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THE BG NEWS Wednesday January 21, 2009 Volume 103, Issue 84

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HOORAY: An Obama supporter hoists a boy onto his shoulders in celebration during Obama’s inauguration speech yesterday in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON — Nearly three months after electing their first black president, millions of Americans stood shoulder to shoulder in Washington D.C. yesterday to watch as the 44th commander-inchief was sworn into office.

Lining the roads and lawns from the National Mall to the Capitol Building, more than one million spectators were given the chance to listen to President Barack Obama on 17 jumbo screens set up sporadically across the area.

After being greeted by thunderous cheers and chants that echoed across the expansive stretch, Obama began his historic speech by thanking the American people for electing him in November.

“My fellow citizens, I stand here today humbled by the task before us,” Obama said. “On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of

purpose over conflict and discord.”

As expected, the economic crisis took precedent over all other issues, with Obama offering a number of different solutions to the captivated nation.

By promising to create new jobs, to build new roads and bridges and to harness green energy, Obama reassured spectators in the crowd who were heavily affected by economic turmoil in the last year.

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On a historic day, community members and volunteers reunited downtown at the Cla-Zel theater to remember and watch history be made.

The Cla-Zel hosted a Progress BG-sponsored gathering for members of the community to come and watch the presidential inauguration and celebrate the hard work that went into President Barack Obama’s campaign.

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ed by the campaign, community organizer Justin Marx said.

“It’s important for the community to come together and work together,” he said.

Hope was in the air as a nearly silent Cla-Zel, filled with over a hundred people, listened to Obama address the nation.

Marx said the new president is urging communities to work for change on the local level and uniting as a community to watch

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CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES: Community members commemorate Barack Obama’s first day as president at the Cla-Zel theater.

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Faculty Senate, Cartwright From far and wide, people flock to Washington, D.C. talk budget, enrollment issues

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Change was yesterday’s theme both for the nation and the University’s Faculty Senate meeting.

President Carol Cartwright was welcomed at the meeting with roaring applause and a standing ovation shortly before addressing concerns pertaining to the University.

“I very much value your engagement and know we will be more successful if we work together, especially during this time of budget crunching,” she said.

In terms of budget crunching, the University is working towards a $6 million to $10 million deficit for the 2010 fiscal year, and probably for the 2011 fiscal year as well, Cartwright said.

Art Samel, associate geography professor, addressed his concerns about the University’s deficit within the College of Arts and Sciences.

“The arts and sciences budget is a sticky issue,” he said.

Samel was also concerned about budget deficits across campus, particularly the athletics department.

“Everything is on the table,” Cartwright said in response.

“No one gets a buy. Athletics will have to make the same reduction as other units.”

Cartwright also said over 40 of the University’s administrative staff were notified in December about contract termination or changes at the end of the fiscal year, June 30.

Even though the next two fiscal years look grim for the University, Cartwright saw a glimmer of hope in regards to the possible Federal Stimulus package which is said to help higher education, along with a variety of other areas.

“Assuming there is a federal economic stimulus package, possible cuts to the state budget will not be as grim as the $7.3 million deficit,” Cartwright said. “The package is likely to change, but does look promis-

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WASHINGTON — From sea to shining sea. Literally.

Millions of Americans representing every state from Oregon to Maine flocked to Washington, D.C. yesterday to witness Barack Obama become the 44th president of the United States.

Corin Choppin flew all the way from his home in Sacramento, Calif., to Philadelphia, then paid $15 to board the Chinatown bus to Arlington — a trip he felt obligated to make.

“We’re living up to our part by coming to the inauguration,” Choppin said.

Choppin and his wife reserved inauguration tickets through their Congresswoman Doris Matsui, D-Calif., and waited for over an hour outside her office building in Washington to pick them up.

But Choppin’s trip was driven just as much by excitement as it was obligation.

“I’ve never felt this emotional about politics before,” Choppin said.

And Choppin’s sentiments about the president are anything but out of the ordinary.

In fact, Obama’s international

popularity has seemed to rise above and beyond the political realm, with people who aren’t even old enough to vote becoming the most excited about the new commander-in-chief.

Amber Edinbyid, a sophomore at Green Valley High School in Henderson, Nev., said she was drawn to Obama because of his promises for the future.

“I’m just excited to see what he has for this country and if he’s going to follow through on his word,” Edinbyid said.

An end to the war in Iraq, job creation and gay rights were all issues Edinbyid said she hopes to see Obama address during his time in office.

Edinbyid and her peers traveled to Washington to support Obama in their own way by playing with their school’s marching band in the inauguration parade.

Noah Charles, one of Edinbyid’s bandmates, was just as excited to

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ON THE BIG SCREEN: Students, faculty, and local residents of Bowling Green gathered in the Union Ballroom to watch the inauguration of President Obama via CNN.

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“I’m just glad he focused on the promises he made during his campaign, and didn’t forget the things he told us he would do,” D.C. resident Roger Gorham, 44, said. “He was less about moving forward and looking on, and more about holding our leaders accountable than I thought he would be. And I hope he sticks with his own opinions.”

Gorham, who watched the inauguration on one of the mall jumbo screens, said Obama’s promise to extend peace to other countries is another example of his call for accountability among the leaders of the world.

Although the president mentioned his promise to withdraw responsibly from Iraq during his speech, he also offered peace to every nation who called for it.

