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Finan: Cuts are necessary for dining hall updates

By Kristen Vasas Reporter

The renovation of MacDonald Dining Hall may be occurring sooner than students think.

But in order for the demolition to take place, meal plan rollover — and Campus Corners — must be eliminated.

At last night’s Undergraduate Student Government general assembly meeting, Dining Services Director Gail Finan presented the changes which

Gail Finan Director of Dining Services who is calling for changes due to budget issues will be taking place as a result of the updated budget.

Due to a lack of money, MacDonald Dining Hall — which was cleared for renovation during 2006 — still stands with equipment that is beyond

repair and outdated, Finan said.

Although the original renovation design was expected to cost $17 million, the cost has been lowered to $12 million as a result of cuts made by Finan.

“The GT [Express] was torn down and moved into Offenhauer, which will help fund the renovation of the dining hall,” she said. “Also, once MacDonald is renovated, Campus Corners will be eliminated.”

In order to fund the renovation of the dining hall, rollover

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Rollover will be eliminated for all students after the last day of Spring 2009.

Meal plans will carry over from fall to spring, but not from spring to summer.

Campus Corners will be shut down.

Smaller meal plans may be considered, but not until next year.

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PROTESTING: University students protest against the war in front of the Student Union.

College Dems protest Iraq War

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By Hannah Sparling Reporter

The College Democrats protested the Iraq War by putting up poster boards yesterday that listed the names of United States soldiers who have been killed.

The boards listed nearly all of the 3,838 U.S. deaths, leaving out just a few due to space constraints.

“We’re about 32 short, and that’s only because we ran out of boards,” said Vanessa Garlock, treasurer for the College Democrats.

Garlock was one of a handful of students who attended the protest.

As they showed off anti-war posters, other students kept walking.

While only a small number of students got involved in the

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must be eliminated as well.

“The current rollover balance is between $3 million to $3.5 million,” Finan said. “I don’t get that money until it’s spent.

I need that money to renovate MacDonald.”

Although current students will not be grandfathered into the deal as previously thought, no current student will lose rollover funds until the last day of

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Anthony Wulff, of Rudolph, Ohio, became the third landlord to be sentenced this year for violating Bowling Green’s zoning code.

During a hearing on Friday, Judge Mark Reddin found Wulff guilty of violating the code by leasing a Dill Avenue home to five unrelated University students. The code limits the number of residents in a singlefamily dwelling to three unrelated occupants.

Reddin sentenced Wulff to five years of probation and $5,000 in fines. During the probation period, Wulff’s rental properties will be inspected at random times by the city.

Wulff’s original charges faced a possible fine of $233,000,

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Violation of BG zoning codes puts landlords on probation

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“If you brush your teeth there and if you hang your clothes there, you’re living there.”

Doug Rohrs | Enforcement Officer which would have been $500 for each day of violation.

However, the number of days the city prosecuted was reduced through a plea deal with the city prosecutor, which also reduced the overall fine.

Last month, landlords Douglas Cheetwood and John Frobose were placed on similar probation for violating the zoning code as well. Both landlords also originally faced fines, but both of their fines were suspended.

At Wulff’s hearing on Friday, Wulff’s attorney, Bob Mauer, questioned the fairness of the zoning ordinance and the

amount of the original fine. He said his client might appeal the conviction based on the constitutionality of the ordinance.

In response, Reddin said the city reserves the right to enforce the over-occupancy law. Later in the hearing, Reddin also said the state has a valid interest in maintaining family neighborhoods as family neighborhoods.

There are also neighborhoods zoned for students where more students can live in a dwelling without having to worry about violating the zoning code.

After the hearing, Anthony Wulff declined comment.

The city has investigated sev-

eral potential zoning violations this school year, Bowling Green Code Enforcement Officer Doug Rohrs said.

He estimated the city has conducted 25 to 50 investigations.

Students may be unaware they are in violation if they are unaware of the zoning code. They also may not realize a friend, boyfriend or girlfriend would be considered a permanent resident if the person spends more than three to five consecutive nights at the home.

“If you brush your teeth there and if you hang your clothes there, you’re living there,” Rohrs said.

In some instances, a landlord

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Landlords convicted in 2008 for zoning violations: Anthony Wulff: ■ ■ ■

Dill Avenue home rented to five students Fines: $5,000 with $45,000 suspended Probation: five years

Douglas Cheetwood:

Troup Avenue home rented to six students ■ Fines: $49,750 suspended ■ Probation: two years

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Orchard Circle rented to five students Fines: $10,000 suspended Probation: two years

Families prepare to say final goodbye to victims of NIU shooting

By Lindsey Tanner and Caryn Rousseau The Associated Press

CICERO, Ill. — Catalina Garcia, the youngest of four children, was studying to be a teacher.

Now, her family is preparing to lay her to rest.

Garcia, 20, was one of five young people slain last week at Northern Illinois University by a gunman whose girlfriend said he recently stopped taking his antidepressants.

At a memorial service for Garcia on Sunday, hundreds of friends, family and well wishers filled a suburban Chicago funeral home to pay their respects.

One young woman wore a

homemade, pink and white Tshirt that read, “R.I.P. Cathy.”

“It’s like the all-American dream cut short,” said her brother, Jaime Garcia.

Her funeral was set for yesterday.

The tragedy hung over Sunday church services throughout the region, from the university’s home in DeKalb on Chicago’s western exurban edge, to Elk Grove Village, where the gunman grew up, to blue-collar Cicero bordering Chicago.

Investigators still haven’t determined what set off 27-yearold shooter Steven Kazmierczak, who opened fire during a science lecture with a shotgun and pistols, then committed suicide.

Kazmierczak grew up northwest of Chicago, in Elk Grove Village, and played saxophone in the school band. He spent time in a mental health center in his late teens, and police have said without elaboration that he had stopped taking some kind of medication in the days or weeks before the shooting.

His girlfriend, Jessica Baty, told CNN on Sunday that he had stopped taking an antidepressant about three weeks ago because “it made him feel like a zombie.”

She said he called her early on Valentine’s Day, the day of

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IN REMEMBRANCE: Mourners at Northern Illinois University console each other after placing flowers at a memorial for the five victims of the Valentines Day shooting on the campus of NIU in DeKalb, Ill. on Sunday. Several funerals are being held this week.

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protest, listing the names of casualties can help people realize what is happening in Iraq, College Democrats President Mark Ingles said.

“This is probably one of the most effective ways to show the human cost of this war,” Ingles said.

“When people actually have to look at names and deal with this type of thing, it changes their thinking,” said Jacob Smith, a University senior and a veteran of the Iraq War. “It starts to become a lot more real.”

The reasoning behind the protest was to “achieve better awareness and keep political leaders on their toes,” Ingles said. “We don’t agree with the war. We think it’s something that needs to be addressed.”

Not all students think protest-

Campus police received a report of slashed tires in Lot 3.

2:29 A.M.

Timothy Reindel of Olmsted Falls, Ohio, was cited with underage consumption and prohibited acts.

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Officers were dispatched to a disturbance between a resident and a guest. The guest was asked to leave campus and was told not to return.

The guest was also told that if they did return, they would be arrested.

5:45 P.M.

Andrew Ehrman of Medina, Ohio, was cited for possession of marijuana. He was cited after police came to investigate the smell of burnt marijuana in Kreischer Compton/ Darrow.

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Zachary Berger, Holland Bailey, Megan Freeman, and Emily Miller, all from Wadsworth, Ohio, were cited for underage consumption.

According to police reports, they were found to be drinking in Kohl Hall.

