ll play Tulsa in the GMAC Bowl on Jan. 6. He and the rest of the senior class are ecstatic about playing another game together.

“We didn’t want to be that team, sitting in our houses away from each other,” he said. “We wanted to go bowling somewhere.”

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BG’s game at Notre Dame on Nov. 13, 2006 was one of its most exciting games of last season.

The Falcons had a big lead, lost it, then forced overtime with a 3-pointer by Liz Honegger at the buzzer. They eventually lost to the Irish 85-81, but the game proved that BG could play with anyone in the country, coach Curt Miller said.

This season the Falcons are a much different team personnelwise, but the game could serve a similar purpose. With a roster that consists of six freshmen, BG is 6-0 and has something to prove.

“We’re just looking to come out and prove to whoever doubts us that our 6-0 record is for real,” said point guard Kate Achter.

Achter remembers last year’s matchup.

“For me personally it’s kind of a payback game,” she said.

“They were our first loss [last season] and we didn’t play as well as we could have in the end.”

Even though BG has replenished its talent, the Fighting Irish are going to be a difficult opponent.

“Notre Dame has a monster team,” Miller said. “They’re one of the best teams to ever give us an opportunity to bring them to Anderson Arena.”

The Irish have three players who average double-digit points and 10 players who average double-digit minutes. Their

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BIG GAME: Guard Kate Achter and the Falcons will square off with Notre Dame tonight.

ability to rotate players who can The first two, Miami and score points into the game has Central Michigan weren’t Miller’s attention. shown any mercy. Notre Dame “I think we’d be all kidding beat the RedHawks 98-50 and ourselves if they’re not a little the Chippewas 94-41.

Miller knows a win could be a bit scared,” he said.

The Irish are 6-1, their only lofty goal, but wants his team to loss came to Maryland. The compete for 40 minutes no matFalcons will be the third MidAmerican Conference team on See HOOPS | Page 8 their schedule.

Association.

Before 2004, it had been over 20 years since BG had a wresTucked back behind Bowling tling team when Title IX forced Green High School next to the the varsity program to be disfootball field stands a small, banded. Wrestling came back easily overlooked building. to BG in large thanks to the However, once inside you White and Mundrick families. will meet one of the hardest Both Dan Mundrick and working wrestling teams in the Jamie White wrestled at nation. They are a conglom- Anthony Wayne High School, erate of athletes who play not however when they came to for scholarship or fans but the BG there was no wrestling prosimple love of the sport. gram to speak of. Mundrick They are the BG Club wres- contacted Ken White, Jamie’s tling team, formed a mere father and now one of the three years ago. They now are one of the top teams in the See WRESTLE | Page 8 National Collegiate Wrestling

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Varejao signs Bobcats’ offer sheet, Cavs can match

By Mike Cranston The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In need of a big man, the Charlotte Bobcats reached agreement yesterday on a three-year offer sheet with Cleveland restricted free agent Anderson Varejao, giving the Cavaliers a week to match the deal or lose him.

The deal is for the Bobcats’ midlevel salary cap exception, worth just over $17 million. Varejao could opt out of the deal after the second season and become an unrestricted free agent.

The 6-foot-10 Varejao has been in a prolonged contract dispute with the Cavaliers, which has kept him sidelined this season. He said last week that he would prefer to play for another team.

Cavaliers general manager Danny Ferry said in an e-mail they wouldn’t decide whether to match the offer until they received the document from the Bobcats.

“It will probably arrive tomorrow and then we will make the appropriate decision,” Ferry said.

The 25-year-old Varejao averaged a career-best 6.8 points and 6.7 rebounds last season in helping the Cavaliers reach the NBA finals for the first time.

Bobcats coach Sam Vincent has been asking for a big man since the beginning of the season. The Bobcats lost Sean May to season-ending knee surgery in training camp. Starting center Primoz Brezec has been ineffective and was replaced in the starting lineup by rookie Jared Dudley on Monday night in Toronto, the Bobcats’ sixth straight loss.

“We’re excited about the opportunity to add a player of Anderson’s caliber to our team,” Vincent said. “We feel like he’s a guy who can come in and give us some immediate help in the post.”

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“We’re not expected to win and we’re not expected to be close,” he said. “I want to see us execute and compete and go right at them.”

BG’s players are just excited for the opportunity to host a ranked team.

“It gets us excited to know that we can go out there and be that MAC team that makes a difference,” said BG forward Tara Breske.