“To all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born,” Obama said, “know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more.”

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Terrence Minter, of Detroit, was cited for prohibited acts and underage under the influence of alcohol on East Wooster Street.

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Samuel Frederick, of Columbus, was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana. Garett Dolder, of Powell, Ohio, was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia and taken to the juvenile detention center.

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Aaron Hawley, of Sheffield, Ohio, was cited for drug possession less than 100 grams. Hawley was seen by a camera monitor in Lot 8.

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Matthew Llanas, of Weston, was arrested for driving under suspension and obstructed view at Campus Pollyeyes. Heather Gonzales, of Weston, was arrested for possession of cocaine and marijuana, open container, drug paraphernalia and wrongful entrustment at Campus Pollyeyes.

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Erik Nystrom, of Shaker Heights, Ohio, was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia in Kohl Hall.

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Issac Dehart, of Powell, Ohio, was cited for possession of marijuana less than 100 grams and drug paraphernalia.

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University of Michigan hockey coach Red Berenson was incorrectly quoted on pages 8 and 10 in yesterday’s edition of The BG News. “[Spratt] had a great weekend, one goal against — you can’t beat that. If they did that every night, they wouldn’t be in last place,” is the correct quote.

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be in Washington as Edinbyid.

“It’s definitely the fact that it’s for Obama that makes it all the more exciting,” Charles said.

The band, who played “Viva Las Vegas” and “Tribute to America” in the parade, had to raise $40,000 for their crosscountry trip.

“We played on the strip for donations, but we got a lot of donations just from businesses in our community,” Edinbyid said.

The enthusiasm among all ages for the new president has been something even people from outside the United States’ borders have noticed and even adopted as their own.

Nancy Blades, 39, of Toronto, said “Obamarama” has no boundaries in her community.

And even though she isn’t an

American history and heritage touched sections of his speech as he reflected on the segregation and hatred that have been overcome in order for him and others to fulfill their dreams.

According to Obama, the only way to create unity in other nations is to strengthen the common humanity within the United States in order to usher in an era of peace.

“We cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass, that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve,” he said. “We know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.”

By calling for the American people to step up and help him overcome the many problems he will face throughout the next four years, Obama was able to incorporate the masses in his restorative plans for the nation.

“Our challenges may be new, the instruments with which we meet them may be new, but those values upon which our success depends — honesty and hard work, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism — these things are old,” Obama said. “Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real, they are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this America: They will be met.”

American citizen, Blades said coming to the inauguration seemed to be common sense.

“It’s history, right? It’s history in the making,” Blades said.

“He’s the first black man as president. It doesn’t matter where you’re from at that point.”

But the historic inauguration was something Blades didn’t believe she’d ever see happen. Now that the dream has become a reality, Blades said the optimism has affected Canadian citizens as well.

“He gives us hope,” she said.

“We have a new, restored faith.

A new belief that things actually can change.”

According to Blades, Canada will be one of Obama’s first trips as president.

“We’re very much influenced by what happens in America,” Blades said.

While people like Blades are excited for the impact Obama’s presidency will have interna-

tionally, New Orleans native Jerome Williams is counting on the new administration to turn things around at home.

“I’m looking forward to a better economy, definitely,” Williams said.

Williams, who was sold on Obama during the primaries, hopes for a strengthened economy through support of his city’s residents who are still suffering from the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

“Hopefully [Obama] continues working on the promises made by Bush,” he said. “Right now, the federal dollars are still not getting to the people.”

The changes Williams are looking forward to will not be instant, as the president said in his inaugural speech. However, they are changes people like Williams, Blades and Choppin said they are willing to wait a little longer for.

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ing for states and communities.”

Another area that is being closely watched for change is enrollment.

Interim Vice Provost Enrollment Manager Greg Guzman addressed faculty senate yesterday with news on enrollment. Guzman remained hopeful, even after examining the numbers.

In March 2008 the amount of applications received was down by 70 percent. With this number in mind the University began seeking consultation to raise enrollment, Guzman said.

Among other incentives, new scholarships were created and rooming incentives are being offered to generate more interest in the University. As of yesterday, Guzman said the application deficit has improved to 9.47 percent.

“Keep in mind that is compared to a 70 percent deficit,” Guzman said.

Other universities are experiencing similar deficits. The University of Michigan has a 14 percent deficit in received applications, Ohio State University has a 4 percent deficit and Ohio University has a 7 percent deficit, Guzman said.

“We’ve maintained ourselves while they simply fell off,” Guzman said in reference to the improved application deficit.

As of Nov. 24, 2008 enrollment for spring semester was down 14.3 percent. As of yester-

CLA-ZEL From Page 1 the inauguration is an inspiration to what change can come locally.

“He can’t do it alone,” Marx said. “And it’s important for us to come together like this and acknowledge that.”

College Democrats Vice President Elyse Faulk, who spent hours this fall campaigning for Obama, said she was excited to watch the presidential inauguration with members of the community and fellow volunteers of the campaign.

“I’m here because I’m surrounded by people who I served with,” she said. “There is such

day, it was down by 2.5 percent, Guzman said. The University is also at a three year high for retention at 91.75 percent, he said.

While Guzman may be constantly revising enrollment numbers, the University is also looking to revise its 30 year old general education — or BG Perspective — requirements for the future with the help of Keeling and Associates, a higher education consulting firm that helps schools examine general learning outcomes.