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Two students were stopped by police in Lot E. One was given a verbal warning for possessing less than 100 grams of marijuana and the second was given a verbal warning for disorderly conduct.

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Meghan A. Parker, 23, of Bowling Green, was cited for disorderly conduct for road rage on Clough and Main Street.

6:51 P.M.

An attempted break-in was reported at a South Main Street apartment.

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MOURNING From Page 1 the shooting, to say goodbye.

“He told me not to forget about him,” she told CNN. The day of the shooting or the day after, Baty received a package from Kazmierczak containing two textbooks, a cell phone and what she characterized as a “goodbye note.”

“You’ve done so much for me,” the note said, according to Baty. “You will make an excellent psychologist and social worker someday.” Another package contained a gun holster and ammunition.

Baty described an on-off relationship to CNN and said she and Kazmierczak most recently had been living together. “I still love him,” she told CNN. Residents of Elk Grove Village seemed to feel a sense of disbelief and confusion over the attack that thrust their community into the news, said the Rev. Hwa Young Chong at the Prince of Peace United Methodist Church.

“I couldn’t believe coming from a place like Elk Grove he could do that,” said Judy Glomski. “It’s just a friendly town. I guess there are sick people everywhere.”

ing is the right way to address the situation.

Senior Dan Lipian, chairman of the Ohio College Republican Federation and former chair of BGSU’s College Republicans, said students need to do something to change the situation rather than just protest.

“The war is not going to end,” Lipian said. “Holding up signs and whining and moaning is not going to do anything.”

Lipian said those protesting do not really understand what is going on, and have not taken the time and energy to figure it out.

“Clearly it reflects a lack of understanding on the issues and a lack of resolve to do anything but complain,” he said.

One of the concerns behind war protesting is that it is disrespectful to the soldiers.

Ingles said, however, that the protest was in no way meant to dishonor the soldiers.

Kazmierczak was studying sociology at NIU. He transferred three semesters ago to the more prestigious University of Illinois in Champaign. Most students and professors on both campuses remembered him as a promising student.

Yet he began assembling an arsenal in August, buying a shotgun and three menacing handguns from a small Champaign gun shop. He added oversized ammunition clips in an Internet purchase from the same dealer that sold the Virginia Tech gunman a weapon.

Kazmierczak had also begun the long process of having his arms blanketed with disturbing tattoos, including a skull pierced by a knife, a pentagram and a macabre character from the “Saw” horror movies, superimposed on images of bleeding slashes across his forearm.

In addition to Garcia, the dead were Daniel Parmenter, 20, of Westchester, Ill., Ryanne Mace, 19, of Carpentersville, Ill., JuliannaGehant,32,ofMendota, Ill., and Gayle Dubowski, 20, last of Carol Stream, Ill. Parmenter, whose funeral is set for Tuesday, stood taller than 6 feet and played rugby and football.

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might not inform students of the ordinance, Fleming said.

“What he does is he says, ‘I only want three of you on my lease. Whichever three of you want to sign this lease, that’s great,’” Fleming said. The landlord would then work out an arrangement with the additional students who want to live in the same house.

If a code inspector later questions the landlords, they would show the inspector they only have three names on the lease and say they weren’t aware of the others.

It should always be a red flag for students if a landlord asks for only three names on a lease or to be given no more than three checks, Fleming said.

To avoid violations, students should always check with Student Legal Services and the city before signing a lease because the city has a record of which houses may be rented to more than three people, City Prosecutor Matt Reger said.

But students aren’t always innocent in the case of a violation.

“There’s incentive for both sides to violate,” Fleming said.

“It’s very respectful. It’s peaceful. It’s not tarnishing anything,” Ingles said.

Smith said he did not have a problem with war protesting.

“I support what they’re doing,” Smith said. “People need to be reminded that there are things going on outside of Bowling Green.”

Smith also pointed out that the protest is against the war, not the soldiers fighting it.

“I’m not supportive of this war. I am supportive of the troops,” Smith said.

Other students also supported the protest.

“If you have something to say, say it,” junior Brooke Basinger said. “It’s good to have different views.”

Junior Sean Cruser said protesting was OK as long as it was done respectfully.

“It’s probably good for people to reflect on the people who have died,” Cruser said.

USG From Page 1 Spring 2009.

Once rollover is eliminated, funds will carry over from fall semester to spring semester.

Any student who attends summer classes will have to purchase a new meal plan.

Regardless of the advancements projected by the cut of rollover, USG senators were against many of the proposed changes.

“You can’t ask people to spend $15,000 a year on meal plans and tell them that if they don’t spend it all, they are going to lose it,” Student Trustee Daniel Jacoby said. “No one is going to go for that.”

Finan noted that many schools take away meal plans every week, not just every semester.

Senator Molly Albertson was concerned with how students

By Michael Tarm The Associated Press

CHICAGO — Illinois lawmakers moved swiftly after last year’s massacre at Virginia Tech to make it harder for anyone with a history of mental illness to buy guns, fortifying what were already some of the nation’s toughest weapons laws.

But the new measure does not take effect until June. And whether it would have prevented last week’s bloodbath at Northern Illinois University is far from clear.

Steven Kazmierczak, the 27-year-old grad student who bought an arsenal of guns in recent months and used them to kill five people and commit suicide, had been on medication and was said to have spent time in a psychiatric center as a teen in the late 1990s.

But state Sen. Dan Kotowski, a sponsor of the law that will require more detailed reporting to state officials about those who have received mental health treatment, said the sketchy informationaboutKazmierczak’s medical history makes it impossible to know if he would have fallen under the law.

“This law is more comprehensive than most,” the Democrat said yesterday. “But Students want lower individual rent payments, while landlords may find it easier to rent a house to several students because it drives down the cost of the individual rent.

In some cases, students hide extra roommates from their landlords.

Three female University students, who gave interviews on the condition of remaining anonymous, said their landlord doesn’t know about their fourth roommate.

The girls said breaking the zoning ordinance is not uncommon among University students looking for lower rent payments.

They know a group of male students hiding an extra roommate from their landlord as well.

“They can’t expect three college students to be able to afford [this] house,” another roommate said.

Rohrs said an investigation begins when the city receives a complaint from a neighbor or learns of a police department report that indicates over-occupancy.

After checking the zoning for that particular dwelling, the code enforcement officers monitor the home and take pictures of the number of vehicles parked consecutively at the residence in the early morning and

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The measure, when it takes effect, will require health professionals to inform state authorities about patients who display violent, suicidal or threatening behavior. Right now, such information is reported to state officials only on people who have been institutionalized, not on those who receive only outpatient treatment.

Illinois adopted the law last June, and the governor signed it in August.

Virginia lawmakers, meanwhile, still are considering a package of bills to reform that state’s mental health system in the wake of the Virginia Tech tragedy, including one that would make it easier to have people involuntarily committed.

The proposals are attempts to late night hours.

“If the same five cars are there, chances are the same five people are living there,” Rohrs said.

If officers have reason to believe the tenants are in violation, they will conduct a voluntary interview with the residents to obtain further information, Rohrs said. Residents may legally decline the interview.

However, an unusually high number of vehicles is not always a guarantee of a violation.

Some students park their cars on streets near the University to have closer parking, even though they do not live in those homes, Rohrs said.

Other times, officers find it difficult to determine which cars go with which houses. In these cases, officers will just ask the residents for an interview.

If tenants are found to be in violation, the officers will then send a letter to the landlord and tenants and request a voluntary walk-through in 10 days. This provides an opportunity for the landlord and tenants to come into compliance with the code and for the extra tenants to move to a new residence. If the situation is corrected before the walk-though, the investigation is closed and no further action is taken by the city.