And more importantly, a ENOCH WU | THE BG NEWS good showing might earn BG MOTIVATION: Guard Tracy Pontius and the Falcons will be fired up for tonight’s game. some votes in the polls.

“I think it’s a good stepping stone for us,” Achter said. “If while, the Falcons are back to opportunity for us to have the we play well against Notre using the element of surprise. ‘shot out of the cannon effect.’”

Dame we’re going to start to “It’s great, I love it. Teams “It gives you the extra motiget more recognition.” are going to underestimate us,” vation,” Breske said. “You want After being a target for a Achter added. “This is a great it more.”

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ON THE SIDELINES: Cavaliers forward Anderson Varejao hasn’t played at all this season due to a lengthy contract hold out that started during the summer.

Before training camp opened, Varejao turned down Cleveland’s one-year, $1.2 million qualifying offer. If he had signed that deal, the former second-round pick could have become an unrestricted free agent after this season.

In late October, the Cavaliers rejected a six-year, $52 million package presented by Fegan.

Varejao is known for his energy and defense, and the move comes a day after Vincent questioned his team’s focus and preparation following the 98-79 loss to the Raptors.

The Bobcats, with 15 guaranteed contracts, would have to release a player to add Varejao

if the Cavaliers don’t match the offer.

“Anderson has established himself as a very good young player in this league,” Bobcats general manager Rod Higgins said. “We look forward to the opportunity to add him to the core of our franchise as we continue to grow and improve.”

Before joining the Cavaliers in the 2004-05 season, Varejao spent three seasons in Spain playing for F.C. Barcelona. He’s also a member of the Brazilian national team, and the Bobcats said he could play for the team in the offseason, a point of contention with the Cavaliers.

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coaches, about a team and Ken began to put it together.

Ken was in charge of finding out how to put together a program as he contacted the National Collegiate Wrestling Association and the director of sports clubs at BG. While both contacts were important for the organization of the club, one of Kens’ most important calls came to Matt Jacobs, who was the coach of Bowling Green High School at the time.

“One of the issues we had was the University did not have any wrestling mats,” Ken said. “They didn’t really have any facilities for us. What was important for us was to hook up with the high school.”

The team worked it out that they would be able to use BG High School’s wrestling facilities, a building that is strictly used for wrestling and according to Ken is better than most colleges’ club wrestling facilities.

BGHS wrestling has been

essential to the University club team’s existence as not only do they allow them to practice but also host their home meets because they already have mats which cost close to $8,000 a piece. The club team has given back to the high school by raising money to build the wrestling center and some players have helped coach the high school team. “[The]first year we kind of didn’t know what were getting into. We didn’t know what to expect so there wasn’t so much commitment,” said Mundrick.

“But then the next year we sent ten kids to nationals and then this year there is even more commitment.”

Since the team formed, they have been hard at work practicing four to five nights a week, which has paid off as the team has been one of the most successful in the NCWA over the past three years. In the first two years, they had a combined 16 national qualifiers and were ranked in the top 20 nationally.

One national qualifier, Anthony Nicholson went to

BG his freshman year and left to go wrestle Division II at West Liberty in West Virginia.

Nicholson got hurt that year and came back to BG. “I found out they had a wrestling team here and I was amazed because BG was where all my friends are and the sport was coming back, so immediately when I heard about it I jumped right on it,” Nicholson said.

This season BG is 2-0 with a pair of wins over Cleveland State and has been invited to Cliff Keen National Duels in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Jan. 12. The Cliff Keen Duels are one of the most prestigious tournaments in the nation that invites teams from every level of college wrestling.

BG was one of eight teams invited from the NCWA this year and will compete in front of over 15,000 people in Iowa.

Before the tournament in January, the team still has a meet at home this Saturday against the University of Dayton and the University of Rio Grande at 9:30 a.m.

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MIAMI — Three men were held without bail yesterday in the killing of Sean Taylor, placed on a suicide watch and described as extremely distraught a day after thousands mourned at the funeral of the Washington Redskins star.

Charles Wardlow, 18, Jason Mitchell, 19, and Venjah Hunte, 20, appeared briefly by videoconference from Miami-Dade County jail, where they will remain after Judge John Thornton Jr.’s ruling.

The three stood silently during the hearing. They were seen on video wearing special garments designed to keep them from using the clothes to make a noose.

Taylor died Nov. 27, barely 24 hours after he was shot in the bedroom of his home a few miles from where he grew up. Police say he was a victim of a botched burglary.

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SUSPECTS: Venjah Hunte (front) and Charles Wardlow (rear), two suspects in the Sean Taylor shooting, are shown on closed circuit television at the Lee County Justice Center.