According to the document “BGSU’s Revision of General Education Requirements Aided

by Keeling and Associates,” the goal of this revision is to allow students to synthesize their classes to help provide broader insight into social, civic, scientific and humane problems and challenges.

“We need to explore all vehicles that help students connect learning experiences,” said Interim Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Mark Gromko.

The revision will also readjust the alignment between general education and the College of Arts and Sciences curriculums’ requirements.

“We want to keep [the curriculum] at a very practical level,” said Richard Hersh, Keeling and Associates senior consultant.

Aside from number crunching, the faculty senate also motioned to approve the Department of Architecture and Environmental Design with a unanimous vote of 47. a feeling of accomplishment here.”

Kirsty Sayer, a mother of four, said she brought her kids to the Cla-Zel to let them witness history. As a mother, Sayer said she wanted her kids to remember the event and learn something from it.

“This is probably the most historic event in their lifetime,” she said. “It’s much more important than anything they could have learned in school today.”

Attendants of the Cla-Zel celebration continued to enjoy the historic day long after Obama took the oath of office.

“Today is the final payoff, this is what we wanted,” Faulk said.

“Today is the beginning of a new time and we want to enjoy it.”

Biden succeeds Cheney as 47th vice president before eager nation

By Ben Feller The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., a career senator whose foreign policy expertise, Washington savvy and sharp-witted style won Barack Obama’s supreme trust, became the 47th vice president of the United States yesterday.

The 66-year-old Delaware man, often long on words and never short of opinions, became the nation’s second-in-command on a day of profound change. He is now a heartbeat from the presidency, an influential counselor to President Obama, and one of the government’s main ambassadors to other global powers.

Joe Biden’s swearing-in moment was, fittingly, second billing to Obama’s. But the significance was not lost, and will soon be felt; Biden’s ascendancy ends the contentious and consequential eight-year run of perhaps the most powerful vice president ever, Dick Cheney, who saw the job differently than Biden does.

With the world watching, Biden raised his right hand and took his oath of office from Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens. In traditional form, Biden swore to defend the Constitution against all enemies and to faithfully discharge the duties of the office.

“So help me God,” Biden said to an outpouring of cheers from

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Biden shared a few thankful moments with his wife, Jill, and other members of his immediate family. He shared a handshake with Obama shortly before the nation’s new president was sworn in himself.

Both at the White House and at the Capitol, cameras captured gracious moments between Biden and Cheney, who put aside their well-known political differences in favor of grand American tradition.

At a ceremonial lunch in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall, Biden told a gathering of officials from all three branches of government: “Together, there’s not a single, solitary thing we cannot achieve.”

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“To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history, but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist,” he said.

“We will not apologize for our way of life nor will we waver in its defense.”

For Lisa Caffee, 42, of Herdon, Virginia, Obama’s direct and charismatic approach to the issues addressed in the speech — especially when it came to world peace — is what made the delivery of the address more personal.

According to Caffee, having a politician who is willing to open themselves up to the public is what makes the American people able to trust them, which is exactly what’s happening with Obama.

“His honest delivery is what comes across when he’s speaking to the public, and that sticks with you so it’s hard to forget him,” Caffee said. “You know that he’ll be truthful with the American people, and that’s something we haven’t seen in many of his predecessors.”

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By Becky Tener Reporter

For students who have been dreading this semester because of the snow and freezing temperatures, the Union is extending a warm welcome by hosting Winter Welcome Back activities.

Graduate Assistant Helena Iaquinta helped organize the activities for students this week and said Winter Welcome Back was created because there are not very many events to kick off the spring semester. A committee was formed to organize fun activities and events students could attend to start the new semester.

“We thought this would be a great opportunity to get students excited to be back, and we just thought of things that we would be interested in having done for us,” she said.

Iaquinta said there are many activities offered this week for students to get out of the cold.

Today, students can warm up with some hot chocolate and get a free ice scraper on the

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Education Building steps. There will also be bingo, coloring contests, jeopardy and many more activities for students to get involved with throughout the week.

Many of the events planned also have opportunities for students to win prizes, junior Ashley Hanna said.

“We’ll be raffling things, giving out prizes,” she said. “We think that this is worthwhile stuff people will want to win.”

Students can win gift certificates, an iPod, digital camera, DVD player and many other prizes. Tonight at the Falcon’s Nest, students can play board and card games, and if they win, they get to keep the games.

Hanna also said there is entertainment students can enjoy with two improv groups performing and the screenings of the movie “Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist.”

Senior Dustin Meadows is a member of Bad Genetics, the University’s improv group that will be performing in the Black Swamp Pub tonight. Meadows said the group is often com-

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Nominees for the 2009 Greek Awards Ceremony were treated like celebrities last night as they walked into the Lenhart Grand Ballroom on a red carpet lined with velvet ropes.

The ceremony, nicknamed “A Red Carpet Affair,” featured more than 25 categories ranging from Outstanding Chapter President Awards to the AllSports Awards. More than 800 fraternity and sorority members attended the event, most of them dressed in snazzy suits and elegant dresses.

Last night’s awards ceremony was organized differently from previous years. Usually the winners are noted in the script that the hosts read, but this year only two people knew the winners ahead of time.