When the city finds students in violation of the ordinance, all those not on the lease must move out in the middle of the semester and find new housing, Fleming said. The remaining residents must divide the rent among three rather than five or six students.

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Gail Finan | Dining Services would respond to the elimination of rollover after they were promised to be grandfathered in, especially from those who will not experience the renovated MacDonald.

“We are making these changes for the students of the future,” Finan said in response. “We wouldn’t be in this room right now if people wouldn’t have been thinking of you.”

“You need to realize it’s not always about you,” she said.

“You have to think about those that come after you and who will benefit from the changes made today.”

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reform a mental health system that came under increased scrutiny since a mentally disturbed student, Seung-Hui Cho, killed 32 people and himself at Virginia Tech in April.

Unlike Cho, Kazmierczak showed few outward signs of trouble. He passed repeated criminal background checks and had a state firearm owner’s identification card, which requires applicants to answer a series questions, including whether they have been in a mental hospital in the preceding five years.

Authorities say they verify what the applicants put down.

A former employee at a Chicago psychiatric treatment center said last week that Kazmierczak was placed there after high school by his parents.

She said he used to cut himself and had resisted taking medications. And Kazmierczak’s girlfriend, Jessica Baty, told CNN on Sunday that he had been on an antidepressant but had stopped taking it about three weeks ago because “it made him feel like a zombie.”

But even under Illinois’ new law, it’s not clear whether Kazmierczak said or did anything that would have triggered the reporting requirement and made him ineligible to buy guns.

Process of investigating a violation Zoning code enforcement officers investigate and confirm violations using the following methods:

Complaint of over-occupancy from neighbors or police report ■ Zoning laws for the dwelling that has been complained about are checked ■ Code enforcement officers monitor cars parked at the dwelling ■ Voluntary interview with tenants ■ Letter of violation asking for voluntary walk-through in 10 days ■ Extra tenants must move out before the walk-through ■ If tenants and landlords correct their zoning violation within the 10 days, no further action will likely be taken by the city ■

But if students or the city can prove the landlord knew about the violation, the lease could be considered an illegal contract and might not be upheld by the courts.

In his investigations, Rohrs said he finds the students are very cooperative. He said they are good kids and just want to get an education.

“When I address these students and I talk to the students… I try to treat them like I would want somebody to treat my granddaughter or grandson when they go to college,” he said.

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Interactive children’s show not picked up

by Bowling Green PBS

By Kristin McKissic Reporter

A program created by a local group is calling on viewers to do more than just watch television.

While the show is on, creators hope children will get online and answer questions related to the show.

WGTE, Toledo’s PBS station, is airing the interactive program called, “The Adventures of Strawman and Dr. Warts.”

But the program, which revolves around the adventures of superheroes battling forces that could destroy hope, courage and knowledge, isn’t being broadcast by the Bowling Green PBS station.

“The PBS station there grabbed the bull by the horns,” said Bowling Green PBS engineer Doug McClafin who created the show’s theme song. “The PBS station here passed on it.”

Greg Dickerson, who created the show and works as an academic adviser at BGSU, said the University never approached the group — which also includes Marc Hathaway of Toledo — or try to sit down and talk about the program.

“I thought it would work, but for whatever reason we never got an answer, and we never heard back from them,” Dickerson said.

That’s unfortunate, said

math education major Tonya Green, because programs like this involve students in the program and in learning about other concepts.

“It’s good to have interactive shows that test kids’ intellect,” Green said.

Dickerson said the show’s developers are still doing research, promotions and developments.

“We’ve done live shows at Toledo Public Schools for several years,” McClaflin said. “We’ve been to every school at least once, if not twice.”

McClaflin said the primary reason for the show is education.

However, the program is not exclusive to Toledo viewers, WGTE is just broadcasting it, Dickerson said.

The creators of this program are remaining optimistic about getting the program broadcast in Bowling Green.

“We’re trying to do something that we think is positive and would like for the University to be a part of that. I’m still hopeful that they will,” McClaflin said.

“I’m not sure when it’s going to be aired here, if not at all,” Dickerson said.

More information on “The Adventures of Strawman and Dr. Warts,” including character profiles, can be found online at www.strawedutainment.com.

Universities require different criteria for admissions

By Kortoe Malakpa Reporter

Every university has its own set of criteria for admissions.

At BGSU, potential students need a 2.5 GPA, 20 ACT and 920 on the SAT. The University wants students who are academically successful but also well-rounded, so it is considered a moderately competitive admissions school.

Other schools in the MidAmerican Conference have different requirements.

Miami University in Oxford, Ohio requires an essay and a recommendation letter.

AdmissionsstaffattheUniversity looks at taking the best academic students and the strength of their high school curriculum and the school they attended.

Miami University is very selective when it comes to enrolling students into the university, said Ann Larson, director of undergraduate admissions at MU. Kent State University’s are more similar to BGSU’s. Students must have a 2.5 GPA, 21 on the ACT or 980 on the SAT. Admission to KSU is based on academics, said Dan Salopek, a Kent admissions counselor.

Some programs are more competitive, however, he said.

Ball State University has standard admissions, meaning the university looks at different criteria including high school curriculum and grades.

BSU also wants students to be well-rounded inside and outside of the classroom, said

“The University sells itself because it is a very well-known institution.”

Adrea Spoon | Asst. Admissions Dir. Christine Linder, assistant director of admissions.

To encourage students to come to their schools, different universities have different tactics.

“It is a combination of admission and the community,” Larson said. “They are our best ambassadors at the university; it takes a university to recruit a class.”

KSU uses all possible resources to get students to come to their university, Salopek said, adding that college prep courses play a big part for first year students.

Current students are crucial in recruitment, he said.

Linder said she emphasizes the unique assets her university offers.

“Small class sizes but the feel of a large university with personalize education makes their institution unique,” she said.

BGSU admissions staff have their own way of selling the University.

“The University sells itself because it is a very well-known institution,” said Adrea Spoon who is BGSU’s assistant director of admissions.

“Bowling Green State University’s good reputation sells itself with the right combination of admissions and students.”

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Tenured professors are employees, too Professors with tenure may still be let go if they breach their contract

By Kristen Zenz Reporter

Although it is rare for tenured professors to be released from their contracts, they can be dismissed just like any University employee if they’re not fulfilling their duties.

Tenured professors are awarded a permanent job contracts after successfully completing a sixyear evaluation period.

But they may lose their tenure if they violate the law or neglect their job as a professor by canceling classes and not holding office hours, said Mark Gromko, vice provost for academic programs.

Yearly evaluations from students and University officials, as well as feedback from colleagues, influence not only whether a tenured faculty member gets a raise but also their assessments help determine whether a professor needs to brush-up on his skills.

Students are encouraged to speak about problems they encounter with professors, Gromko said.

“If there are serious breaches of professional conduct we want to know about it, not if the class is just boring,” said Simon Morgan-Russell, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

He recommended students first talk to the professor they are having problems with. If this doesn’t resolve the problem, students should talk to the chair of the department. An ombudsman may also be used to mediate disputes between student and faculty if there is still a problem.

“Usually 90 percent of problems can be resolved through office hours,” Russell said.

Professors are often teaching “really hard stuff” to people who don’t want to be there and office hours can clarify class discussions, he said.

In the rare case the problem is not resolved, the University uses progressive discipline to get the attention of slacking professors.

Professors are given a verbal warning followed by a written warning. The warnings are used to get the attention of professors so that they improve what they are doing, Gromko said.