The three suspects and a fourth one, Eric Rivera, 17, all were indicted by a Miami-Dade grand jury yesterday on charges of firstdegree felony murder and armed burglary. Rivera’s attorney said he was expected to be transported to

Miami-Dade yesterday night and make a court appearance today.

“I think he’s in disbelief over what occurred,” said Rivera’s attorney, Wilbur Smith. “His expression to me was that ‘I can’t believe this kind of thing happened.’”

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Bush: Iran still a threat, despite new intelligence

By Monica Rhor The Associated Press

HOUSTON — On her first day of fourth grade, Yuliana Gallegos stood in front of her classmates, looking out on a roomful of students who stared back at her as if she had landed from Mars.

Only a few weeks earlier, Yuliana had brimmed with excitement about moving from Mexico to Houston, where she and her family would start a new life in a new country. Only a few hours earlier, she had been bubbling with eagerness about meeting her new classmates.

Suddenly, all her enthusiasm deflated. She could not understand a word her teacher said. She just wanted to be invisible.

Today, less than seven years later, Gallegos is the author of a book — in English and Spanish — about her experiences as a newly arrived immigrant.

The slim, 55-page volume, called “Mi sueno de America/My American Dream,” published by Houston-based Arte Publico, tells the story of the obstacles Yuliana had to overcome in her first year in the United States and offers lessons for other young people who may feel like outsiders.

“At first, it’s going to be difficult. Nothing in the world is easy.

There will be many rocks in your path, but if you fall, keep going,” says Yuliana, now 16, recapping the message of her book — and the philosophy of her life.

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WASHINGTON — Defending his credibility, President Bush said yesterday that Iran is dangerous and must be squeezed by international pressure despite a blockbuster intelligence finding that Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program four years ago.

Bush said the new conclusion — contradicting earlier U.S. assessments — would not prompt him to take off the table the possibility of pre-emptive military action against Iran. Nor will the United States change its policy of trying to isolate Iran diplomatically and punish it with sanctions, he said.

“Look, Iran was dangerous, Iran is dangerous and Iran will be dangerous if they have the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon,” the president told a White House news conference a day after the release of a new national intelligence estimate representing the consensus of all U.S. spy agencies.

On Capitol Hill, congressional Democrats said they hoped the report would have a cooling effect on the administration’s rhetoric, which they said was hyped and counterproductive. At a cam-

“Look, Iran was dangerous, Iran is dangerous and Iran will be dangerous...”

George W. Bush | President paign debate in Iowa, seven Democratic presidential candidates stood in agreement that the United States should shift its focus with Iran to diplomatic engagement.

“They should have stopped the saber rattling, should never have started it,” said Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Bush “should seize this opportunity.” But she also said it was clear that pressure on Iran has had an effect — a point disputed by rival Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware.

While U.S. intelligence about Iran has changed, Bush showed no inclination to switch course. Iran continues to produce enriched uranium that could be transferred to a secret weapons program, he said.

“So, I view this report as a warning signal that they had the program, they halted the program. And the reason why it’s a warning signal is that they could restart it,” the president said.

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STANDING HIS GROUND: President Bush speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007, in the Brady Press Room at the White House in Washington.

SecretaryofStateCondoleezza Rice, enroute to Ethiopia for talks with African leaders, said it would be a “big mistake” to ease diplomatic pressure on Tehran.

“I continue to see Iran as a dangerous power in international politics,” Rice said. “At this moment, it doesn’t appear to have an active weaponization program. That frankly is good news. But if it causes people to say, ‘Oh well then we don’t need to worry about what the Iranians are doing,’ I think we will have made a big mistake.”

Rice said she would brief Russian officials and others on the issue this week, including during NATO meeting in Brussels.

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MUDSLIDES BLOCK ROADS: A Washington Statet Patrol Trooper walks past a small, unoccupied car on Monday, Dec. 3, 2007 after a mudslide at the Highway 101 and 8 overpass near Olymbia, Wash.

The National Guard evacuates residents in Vernonia 35 miles northwest of Portland

PORTLAND, Ore. — National Guard troops evacuated residents in a flooded town yesterday and tens of thousands of residents remained without power after back-to-back storms pounded the Pacific Northwest, killing five people.

Troops with the Oregon Air National Guard used inflatable rafts to evacuate flooded residents in Vernonia, a mountain timber town on the Nehalem River, about 35 miles northwest of Portland.