One of those people was Jessica Melita, graduate assistant of Greek Affairs.

“This is the first year we didn’t reveal the winners to anyone until the envelopes were opened,” Melita said.

“It was exciting that the hosts [of the ceremony] didn’t even know who was going to win.”

In a major category, the Dr. Donald Binder Outstanding President Award, Shacorrah Crosby of Delta Sigma Theta

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pared to the television show “Whose Line is it Anyway,” but Bad Genetics improv might be new to students.

“We do things a little differently, we take a suggestion from the audience and then one person performs a monologue,” he said. “Then we perform a series of scenes based around that monologue.”

Tomorrow, students can see Mission IMPROVable, an improv group that travels around to college campuses, Iaquinta said.

“Improv is just another kind of comedy and especially with Bad Genetics we’re hoping students will get excited about improv,” she said.

In fact, Iaquinta hopes stu-

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dents will respond well to all the activities planned and have a good time ringing in the new semester.

“We just want people to get excited,” she said. “Even if students just come to one event, we just want them to be happy and that’s what this is about.”

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Sorority took home the prize.

Crosby became a double winner on the night, also receiving the Outstanding NPHC Greek Award.

“I contribute my success really to the whole chapter,” Crosby said. “When I’m feeling overwhelmed, they are always there to help me.”

The night became even more of a thriller for Crosby when her Delta Sigma Theta chapter won the 2008 Overall Chapter Excellence Award.

“I was almost in tears when we won,” Crosby said while holding her two plaques after the ceremony.

The other Overall Chapter Excellence Award went to the Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity.

Some of last night’s winners included: Individual Student Achievement Florence Currier Award – Sarah Dariano of Alpha Phi Sorority Werner Book Scholarship – Princess Crenshaw of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Mitch Weitzman Memorial Award – Kevin Beres of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity Steven R. Hanna & Kevin L. Ross Memorial Award – Patrick Grayshaw of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity Timothy F. Smith Award – P.J. Jones of Kappa Alpha Sorority,

Inc. and Zac Ankrom of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity Order of Omega Outstanding Student Award – Brandi Freeman of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and Reuben Rodriguez of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity New Member Achievement Outstanding NPHC Neophyte Award – Brandi Freeman of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Joseph M. Firment IFC New Member of the Year Awards - Jake West of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity Outstanding Panhellenic New Member – Nichole Ditzel of Outstanding GIB New Member – Elizabeth Ousky of Alpha Phi Omega Co-Ed Service Fraternity President Achievement Dr. Ronald Binder Outstanding NPHC President – Shacorrah Crosby of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Thomas D. Hayn Outstanding IFC Chapter President – Dan Caldwell of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity Outstanding Panhellenic Chapter President Award – Jackie Mattmuller of Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority Outstanding GIB Chapter President Award – Katie McKibben of Alpha Phi Omega Co-Ed Service Fraternity

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Death to poser emo LEVI JOSEPH WONDER COLUMNIST Good riddance to an utterly lame and disgusting “counter-culture.”

Take your tight pants, superfluous makeup, lack of self-esteem and stereotypical MySpace profile pictures (you know, the ones taken from “hat angle) and leave everyone alone. See you in the underworld, mainstream emo.

Not to be confused with punk rock, goth, metal or even actual emo (which never garnered itself story coverage by FOX News), I can say with great confidence that poser emo has finally bitten the dust.

Gone are the days when the masses of MySpace scene kids posting profile pictures of their piercing-r iddled, eyeliner-plastered, ultradyed emo swoop-haired selves onto their social networking pages in vain attempts to outdo each other.

I can count the occasions I have seen actual emo kids here in BG on one hand. It was twice, actually.

Furthermore, this modern emo resurgence no longer pokes its head out into the mainstream media as much, limiting the public’s knowledge of ongoing events within this dying ripoff of a formerly legitimate and meaningful subculture.

Due to its limited appeal to teenagers and scenesters of late (given the fact the mainstream emo scene peaked in popularity in mid-2006), mainstream emo has been slowly fading into musical obscurity for roughly the past two years.

I can only hope that this decline in the international appeal and popularity of poser emo will result in actual emo — the truly meaningful and emotionallycharged post-punk stuff from the early ‘90s — making a return as the standard form of emo.

But it would seem that civilizations outside the U.S. are not so forgiving toward the remnant hordes of poser emo kids. In fact, these scene kids are actually in serious danger in certain areas.

In an infamous move of questionable motive and purpose, the government of the Russian Federation presented (and passed) regulatory law at the Duma to monitor and regulate emo Web sites and to ban emo fashion and music at schools and federal buildings. Apparently, over

in Russia emo is feared as a dangerous teen trend which apparently promotes and engenders anti-social behavior and withdrawal, depression and suicide.

Wow. And all this time I thought it was all just a bunch of whiny suck-rock.

But in Mexico, the citizenship is taking matters into its own tapedup hands, fighting the (good?) fight against the emo kids on the city streets.

In summer 2008, I read an article in Spin magazine which reported on the anti-emo riots which have recently engulfed areas in Mexico City, Querétaro and Tijuana.

According to the story, anti-emo groups, including punkers, metalheads and even rockabilly fans, have engaged in mob attacks on emo kids, apparently assaulting said scenesters on sight. When asked why they chose to beat up emo kids, the punks and metal fans generally agreed emo has stolen the sound from their respective musical genres of choice, and these emo kids must be taught a lesson.