In tenured professor Alfred DeMaris’s 20 years of teaching in the sociology department, he said he has not witnessed any of his tenured colleagues neglecting their jobs as professors.

“The pressure to give a great performance is greater in tenured professors than in others,” DeMaris said.

It’s like you are a rock star in a rock concert, he said, there’s

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more expected of you.

The University offers options, though, for those who do not put on a great presentation.

“We offer training to bring faculty up to performance instead of getting rid of them,” Gromko said.

Because of training, the release of tenured faculty is rare, Gromko and Morgan-Russell said in separate interviews.

In the past year, Gromko only remembers two instances where a faculty member was asked to move on from BGSU. If negotiations cannot be met through training and discussions between the professor, chair, dean, provost and a general council board, the professor may be asked to leave BGSU without having to go though detenuring, Gromko said.

Faculty members have rights too and so when they agree to leave the University, there are no negative remarks left on their records.

“These are not light decisions,” Gromko said, “We exhaust all options.”

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“The war is not going to end. Holding up signs and whining and moaning is not going to do anything.” — Daniel Lipian, chairman of the Ohio College Republican Federation, on yesterday’s war protest [see story, p. 1]

PEOPLE ON THE STREET

How much would you be willing to pay to help fund a shuttle that went downtown?

JENNIFER McCARROLL, Incoming Freshman, Edu.

“I have a car, I don’t need public transportation.”

“$150.”

“$20.”

“$100.”

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NICK KOTTMAN, Junior, Music Education

ALEXANDRA McCARROLL, Junior, IPC

RYAN JONES, Sophomore, Music Education

A change (could be) a’comin BRANDON WRAY COLUMNIST

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TOMORROW IN FORUM Columns by Sean Martin, Sean Lutzmann and Levi Joseph Wonder.

Schedule subject to change.

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The history remains the same BRIAN KUTZLEY COLUMNIST

It was two minutes that speak volumes about America in this presidential year.

I was at a bar wearing a T-shirt that said: “1-20-09 Bush’s Last Day: The End of an Error.”

I noticed a Republican-looking guy (boy, I am stereotyping with that, but sometimes you can just tell) eyeing me. I looked over and he flicked me off twice.

About one minute later, another guy and his girlfriend were looking at me. This time the guy walked over and gave me a high-five.

Obviously, tensions run high as primary season is underway.

And the guy being bashed on my shirt wasn’t even running.

Politics have always divided this nation. People tell you to never talk about it, along with religion (socially awkward as I am, these are two of my favorite conversation topics).

Certainly we are much divided right now, as we were in 2000 and 2004. Is it any worse than in the sixties or in the 1972 election? While health care, the economy and the war are certainly big issues, we were probably most divided in the 1860s when we were talking about owning other human beings.

Still, for political junkies like me (recovering journalist, now a counseling grad student) this is a very exciting and truly important time.

We all know the last eight years never should have happened, but they did. Americans even had a chance to change course in 2004 and did not. I worry there are still many Americanidiots out there who will be too ignorant to vote for either the first black or female president.

But in many ways, all of us who are crying for change have already won.

President Bush cannot run again. No one is running on his coattails and no one is seeking his support. The nightmare really is almost over. We are also fortunate that my brother is not getting his way and that Dick Cheney is not running.

The religious right has been marginalized in this election.

They are protesting by still supporting Mike Huckabee (and Chuck Norris) and talking about voting for the Democrat over John McCain, essentially because

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This week, a chance Proud to to save a life have a tattoo BAILEY JORDAN | GUEST COLUMNIST

Imagine someone you love is dying, and all it takes to help save them is two minutes of a stranger’s time. Imagine how it will feel if your loved one dies because you can’t get the stranger to cooperate because they are too busy, or worse, just too lazy.

Or maybe the person you love isn’t dying. Maybe they have gone blind or been burned, but two minutes of that stranger’s life could help them to see again or restore their skin. What would you do for those two minutes of time?

Now, imagine you are that stranger, and two minutes of your time could someday save and enhance the lives of multiple people. Would you take the time to do it, to be a hero?

Would you do it now?

Organ and tissue donation registry programs are continually trying to find ways to get people to register to be donors.

Here on campus, I am part of a group of students working to motivate people to register.

Statistics show that most people in Ohio support organ and tissue donation, but only about half are registered donors. The need is urgent and a matter of life and death.

A single donor can save up to eight lives and enhance the lives of up to 50 people. Even with this knowledge, some people may still be skeptical because of some of the misperceptions surrounding organ donation.

These are the facts: A person’s status as a registered donor will not affect the medical care they receive in the case of a medical emergency. Additionally, a person’s financial status does not influence whether or not they will be the recipient of a donation. Following the recovery of organs and tissue, great care is taken to preserve the natural appearance of the donor. All major religions support organ

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donation as a form of charity.

I have tried hard to think of other reasons for why someone would choose not to be a donor after being fully informed about the process. I couldn’t think of any. Since people are generally in support of organ donation, I suppose the fact that the majority of people are unregistered could be chalked up to good old procrastination. There’s nothing wrong with that — procrastination is cool, everyone’s doing it.

However, this week could be the perfect time to take registering to be a donor off of your to-do list and start procrastinating about something new.

This week marks BGSU Organ and Tissue Donation Week, five days of opportunities all over campus to register — you can even get a free T-shirt.

Whatever your motivation is to be a hero, do it now!

— Jordan is a junior majoring in journalism. She is a member of the Public Relations Student Society of America, which is sponsoring Organ and Tissue Donation Week. Respond to her column at thenews@bgnews.com.

ZACH FRANKS COLUMNIST

What is it that makes people rush to judgment based on our appearances? Is it really all about what we look like, or is it a deeper question of what makes us look like that? This is the question I asked myself the other day while changing my appearance for the rest of my life.

I went up to Michigan to visit a couple of friends, one of which happens to be an amazing tattoo artist. So not only was I there to visit with my friends, I decided that it was time to further my tattoo collection and get half a sleeve, from my shoulder to my elbow.

Actually I decided about a month ago that it was time to make this decision and didn’t waste any time jumping into the chair.

The day before I left, I received a call from my father and mother, who, in one last chance effort to show me the error of my ways, gave argument after argument to con-

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I have decided I pretty much hate demographics. Granted, they are very useful for many reasons. But if you use them in a way that someone doesn’t agree with – or neglect to use them in said fashion – you are apparently a bigot.

Most recently, it astonishes me when individuals (dubbing themselves spokespersons for “underrepresented” demographics) maintain that their education at the University is somehow handicapped via an “overwhelming paradigm of white men.”

This is the 21st century. We believe in facts and the search for truth. The premise that I inherently manipulate facts and studies because of my race or gender is (ironically) bigoted, to say nothing of offensive. And if professors are adept at their studies — by my experience most professors at BG are exemplary — then such an assertion is even more insulting.

I am a history major. The majority of my professors in history are accomplished scholars.

One of those that I admire most focuses on Asia and World War II, and I challenge anyone to claim that his expertise is somehow compromised because he hap-

pens to be a white male.

I understand that most cultures have been highly sexist and racist throughout history, but to assume that the study of history is inherently biased by a direct insult to every scholar of history, regardless of their demographic niche.

I bring this subject up now because, with next year’s admissions just around the corner, every organization is swiftly trying to cover its Politically Correct tail; the various student governments and even the Honors Program are discussing new ways to appear more tolerant. In fact, the Honors Program is putting on a “Tunnel of Oppression” the day this column is set to publish.

Here’s my plea: Drop it. All of you.