“They’re moving down the streets, and through the backyards,” said Maj. Mike Braibish, spokesman for the National Guard.

Vernonia, which has about 2,200 residents, had been largely cut off by landslides that blocked roads into the community, but Guard trucks with high clearance were able to get in late Monday and more were being sent, Braibish said.

Still, communications were difficult. “There are no phone lines or land lines available in Vernonia,” said Hyla Ridenour, spokeswoman for Columbia

MADISON, Wis. — Bloggers and free speech advocates are calling on prosecutors not to file charges against a teacher arrested for allegedly posting an anonymous comment online praising the Columbine shooters.

Some were disturbed by the post police say James Buss left on a conservative blog, but other observers said it was a sarcastic attempt to discredit critics of education spending.

The suburban Milwaukee high school chemistry teacher was arrested last week for the Nov. 16 comment left on www. bootsandsabers.com, a blog on Wisconsin politics. The comment, left under the name

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Yesterday, the second system had moved on to the Upper Plains and Midwest, where it was predicted to bring snow.

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James Buss | High School Chemistry Teacher “Observer,” came during a discussion over teacher salaries after some commenters complained teachers were underworked and overpaid.

Buss, a former president of the teacher’s union, allegedly wrote that teacher salaries made him sick because they are lazy and work only five hours a day. He praised the teen gunmen who killed 12 students and a teacher before committing suicide in the April 1999 attack at Columbine High School.

“They knew how to deal with the overpaid teacher union thugs.

One shot at a time!” he wrote, adding they should be remembered as heroes.

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Flight attendant training & job placement assistance. Enjoy travel perks & benefits of this industry. For interview call 419-356-6886.

Meat goats for the Holidays. $150 a piece. Will take to slaughterhouse for you. 419-575-1472.

631 Elm St. 4 bdrm., 1 1/2 baths, garage, large deck, W/D. Call 419-305-5987.

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

419-332-2279 after 8 pm.

For Rent

Avail. immed., roommate needed in Copper Beech Townhomes. $250 mo., cable, internet, gas included.

Call 734-718-8922 for more info.

08-09 school year listings avail.

Also Jan 08 units avail.

See CartyRentals.com $5 WEB/call 419-353-0325

Available for 2008 - 2009 2 or 1 bdrm. at 800 Third St. Call 419-354-9740.

1 bdrm apt. across from campus $350 a month + utilities. Available January. 419-897-5997.

FOR RENT for the next school year 2 -3 bedrm. houses. 2 efficiencies.

1 lg. 3 bedrm. apt. Close to BGSU. 419-601-3225

Perrysburg family seeking an energetic, reliable babysitter, for 3 children. Ed. major pref. M,W,F daytime availability begin. January. Please call 419-872-4368.

Seeking babysitter for Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings. If interested please call 419-494-9233.

Student Office Assistant for the Center for International Programs (CIP).

Job responsibilities include reception ist services for CIP and providing clerical support to the staff. Previous experience working in an office setting is preferred. Students with International experience and those with foreign language skills are encouraged to apply. Position starts Jan. 7, 2008, $7/hr. Email maryhen@bgsu. edu for additional information.

1 bedroom, 1 bath apt.

Available Dec. 15 thru May 15.

Call 440-537-5047 2 & 3 bdrm. apt. on Manville next to water tower 419-352-5239

Houses & Apartments 12 month leases only S. Smith Contracting, LLC 419-352-8917 - 532 Manville Ave. Office open 10 - 2 M - F www.bgapartments.com

2 RM. EFFIC. APT. Close to BGSU & Downtown. Util. incl. in rent. $425/mo. NO PETS, non smoker. Ph. 419-352-2104.

Jay-Mar 2 bedroom apartment Dishwasher/Central Air $300.00 Security Deposit Available NOW 419-354-6036

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4 bdrm house for rent. 3 people. 2 car garage, W/D, air condition. 138 Williams. Available May 08, 1 year lease, $1200 + util. 419-654-9512.

Subleaser needed. 1 bedrm., 1/2 block from campus. Dec. to May. Call 937-631-6733.

2006 Honda Civic $14,500 419-356-2390

4 bdrm, 2 baths, W/D, 1 car gar.,downtown BG. $975 plus util.

Dep. & ref. req d. 419-308-7125.

Sublsr. needed. 1 1/2 blk. from campus. Private bdrm., bath. $320 mo., until 5/15. Price neg.419-308-4108.

The Highlands 1 bedroom apartment Remodeled Tenant pays electric $300.00 Security Deposit Available December & January 419-354-6036

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