Apparently, underground Mexican music fans see mob beatings as a form of punishment. I’m sure glad I don’t listen to poser emo music.

These international events regarding the declining popularity of mainstream emo (and the apparent rise of government action against it) correlate with the current blend of pop/rock/ indie/pop-punk has beginning to eclipse the dying mainstream emo scene. Although little tinges of emo music find their ways into the current wave of typical pop music, such occurrences are subtle and not explicitly emo.

It seems the only way for mainstream emo to survive is to cling to the pop music it formerly was.

Although, I don’t like people being beaten by ruthless mobs or being watched by the government, regardless of what kinds of music they enjoy, I can derive enjoyment from the fact that poser emo dies a little more with each day that passes.

Hopefully, the eventual death of mainstream emo will make more people appreciate emo’s roots — you know, good music.

Go listen to some Fugazi or Jawbox, already. Or Rites of Spring, even. That’s some real emo music.

And you won’t be beaten up by roving mobs of Mexican punkers and metalheads for listening to it!

“Apparently, underground Mexican music fans see mob beatings as a form of punishment. I’m sure glad I don’t listen to poser emo music.”

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Despite opponents’ disdain, Hillary Clinton is prepared to take on role as secretary of state

By Danielle Ohlemacher U-Wire

There’s something I’ve wanted to say since it became obvious that Barack Obama would be the Democratic nominee for president, but I’ve been keeping it inside: Hillary Clinton is awesome, and I love her.

There was a period of time last summer when declaring your love for Clinton was a good way to totally isolate yourself.

Obama supporters were afraid of the effects of the long primary on Obama’s general election chances and wary of how Republicans might use Clinton against him.

“It was the closest primary for Democrats that’s ever happened, with very committed supporters on both sides,” said Teddy Schwartz, a fourth-year political science student and president of the now inactive Bruins for Hillary.

On the other side, Republicans have been disdainful of Clinton since her days as first lady, and it came through strongly throughout the primaries and general election.

The national political scene has taken a less antagonistic tone as the nation celebrated Obama’s inauguration yesterday. Even conservatives must be anticipating the end of the lame-duck season and the opportunity to try to deal with the problems facing the country.

And for those of us who supported Clinton throughout the primaries, vice presidential speculation, convention and general election campaigning, we can finally get back to talking about the myriad of skills and the unique perspective that Clinton will bring to the new administration.

Clinton’s confirmation hearings cast light on her planned strategy as secretary of state.

She spoke candidly and passionately about how she would use her role to promote women’s rights across the world, and this dedication is what makes her the best pick for the position of secretary of state.

Clinton was heralded as a feminist hero from day one of her campaign. However, being a feminist is not just about

being a successful woman, but rather being someone who succeeds in helping other women.

Clinton’s role as secretary of state puts her in the position to affect the lives of millions of women across the world.

In her confirmation hearing, Clinton made a point of noting the importance of women’s rights in creating a more secure world, saying that “the United States must be an unequivocal and unwavering voice in support of women’s rights in every country on every continent.”

More importantly, Clinton has plans to turn rhetoric into reality. She promised that as secretary of state she would have “a very active women’s office,” which should help create a Department of State that actively considers the effects of its policies on women. Clinton gave concrete strategies for change, such as creating the right type of preconditions for foreign aid.

Clinton hasn’t waited for the new administration to continue her dedication to women’s rights. She recently co-sponsored the reintroduction of the

Paycheck Fairness Act, a vital piece of legislation that prevents pay discrimination against women.

Despite Clinton’s leadership on these important issues, it is unlikely that everyone in politics will learn to love her.

There are still those conservatives who will choose to vilify her and attempt to make her a polarizing figure in the new administration. There are still those Democrats who will watch her with suspicion and call everything she does political maneuvering for the next election.

And there are of course those so-called PUMAs (“Party Unity My Ass” — Clinton supporters who refused to support Obama after the convention) who will frankly never be pleased without a time machine. They have warped Clinton’s message and have very little to do with her future in politics and government.

But at least these won’t be the only voices heard when the topic turns to Clinton. So one more time: I unabashedly love Hillary Clinton.

Obama leads all generations onward

By Greer Felck U-Wire

Our country is at the best place and at the worst place I have ever seen it. I opened my “college fund” stock portfolio statement yesterday and was stunned to find that it had lost almost half its value. Many people are on the verge of unemployment. Falling real estate prices are affecting almost everyone I know back home in California. The cost of health care is crippling.

CNN recently tried to keep up with the times by airing a segment on how to cook gruel. Yes, it’s all pretty

frightening, but there is a very shiny silver lining in this dark cloud — Barack Obama is our 44th president.

Until now, the political experiences of most liberal college-aged Americans has been defined by crushing disappointment. The first election we followed was Bush vs. Gore in 2000. We know how that ended. Then, for many of us, the Iraq War protests of 2003 were our first acts of political expression.

We saw how that turned out.

We tried our best to keep our spirits up and elect John Kerry in 2004, but in the end, Ohio let us down.

We gathered our troops

once again. We made more phone calls, raised more money, knocked on more doors. We braced ourselves.

Then we all exhaled the longest-held collective breath at around 11 p.m. EST on Nov. 4, 2008. We would not be living the nightmare of “two mavericks” in the White House.