I know putting an Ethnic Center in the Union and hosting events memorializing the horrible deeds we have committed and continue to commit, seems like a good way to prove your tolerance to all. But all that actually accomplishes is to refortify walls that we’re supposed to be tearing down.

There should not be a blackperspective history, a white-perspective history, an Asian-perspective history, etc. There is the study of history, and every good scholar — regardless of race,

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Elections abound, so vote early and often LE’MARQUNITA LOWE COLUMNIST

When it comes to voting there are two main misconceptions that citizens have about the election process. Many people also assume that their vote isn’t necessary because the Electoral College makes the final decision. Many people also believe that the presidential elections are the most relevant elections.

The presidential elections are the most advertised elections and its candidates raise the most money while campaigning. Because the media advertises the election of a new president, people are more aware of it. To an extent, the presidential elections are not the most important elections of the year, and the electoral votes shouldn’t matter as much as the popular vote is concerned.

The Electoral College was formed because the founders believed that voters wouldn’t be informed about the candidates, issues and the election process. However, the popular vote is important because peo-

ple get a chance to voice their own opinion. The Constitution is for the people so one vote does count.

A person could win the popular vote, but also lose the 270 Electoral College votes. If there is a candidate that you really want to win, then your popular vote could increase their chances of being elected.

If someone doesn’t care about politics, then of course that person wouldn’t care about voting. Politics affect all of us and it should be mandatory that citizens know what is happening around the world, so they can be aware of the issues in which the candidates support.

The presidential elections are important because the winning candidate will obviously become the president.

I am not saying the president isn’t important. I am saying that people shouldn’t limit themselves to just presidential elections because other elections that occur yearly are more significant.

People shouldn’t restrict themselves to only voting during the presidential elections.

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“I worry there are still many American Idiots out there who will be too ignorant to vote for either the first black or female president.”

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he is not crazy, racist, bigoted or backward enough.

While we disagree on the Iraq War, I could live with a John McCain presidency. I already voted for him actually. I was one of the Democrats who crossed over in the Ohio primary in 2000 to vote for him over Bush. I also told people I would have voted for him over the weak-willed plastic politician I felt my once-beloved Al Gore had become when he ran that year. Gore has since remade himself and I will not even get into what his presence in this campaign could mean.

When there was talk about John Kerry picking McCain as a running mate in 2004, I thought it made political sense. But alas, the maverick McCain was not quite that maverick.

Hey, I almost forgot that McCain made a cameo in “Wedding Crashers” until I watched it again this weekend.

But let me stop short of coronating McCain as a white Barack Obama or male Hillary Clinton.

I also sometimes let the “he sur-

LOWE From Page 4

They should also vote during the senatorial elections and representative elections. Senators and representatives are people who represent us on a daily basis and on more levels than the president. Citizens need to become more involved with these elections because they are elected every two years, and the presidential elections occur every four years.

Since members of Congress are elected every two years, this gives people a chance to vote for new candidates to win office if they didn’t like the previous candidates. If we don’t like

vived five years in a POW camp” impress me too much.

America needs a lot in this election. Most of all, it needs the much-talked-about change to actually happen. Health care has been kicked around since Bill Clinton first ran. Ohio saw none of the moderate economic growth that happened during Bush’s tenure. We must decide how to proceed in Iraq.

Which candidate can deliver change?

There’s also the vague concept of unity that I applaud Obama for championing. But I am intrigued by something Hillary Clinton said on “60 Minutes” last week: She’s “not for unity for unity’s sake” and that there are serious problems beyond “who’s more inspirational.”

Perhaps ironically, I, right now, support Obama because he is inspirational and the freshest voice. But Clinton raises a good point. Can Obama deliver what he promises, and

is what he promises what we really need?

However, I fear Clinton cannot beat McCain. I love the Clintons, but Hillary is saddled with Bill’s legacy of getting freaky with an intern. I also dislike that she became a carpetbagger by running for the Senate in New York. That is enough for almost half the country to hate her.

If you take out Hillary, we have Obama trying to campaign as a black man (in a nation that is not quite as tolerant as we would all like to believe) against a war hero and veteran senator.

It will make for some great entertainment for the next several months, and hopefully lead to some real progress on the tough issues we face.

But I do believe that among these three, we have a chance for some progress.

the president, then we have to wait four years to vote for a new president to be elected. Do not wait four years in order for your vote to count. Start voting in state elections.

Become more aware of state-wide elections because senators represent all residents of their states. The members of the Senate can propose new legislation that can make changes in many of our lives.

Maybe someone wants new laws about gun control because there has been an increased amount of crime in their community. The president does not have the power to propose new laws, he can only sign or veto them, which is why state elections are more essential.

Representatives represent the districts in which they live in, and one of their powers includes creating new amendments. Creating new amendments rarely happens, but it can happen if a person feels that the Constitution is unfair.

People can voice their opinions to their representatives, so it is necessary to vote in these elections also.

When it comes to voting, remember that voting doesn’t stop during the presidential elections. Voting occurs in state-wide elections, and these elections matter the most.

— Respond to Brandon at thenews@bgnews.com.

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gender, orientation or handicap — will acknowledge as much.

This goes for all subjects, be it political science or physics.

Having taken interrelated courses with male and female professors, white and Asian professors, and students from all over the globe, I assure you: The facts and theories remain the same.

I understand that people bring their own perspectives to their studies, but that does not change the nature of the scholasticism. If nothing else, the vicious debates within subjects — from whether the Soviet Union ever held a viable method for sustainability to whether “trickle-down” economics is feasible — should be proof that even homogenous groups do not lack for debate and inquiry.

Perhaps I missed something in the Civil Rights movement, but I could have sworn the idea was to be able to stand side by side indiscriminate of race. The introduction of an ethnic center in an institution of higher learning reeks of “separate but equal,”

FRANKS From Page 4

vince me otherwise. Needless to say, it didn’t work out the way they planned, but it did make me think.

I think it was more the sheer size of the tattoo that really concerned them, other than the idea of it being permanent.

What they did accomplish was that they forced me to think about all the lame ideas society has about appearance.

For some reason we are taught by our parental units that we need to go to school with our hair combed, never wear jeans with holes or tears in them and never ever get a tattoo.

Are they really concerned with what people will think of you? Or is it that they are more concerned of what people will think of them for raising a kid that wears a green Mohawk, ripped jeans and covers his or her body in tattoos?

While I am sure the latter is more often true, it is not really their fault. I think society, and its accepted norms, is to blame for their reactions to such things.

There seems to be this notion that the color of your hair or the ink on your skin determines what kind of person you are. It

“There is the study of history, and every good scholar — regardless of race, gender, orientation, or handicap — will acknowledge as much.” and what exactly is a Tunnel of Oppression meant to accomplish? I know that racism is horrible in the same way murder or theft is horrible — I don’t need to be shot or mugged to figure it out.

There is a reason that the prosecution in a trial is not also the party to render the verdict and sentence. When someone claims the status of victim they obviously cannot be objective as to the necessary means to rectify the situation. However, we, as a University, have taken the tack of adhering to whomever plays the “offended” card first and loudest.

Let me be one to say: No. I do not support any action or expense that further drives a barricade between what it means to be white or black, etc. The intention of equality is to stand on not just even footing, but on the same platform.

If blacks are disproportionately

impoverished, work to end poverty, not simply black poverty.

The same should go for education, crime, and drugs — we should be targeting the source, not the demographic.

At no point do I wish to argue that racism does not exist, nor to justify the individuals who commit any hate-inspired action against another person on account of race, sex or beliefs.