The media focused much attention on young voters, but for me, at least, an important aspect of Obama’s presidency is his ability to cut across all generations.

Throughout last October, my 82-year-old grandmother got up at 6 a.m. every workday and drove to the vil-

lage green in her small New Hampshire town to hold up homemade Obama signs and catch commuters on their way to work.

Leading up to the election, my mother made phone calls to swing states for four hours every night. I was lucky enough, along with three friends, to meet Obama one morning on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport when he was in New York for Sept. 11.

Now, even my Republican grandmother in Connecticut prominently displays on her fridge a copy of the photo taken by a staffer of me with Obama’s arm around my shoulder.

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HISTORY MEMORABILIA: Obama’s inauguration was not just a day to witness history, but also to make a quick buck. Street vendors made sure to cash in on the day’s historic significance and Obama-mania. Vendor Joe Bly sold buttons, while Derrick Smith sold shirts saying “Witnessed History!�

By Kristen Vasas and Alaina Buzas The BG News

Three for $10. That’s how Joe Bly works the button business.

Bly has been selling buttons from day one of the Obama phenomenon. He even put his construction job back home in Springfield, Ill., on hold to follow the Obama campaign from coast to coast.

Choosing buttons over construction wasn’t difficult for Bly because vending had been a financial success for him during former President George W. Bush’s second inauguration. “Buttons have always been

popular for inaugurations,� Bly said. “It’s a collecting thing.�

As of Monday night, the buttons had once again been deemed a success by Bly. Within just three hours of arriving in Washington, D.C., Bly said he had made $300.

On inauguration day, Bly said he expected to sell 10,000 buttons at $7 each.

Derrick Smith, of New York, also traveled to the inauguration with buttons to sell.

Smith set up shop at the corner of 21st and Philadelphia Avenue, selling a range of buttons and shirts he created himself for $10 each.

However, his sales expecta-

tions were much lower than Bly’s. “I only brought two dozen shirts,� Smith said. “I really came here to see the inauguration.�

Smith’s shirts read “Witnessed History!� a slogan that could be found on various inauguration souvenirs lining the streets of Washington.

But Bly and Smith were just two of hundreds of vendors scattered across Washington this week.

With that level of competition existing, Joseph Faill, 17, and Jonathon Faill, 18, of Franklin, Tenn., knew they had to set themselves apart in some way.

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Security on alert for Obama’s inauguration

Kenyans rejoice and share pride

By Eileen Sullivan The Associated Press

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy The Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya — From the shantytowns of Kenya’s capital to the rural homestead of Barack Obama’s relatives, thousands of Kenyans slaughtered goats, hoisted American flags and partied into the night yesterday as a man they see as one of their own ascended to the world’s most powerful office.

In Nairobi’s sprawling Kibera slum, residents raised a U.S. flag and declared Kenya to be America’s 51st state. In the village of Kogelo, where Obama’s father was born and some family members still live, 5,000 people gathered as 10 bulls and six goats were slaughtered for a luxurious feast at a time when the country is enduring a crippling food crisis. Women dressed in colorful print cloths performed traditional dances to the rhythms of cowhide drums. “Yes, yes, yes!� shouted Maurice Odoyo, 34, joining hundreds of people trying to catch a glimpse of Obama’s speech on a 12-inch television set up in a clearing in Kibera, one of Africa’s largest slums. “His father comes from this country. Obama will remember us, how we are suffering.�

The election of a black

business, Impressive Impression, the Faill brothers created 10 button designs to take with them to the inauguration.

Selling the buttons for $3, or $5 for two buttons, the Faills said they thought their business venture would be successful. “[Some vendors] can sell their buttons for real cheap because they come from a big company,�

Faill said. “We made ours ourselves.�

But regardless of whether the Faills, Smith and Bly make the sales they came to Washington to make, chances are the canny street vendors will be back again in four years to hawk their wares for yet another inauguration.

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PROUD MOMENT: Kenyans gather in Kisumu, Kenya, yesterday to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States. Across Kenya, neighbors came together to celebrate the US presidential inauguration of Kenya’s favorite son.

American president with African roots stands as a powerful symbol on a continent where so many people’s hopes are hobbled by crushing poverty and corruption. And in Kenya, a struggling country of 38 million riven a year ago by a deadly postelection crisis, Obama’s presidency was a source of pride and inspiration.

Kibera is a stark reminder of the poverty in a country where one in five people get by on less than a dollar a day. The slum is a maze of tin-roofed shacks where raw sewage flows through dirt tracks. Yesterday, children wearing Obama Tshirts huddled by a bonfire to keep warm.

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Despite Kenya’s problems, Obama’s victory has enthralled the nation. “We missed the Kenyan presidency but we got a bigger one, the American throne,�

Seth Oloo, a physician in the western town of Kisumu, told The Associated Press.

Since Obama was elected, the road to Kogelo has been tarred and the government has brought in electricity and water.

Local youths hope Obama will bring factories for them to work in.

Samuel Omondi said if Obama could bring such changes, he was welcome to take over from his own country’s scandal-wracked government.

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WASHINGTON — Authorities monitored a rush of intelligence leads yesterday at the largest security operation in presidential inauguration history, including a possible threat from an East Africa radical Islamic terrorist group.

Law enforcement and intelligence officials received information that people associated with a Somalia-based group, al-Shabaab, might try to travel to the U.S. with plans to disrupt the inauguration, according to a joint FBI/Homeland Security bulletin issued Monday night.

The information had limited specificity and uncertain credibility, said Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke.

U.S. counter-terror officials have grown concerned in recent months about the threat posed by the militant al-Shabaab group and a cell of U.S.-based Somali sympathizers who have traveled to their homeland to “fight alongside Islamic insurgents,� the alert reported.

Authorities stressed that the warning was posted as a precaution as part of the massive effort to monitor intelligence traffic and check out all leads in advance of President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration.

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“... we remind the public to be both thoughtful and vigilant ...�

Russ Knocke | Homeland Security country swearing in its first black president. “As always, we remind the public to be both thoughtful and vigilant about their surroundings, and to notify authorities of any suspicious activity,� Knocke said.

A senior law enforcement official familiar with the security operations said the Somali alert had been posted to make sure no effort was spared. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about security matters.

The official said authorities have been monitoring suspicious chatter referring to the inauguration in recent days, but as of early yesterday, they felt comfortable with security preparations.

There was an unprecedented amount of security yesterday, with thousands of law enforcement officers from 58 federal, state and local agencies working together. Sirens keening, squad cars and utility vehicles swept along downtown streets even before dawn, racing to cordoned checkpoints as crowds gathered.

Knocke said officials consistently monitor all threat infor-

mation, as they always do.

There has been no change in the terrorist threat level, which remains at yellow — or elevated.

Law enforcement responded to several suspicious packages and vehicles yesterday morning, FBI spokesman Richard Kolko said. Many of the packages were found in trash bins near check-in points. People who were prohibited from carrying certain items onto the Capitol grounds had to throw the items away to enter.

After the swearing-in, spectators tore down some fencing along the mall instead of exiting through designated areas.

No one was injured, according to the Park Police, and the fencing was restored.

Around 1:30 p.m. there was a bottleneck at 14th Street, a major thoroughfare, where people were trying to find a place to get off the mall.

In addition, subway service was disrupted on one of Washington’s main Metro arteries after a woman fell on the tracks at a downtown station. She was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

The Metro subway system was running at crush capacity since 4 a.m.

D.C. fire and EMS department spokesman Alan Etter said medical personnel were having trouble getting to people quickly around the National Mall because of the throngs of people, but that everyone who has needed help has eventually received treatment.

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Hard times at home BG could never gain the lead against Miami

GYMNASTICS Kinzer named MAC Specialist of the week Andrea Kinzer picked up her first ever win for the Falcons and led the team to a win against Ball State. She won first place for her floor exercise on Sunday, and was named the conference specialist of the week yesterday afternoon.

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LEADING THE WAY: Nate Miller led the team in scoring for the second consecutive game, scoring 17 points against Miami.

Women’s basketball will look to extend the win streak to 16 games

Women’s basketball: vs. Buffalo; 7 p.m.

By Andrew Harner Sports Editor

OUR CALL Today in Sports History 1989—Wayne Gretzky passes Marcel Dionne to become NHL’s second alltime scorer.

1984—U.S. male figure skating championship won by Scott Hamilton.

The List The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals are set to do battle in Superbowl XLIII on Feb. 1. Here are the five biggest games the two teams have combined for this season.

1. Cardinals vs. Eagles: The Cardinals victory in the NFC Conference Championship game gave them their first Superbowl birth in franchise history.

2. Steelers vs. Ravens: The Steelers met their AFC North Division rival three times. Pittsburgh was victorious in all three brutal games.

3. Cardinals vs. Panthers: The Cardinals traveled to Carolina in the divisional playoff game.

Despite everyone picking the Panthers, Arizona managed to come home with the win.

4. Steelers vs. Patriots: This regular season win got the Steelers past the team that had dominated them for so long.

5. Cardinals vs. Falcons: This wild card playoff win was the Cards first at home since the 1962 season.

What happened: Miami led wire to wire, beating BG 67-60.

Highlight: Miami did not allow BG Second-half troubles once again to lead. plagued the BG men’s basket- Lowlight: BG started the second half on a 0-11 run. ball team last night.

The star: Nate Miller had 17 pts., 5 Miami opened the second rebounds and 4 assists. half on a 11-0 run and never relinquished the lead to beat in conference play. They fall to 8-9 overall and 1-3 in the Midthe Falcons 67-60.

The Falcons never led, and American Conference.

Darryl Clements, who had 13 were down by as many as 15 in the second half, but cut the lead points and four assists, said too to one with 3:01 to play. Miami much is being made of recent scored the next seven points to struggles.

“Even though we didn’t win pull away for the win.

However, head coach Louis tonight, we have our confidence Orr was pleased with some of up,” Clements said. “We could have easily put our head down what he saw late in the game.

“I liked that we played with and took the loss, but we fought some desperation and we back.”

Coach Orr agreed, citing his fought back in the second half,” team’s effort in their comeback he said.

Nate Miller led the Falcons attempt.

“We didn’t win and that is diswith 17 points and added five rebounds, four assists and two appointing, but we can draw blocks. Starting for the first time some positives out of the game,” this season, Miller added a posi- he said. “It’s a long season and we just need to keep building tive presence on the floor.

“We know we have to keep off this and keep taking steps our heads up and keep fighting,” forward.”