Personally, I would be entirely comfortable putting such offenders in front of a firing squad.

Instead, I wish only to explain that when I stand next to someone, it is not myself, a white male, standing next to a black female.

It is two humans, two Americans, standing side by side. I hope more people can begin to accept that paradigm.

— Respond to Brian at thenews@bgnews.com.

“If you’re going to get inked, and are cool with living with a stigma, make sure it means something to you.” kind of sounds like when people make the same judgments based on the color of your skin.

Ask anyone who has a tattoo that means anything to them, and they will tell you that they determine who they are, not what is inked on their skin.

The times are changing and soon our generation will be running this country whether or not the wheels are falling off.

Bias against tattoos will hopefully one day disappear, and we won’t have to hear ridiculous arguments about how we’ll never get hired, or about what we will look like when we are 80.

First of all, most of us in “tattooed nation” would not want to work for someone that wouldn’t hire us based on that fact.

Secondly, who in the world is going to care what they look like when they are 80? Our skin will be sagging and our minds will be too, and I don’t really see a lot of 80-year-olds walking around in sleeveless tees and shorts.

While sitting there, around my fourth hour in, a group of young adults walked in and had no idea what they wanted,

only that they wanted a tattoo.

This is what I would be warning my children about. I could not believe that somebody could decide in a matter of minutes what they wanted to put on their body for the rest of their life.

No offense to anyone, but what is that “cool” tribal tattoo going to mean to you in 20 years? That you were cool once?

If it takes a reminder, then you never were cool.

And if you’re going to get inked and are cool with living with a stigma, make sure it means something to you. Its going to be a part of you forever.

Make sure that you are a part of it.

— Respond to Zach at thenews@bgnews.com.

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Tennis wins two matches, continues roaring start

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Ch i r icosta and Kelsey Jakupcin teamed togethWith identical 5-2 victories over er to win 8-6 at the University of Detroit Mercy the top flight. and Duquesne University this The tandem past weekend, the BG tennis of senior coteam improved to 7-0 in dual- Christine captains Jenna match play – tied for the second- Chiricosta Won both Nussbaum and best start in school history.

Andrea Volle “It’s quite an exciting deal to be a doubles 7-0,” Christine Chiricosta said. “I and a singles won 8-5 at the second flight, think the key is that we’ve been flight over while the duo starting off all of our matches the weekend of Sam Kintzel really strong by winning the and Katia doubles point.”

Babina won 8-2 The Falcons have been winning the doubles point, and this at the third flight.

In singles play, Jakupcin past weekend’s matches were defeated Annie Moore at the top no exception.

BG captured the doubles point flight after Moore was forced to in both matches by sweeping all retire due to injury.

After being down 5-2 in three doubles flights.

“The whole weekend we swept the first set, Chiricosta won all the doubles’ courts, which is a 11 games in a row to defeat good way to start off,” Chiricosta Svetlana Flankova, 7-5, 6-0, in said. “It’s kind of intimidating to second-flight action. “[Flankova] came out really the other team knowing they didn’t even win a court in the strong and was playing really doubles and then they go into well,” Chiricosta said. “I won singles thinking that.”

First up for BG was Detroit See TENNIS | Page 8 Mercy on Friday night.

BASEBALL Pettitte addresses media, apologizes to fans Embattled pitcher Andy Pettitte apologized to fans for his HGH use in a press conference held at the Yankees’ spring training facility. His friendship with Roger Clemens is strained.

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OUR CALL Today in Sports History 1998—The U.S. hockey team destroys their rooms at the Olympic Village in Japan.

1987—A’s pitcher Vida Blue retires less than a month after resigning.

1965—NFL adds sixth official to games.

1928—The Canadian hockey team wins its third consecutive gold medal.

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1. Jason Kidd: His trade to Dallas for half the Mavericks’ team is said to be back on schedule.

2. Ron Artest: Carmelo Anthony wants Artest in Denver. Sacramento wants to rebuild.

3. Mike Bibby: Atlanta solved their point guard woes by unloading some expiring contracts.

MAKING NOISE: The BG gymnastics team is 7-3 overall and is undefeated in MAC competition.

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Falcons soar over Chippewas Gymnasts post best score in over three years improvement,” said head coach Kerrie Beach.

In a dramatic, yet superb Following two rough weekends night from both teams, the in which BG gymnasts lost and Falcons were able to maintain recorded their lowest score of their undefeated record in Midthe season, they finally right- American Conference play and ed the ship Saturday night and improved their overall record to recorded their top score in over 7-3, winning 195.35-192.775. BG’s biggest event of the night proved three years.

“I’m really happy with the to be the floor as all six athletes teams’ overall recovery from hit their routines. “[Central Michigan] is a a couple rough weeks, I’m just thrilled they were able to put strong program, we never a lot of hits together, bars was count them out, since they’ve just awesome, floor was a huge always been successful in the

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MAC,” Beach said.

Entering the fourth and final rotation and trailing the Central Michigan Chippewas by .675 of a point BG’s floor squad lead by reigning specialist of the week Jacque Bernhardt recorded a team score of 48.975 able to jump ahead of Central who was currently on the balance beam.

The other story for the Falcons Saturday was the emergence of the uneven bars and balance

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THREE-BALL: BG’s Brian Moten attempts a shot over an Akron defender Saturday.

Men’s basketball in Athens to face Ohio tonight

By Bill Bordewick Assistant Sports Editor

Memphis survives UAB, stays at No. 1 in AP

4. Shaquille O’Neal: It’s Phoenix’s biggest trade splash since Charles Barkley in 1993.

5. Pau Gasol: He’s been money for the Lakers since coming over from Memphis.

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MARKED MEN: The No. 1 Memphis Tigers will face No. 2 Tennessee at home on Saturday. Memphis is still Division 1-A’s only undefeated team.

the jump from fourth to No. 2, setting up the 38th career matchup of the top two teams in the rankings.

Tennessee (23-2) is at Memphis Get ready for No. 1 vs. No. 2.

Memphis survived its closest (25-0) on Saturday, the first 1-2 game of the season to remain the meeting since No. 2 Ohio State lone unbeaten and a unanimous beat No. 1 Wisconsin 49-48 on Feb. No. 1 in The Associated Press’ col- 25, 2007. Both have games tomorrow night: Memphis is at Tulane lege basketball poll yesterday.

Losses by Duke and Kansas last and Tennessee hosts Auburn.

The No. 2 team has won five of week allowed Tennessee to make

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the last six meetings with the topranked team since 1994. The lone win for No. 1 was Duke’s 97-66 victory over Texas on Dec. 12, 2005.

Memphis beat UAB 79-78 on Saturday, erasing a seven-point deficit over the final two minutes and waiting for a final shot by

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Marc Larson. The two fouled against WMU center Joe Reitz earlier this season and Reitz has a similar style to Ohio center Leon Williams.

BG is in the home stretch of their season but that does not mean it gets any easier.

The team only has one FALCONS AT OHIO home game left and still has two very tough road games in Ohio and Miami.

TONIGHT: 7 p.m.

The first of which begins tonight as the Falcons travel WHERE: Convocation Center down to Athens to take on the (13,080) Athens, Ohio Ohio Bobcats.

TV: ESPN Full Court The Bobcats are coming off two consecutive road losses BG RECORD : 11-13 (6-6) to Toledo and Kent State this past week.

The Falcons, meanwhile, OHIO RECORD: 16-9 (7-5) had their own struggles in SERIES: BG leads 66-56 losing to Eastern Michigan last Wednesday and followed LAST MEETING: BG 52 that up by losing to Akron Ohio 49 (January 5, 2008 at BG) this past Saturday.

Free throws cost the STREAK: BG — 1 Falcons dearly in the game against the Zips.

BG proved that only mak- COACHES: Ohio — Tim ing 11 of 22 free throws ulti- O’Shea, 7th Year (116-91). BG mately will kill any chances — Louis Orr, 1st Year (11-13) of winning.

STARTING LINEUPS: Committing 18 turnovers BG — G Joe Jakubowski, G that lead to 26 points for the Darryl Clements, F Nate Miller, F opposition is also not a for- Chris Knight, C Marc Larson mula for success.

The Falcons will look to OHIO — G Michael Allen, G avoid these costly mental Bert Whittington IV, G Allen lapses if they have any hopes Hester, F Jerome Tillman, C of a victory.

Leon Williams Another key for the Falcons would be to avoid foul trouble for its two centers Otis Polk and

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SAD FACE: Starting pitcher Andy Pettitte fields a question during his press conference yesterday at the Yankees spring training facility.

Pettitte apologizes for HGH use, says relationship with Clemens is strained

By Ronald Blum The Associated Press

“I never want a young person to do what I did. I’m sorry for the mistakes I have made.”

like a man and I’ll try to do my job,” he said.

Pettitte was excused from testifying publicly at a congressional TAMPA, Fla. — Andy Pettitte has hearing last week after he gave a not spoken to Roger Clemens since deposition and an affidavit. In addigiving a sworn statement which tion to his December admission implicated his good friend in the that he used HGH for two days in use of human growth hormone.

2002 while with the Yankees, he “I think it’s put a strain on our said he injected himself with HGH friendship,” Pettitte said in an for one day in 2004 while with the eagerly awaited news conference Andy Pettitte | Yankees pitcher Astros after obtaining two syringes yesterday at the New York Yankees’ from his father. spring training complex.

“I was never going to bring my It had been about a month Pettitte apologized to theYankees, Houston Astros and his fans for the since he had spoken to Clemens, dad up,” he said.

Pettitte said there were no “embarrassment” he caused them Pettitte said.

“I can’t even describe how uncom- other times he used performanceby taking HGH. enhancing drugs. “There are no Pettitte arrived at spring train- fortable a situation” this has been.

With Yankees teammates other surprises out there,” he said. ing earlier in the day and threw a The 35-year-old lefty with 201 bullpen session at the minor league Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera complex. Later, he met reporters for and Jorge Posada in attendance, regular-season wins and fourWorld along with two of his lawyers, Series championship rings said he about an hour.

“I never want a young person to Pettitte acknowledged he had did not feel as if his accomplishdo what I did,” Pettitte said. “I’m considered not playing because ments were tainted.

“All I can tell you, from the bottom sorry for the mistakes I have made.” of the ongoing situation.

“That wouldn’t be the thing to of my heart I know why I did this. I Pettitte sat alone at a podium, taking dozens of questions. He often do as a man. I felt like I needed did it because I was told it might be paused to collect his thoughts and to come out and face you guys able to help me,” he said. “If people several times patiently asked report- and whatever circumstances think I’m lying, then they should that come I’ll take it, I’ll take it call me a cheater. ers “did I answer your question?”

a few games, and I didn’t get down on myself. I just kept fighting, and I kind of got her to give up a little bit.” “[Chiricosta] really turned it on,” coach Penny Dean said, referring to Chiricosta’s comefrom-behind win. “She really had to earn it. [Flankova] started out strong again in the second set, but Christine just hustled after some amazing balls and hit some amazing shots.

[Flankova] was done mentally after the first couple games in the second set.”

Volle and Menoff also won singles matches at the fifth and sixth flights, respectively.

Next up for the Falcons was Duquesne on Saturday.

The duo of Chiricosta and Jakupcin won in convincing fashion, 8-1, at the top flight.

The duos of Nussbaum/ Volle and Babina/Kintzel won by identical scores of 8-3 at the second and third flights, respectively.

“[Chiricosta] really turned it on. She really had to earn it. [Flankova] started out strong again in the second set, but Christine just hustled after some amazing balls and hit some amazing shots.”

Penny Dean | BG tennis coach In singles play, Jakupcin lost for the first time at the top flight in dual-match play. She was defeated by Duquesne’s Zena Williams, 6-4, 6-3.

“It was disappointing to see Kelsey take the loss, but she’ll bounce back and you have to learn from every loss,” Coach Dean said.

Chiricosta lost just one game in her straight-sets win over Johanna Bezjak.

Babina (third flight), Volle (fifth) and Menoff (sixth) also won singles matches.

Chiricosta, along with the rest of her teammates, is excited about the opportunity to get to 10-0 — the best start in school

history set by the 1973-74 squad.

“We’re so excited about that,” Chiricosta said. “I really think we can get there and beyond.

We’re a really deep team and we’ve got a lot of heart. No one on the team ever gives up and we work really hard and we’ve been working hard and will continue to work hard.”

If BG does make it to 10-0 and beyond, it will come on the road.

The Falcons will be on the road for their next six matches after concluding a six-game homestand. Cincinnati (Feb. 23) and Xavier (Feb. 24) will be the first two stops on the Falcons’ road trip followed by a week-long trip to California over spring break.

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An impressive vault squad once again started the Falcons night, which has been a catalyst for success this season starting beam no longer being the off with a 48.550. Individually Achilles’ heel. While beam was Bernhardt and Guy were the the Falcons’ lowest event of the leaders both scoring above night, they did improve from 9.85 only trailing Central’s the last two weeks and fresh- AnDrea DelaGarza who won man Abby Ashley finished the event with a 9.875.

On the night Bernhardt was third individually with a 9.75.

“Bars was a huge effort the Falcons leader winning the tonight, they did a great job, only individual event for BG, everyone hit. Beam we got the Floor, and finishing secfour out of six, that was a big ond on the vault. Guy was also improvement if we can just leader for BG as she finished get two more hits on balance third in the all-around with beam we are good to go on a 38.525, only behind CMU’s every event,” Beach said.

Katie Simon and DelaGarza.

On the bars BG scored a Following the win BG takes 48.150 to Central’s 47.850, while the road for close to a month two Chippewa athletes did not returning back to the CHRISTINA MCGINNIS | THE BG NEWS take first and second sopho- area until March 14th when more Breanne Guy from BG they host Northern Illinois CLOSE CALL: BG won the meet by the did claim the third spot with a and Eastern Michigan at close score of 195.35-192.775. score of 9.775.

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Tennessee also survived a road scare on Saturday, beating Georgia 74-71. But the 12 Volunteer State Showdown wasn’t decided until Duke lost 86-73 at Wake Forest on Sunday night.

Memphis received all 72 firstplace votes and 1,800 points from the national media panel to be No. 1 for a fifth straight week, the last three unanimously. Tennessee had 1,699 points to reach the highest ranking in school history. The Volunteers

were third four weeks ago.

North Carolina (24-2), which has managed to go 3-1 without injured point guard Ty Lawson, moved up two spots to third, while Kansas (24-2), which lost at Texas yesterday then cruised past Colorado on Saturday, dropped one place to fourth.

Duke (22-2), which had a 12game winning streak snapped by the Demon Deacons, dropped from second to fifth and was followed by UCLA, Texas, Butler, Stanford and Xavier.

Butler (24-2) continued its climb to uncharted poll territory, moving up one spot to eighth, its highest ranking ever. Xavier (214) jumped from 12th to crack the top 10 for the first time since the

next-to-last poll of 2002-03.

Wisconsin moved up four places to 11th and was followed

by Georgetown, Connecticut, Purdue, Indiana, Drake, Washington State, Louisville, Michigan State and Vanderbilt.l The last five teams were Notre Dame, Texas A&M, Saint Mary’s, Calif., Kansas State and Marquette.

Marquette moved back into the poll after a one-week absence.

The Golden Eagles (18-6), who were ranked as high as 10th this season, fell out after consecutive losses to Louisville and Notre Dame. But an 89-64 victory at Seton Hall and a 72-54 win over Pittsburgh had them back in at No. 25.

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Global rift over Kosovo widens

By Robert Wielaard The Associated Press

BRUSSELS, Belgium — The U.S. and the European Union’s biggest powers quickly recognized Kosovo as an independent nation yesterday, widening a split with Russia, China and some EU members strongly opposed to letting the territory break away from Serbia.

The rift was on view for a second day at the U.N. Security Council, which was holding an emergency session to discuss the declaration of independence issued Sunday by Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian majority.

Ethnic Serbs rallying in northern Kosovo angrily denounced the United States and urged Russia to help Serbia hold on to the territory that Serbs consider

the birthplace of their civilization. Protesters also marched in Serbia’s capital, and that nation recalled its ambassador to the U.S. to protest American recognition for an independent Kosovo.

But the dispute is likely to worsen already strained relations between the West and Russia, which is a traditional ally of Serbia and seeks to restore its influence in former Soviet bloc states. The Kremlin could become less likely to help in international efforts important to the U.S. and its allies, such as pressuring Iran to rein in its nuclear program.

Still, for Washington the declarationofindependencebyKosovo vindicated years of dogged effort to help a land achieve its dream VISAR KRYEZIU | AP PHOTO of self-determination after years INDEPENDENCE: Acknowledged yesterday, Kosovo is now an independent nation, splitof ethnic conflict and repression ting from Russia, China and other EU nations.

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Musharraf promises cooperation Note: Diana feared for her life with new parliamentary officials

By Robert H. Reid The Associated Press

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — President Pervez Musharraf appealed for national unity yesterday as early unofficial returns showed the opposition doing well in parliamentary elections aimed at bolstering democracy and calming political strife.

But after fear and apathy kept millions of voters at home, there were worries no clear winner would emerge, resulting in a government too fragmented to rally the nation against Islamic extremists.

Private television stations reported strong showings by

the two main opposition parties in early unofficial tallies, a trend conceded by the party of President Pervez Musharraf.

Final official results were not expected before tomorrow.

Balloting proceeded without major attacks, although the opposition party of assassinated ex-prime minister Benzir Bhutto claimed that 15 of its members had been killed and hundreds injured in scattered violence “deliberately engineered to deter voters.”

Officials confirmed 24 deaths in election-related violence over the previous 24 hours, mostly in the country’s biggest province of Punjab, the key electoral battleground.

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LONDON (AP) — Mohamed Al Fayed testified yesterday that the delay by police in revealing a note recording Princess Diana’s fears for her safety proves that she and his son Dodi were murdered in Paris in 1997.

Al Fayed referred to a lawyer’s note of a conversation with Diana in 1995, which was handed to police after her death but not disclosed for six years.

“She said that she is going to die or be killed in a car crash and that is what happened to her and my son,” Al Fayed testified at a coroner’s inquest into the couple’s deaths.

He accused Diana’s sister Sarah McQuorquodale; Diana’s brother-in-law Robert Fellowes; former Prime

Minister Tony Blair; two former chiefs of London police; driver Henri Paul; her attorney, the late Lord Mischon; two French toxicologists, members of the French medical service; and three bodyguards once employed by Al Fayed as being part of the alleged murder plot and cover-up.

He accused Prince Philip, who allegedly directed the plot, of being a racist and a Nazi who could not accept Diana’s marriage to an Arab Muslim.

“There are a very large number of people on this account,” observed the coroner, Lord Justice Scott Baker.

Al Fayed also dismissed Trevor Rees, the bodyguard who survived the crash, as “a crook,” and aimed insults at

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Al Fayed’s time in the witness box allows him the most public airing yet for his long-held theories of a murder plot involving the British secret service and Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II.

Lengthy investigations by French and British police concluded that the Aug. 31, 1997 crash was an accident, and that driver Henri Paul was drunk and speeding.

Although offering little proof for his allegations, Al Fayed was confident that he had made his case.

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Despite his campaign’s statement, McCain still needs more delegates Senator John McCain

By Stephen Ohlemacher The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Not so fast, Sen. McCain.

John McCain’s campaign issued a statement last week claiming the Arizona senator had surpassed the number of delegates needed to secure the GOP nomination for president, after Mitt Romney endorsed him.

John McCain sure looks like he has the nomination all but wrapped up. But he isn’t there yet, and here’s why: It will take 1,191 delegates to secure the Republican nomination at the national convention this summer.

McCain has 908 delegates,

McCain hasn’t won the Republican nomination yet including those won in primaries and caucuses as well as endorsements from party leaders who automatically attend the convention. Romney has 253, according to The Associated Press tally.

Together, that’s 1,161 delegates, which could make it tempting for some to put McCain over the top this evening if he fares well in primaries in Washington state and Wisconsin. A total of 59 delegates will be at stake.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has a total of 245 delegates, placing him behind a candidate who isn’t even in the race anymore.

GOP rules, however, say McCain still has work to do.

The rules vary state to state.

But in general, Romney has little authority over his delegates after he releases them.

The vast majority haven’t been named. Once they are, most will be free agents at the convention, free to support whomever they choose.

Huckabee has said he won’t quit until somebody reaches 1,191 delegates. And a few more Huckabee victories in upcoming primaries could prove embarrassing for McCain.

Clinton advisers bash Obama’s credibility by accusing the Illinois senator of plagiarism

By Beth Fouhy The Associated Press

DE PERE, Wis. — Top advisers to Hillary Rodham Clinton accused Democratic rival Barack Obama of plagiarism yesterday, the latest effort by her campaign to undermine the Illinois senator’s credibility.

Clinton communications director Howard Wolfson, during a conference call with reporters, pointed to a speech Obama delivered at a Democratic Party dinner in Wisconsin Saturday that lifted lines from an address given last year by his friend, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.

The Associated Press reported in January that Obama had borrowed ideas

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Accused of plagiarising lines in a speech Saturday

Accusastions attempt to undermine Obama

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and speech points from Patrick, often without attribution. But with Obama now leading in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, Clinton’s campaign is using this example in an attempt to chip away at the premise of his candidacy.

The passage in question from Obama’s speech addressed the power of oratory, and he used it to rebut Clinton’s oftrepeated charge that he is long on rhetoric and short on

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“Don’t tell me words don’t matter,” Obama told the Wisconsin audience. “’I have a dream’ — just words? ‘We hold these truths to be selfevident, that all men are created equal’ — just words?

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Patrick used similar language during his 2006 governor’s race to push back on similar charges from his GOP opponent.

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DALLAS — Long-hidden items and documents relating to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy are being revealed for the first time in decades.

Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins presented the items at a news conference yesterday. Watkins says they were locked in a safe for

nearly two decades and that investigators had made him aware of them after he took office in 2006.

Among the items are documents relating to Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald and his killer, Jack Ruby, including a transcript of a purported conversation between them about killing the president. Curator Gary

Mack of the Sixth Floor Museum near where the president was shot hasn’t seen the transcript but doubts it is real.

The items also include Ruby’s brown leather gun holster, two brass knuckles found on Ruby when he was arrested and a movie contract former Dallas District Attorney Henry Wade signed.

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