With 13 games remaining, Orr Miller said. “It’s always tough when you lose, but you can’t See LOSS | Page 8 beat yourself up too bad over it.”

This is BG’s third straight loss

By Craig Vanderkam Reporter

ETHAN MAGOC | THE BG NEWS

HELPING HAND: Working together as a team, the Falcons have won 15 straight games.

has this year. The Falcons also weren’t on a 15-game winning streak at the time.

But, Buffalo has played two Buffalo’s 4-13 (0-4 MidAmerican Conference) record very close conference games is not something BG’s wom- so far this season. The Falcons en’s basketball team is taking need to be careful not to get lightly, especially considering out to a slow start as they did what happened last season at in the first three conference games this year as the Bulls this time.

“We’re right back where we have played well in the second were last year,” coach Curt half of games.

Twice down by 17 against Miller said. “We have a chance to go 5-0 … and that’s such a Miami last Saturday, the Bulls rallied back through the sechuge advantage.”

Last season, the Falcons ond half to pulling ahead with started off the conference 7:24 left in the game.

However, a foul by Dayna season 4-0 before dropping their fifth game, a home game Smith with 16 seconds left gave against Miami, by a meager the RedHawks a pair of free throws that secured them with three points, 63-60.

The difference is Miami had a 68-67 win.

Ten days prior, the Bulls led a far better 10-8 record at this point last season than Buffalo or were tied with Ohio, a team

BG beat earlier this year, for the entire game, ending regulation knotted at 70 when a Jaime Schiebner jumper missed the basket as the final buzzer sounded.

In overtime, the Bobcats never allowed UB to get the lead back as they rolled to an 84-81 victory.

In UB’s other two conference games against Kent State and Akron, they have only been outscored in the second half by five points.

“They seem to be right here in games,” Miller said. “[Coach Linda Hill-MacDonald] will have them ready each and every night.”

Part of what allows the Bulls

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With new look, Rafael Nadal off and running

By John Pye The Associated Press

The 22-year-old Spaniard bullied Christophe Rochus around Rod Laver Arena yesterday night MELBOURNE, Australia — with some brutal forehands and Rafael Nadal ditched his trade- 10 aces in a 6-0, 6-2, 6-2 first-round mark sleeveless top in favor of a win at the Australian Open.

He hit 47 winners in 22 games more conservative T-shirt.

His bulging biceps may no and Rochus, a Belgian who longer be exposed to view, but turned 30 last month, could get they’re certainly still driving the nowhere near most of them. top-ranked player’s muscular Having the last match of the approach to the game. opening round had its advantag-

es for Nadal. He’d already had a chance to see how Roger Federer, defending champion Novak Djokovic and fourth-ranked Andy Murray had progressed.

He would get another look at Federer and Djokovic in the second round today. Match two in Federer’s quest to tie Pete

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MATT YORK | AP PHOTO

Athletes react to Obama’s inauguration

By Joseph White The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Muhammad Ali and Magic Johnson had prime seats at the Capitol. LeBron James watched from a hotel room in Los Angeles with his two sons. Across the country, coaches rescheduled practices, and even the Super Bowl had to take a back seat yesterday to the inauguration of Barack Obama.

“This day means a lot to innercity kids, to African-American kids, to everyone,” said Cleveland Cavaliers star James, who contributed $20,000 to Obama’s campaign but couldn’t attend the swearing-in because his team is on a West Coast road trip.

“This day will last forever. It will be in books. It will be in schools. It will be in classes. It will be on test questions. It means a lot not only on this day, but for the rest of the days to come and the years to come.”

It takes a lot bring the sports

IN GOOD HANDS: Larry Fitzgerald developed his great hands at Pittsburgh University.

City of Pittsburgh will get another look at Fitzgerald

By Alan Robinson The Associated Press

JASON DECROW | AP PHOTO

THE GREATEST: Muhammad Ali was on hand to see President Obama’s inauguration.

world to a standstill, but there was no ignoring the magnitude of the moment. Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin pushed back his first pre-Super Bowl news conference one hour so it wouldn’t conflict with the inauguration.

“What we’re doing here today pales with what’s going on in our nation’s capital,” Tomlin said.

The Boston Celtics, on the way to Miami for a road game, voted to

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the most in a single NFL postseason, with one game remaining.

PITTSBURGH — Larry “If you get down the field oneFitzgerald might be the most on-one with him, he’s going to scouted player in Pittsburgh come back with the football,” Steelers history. For two years, Tomlin said. “He is the best in they needed only to look out the world at that, bar none.” their office windows to watch Not that any one needs to him. remind the Steelers.

Fitzgerald’s exceptional Displayed in their Heinz Field hands, his knack for making dif- press box, alongside pictures ficult catches while heavily cov- of former and current Steelers ered and his high jumper-like players, is a large photo of leaping ability might pose the Fitzgerald leaping above three biggest obstacle to the Steelers Texas A&M defenders to make beating the Arizona Cardinals a touchdown catch while at Pitt in the Super Bowl on Feb. 1. in 2003. He couldn’t have been As Steelers coach Mike Tomlin more covered, yet it made no suggested yesterday, scouting difference. The football was and a good game plan alone See FITZ | Page 8 aren’t enough to slow Fitzgerald, whose 419 yards receiving are

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Lauren The two also have combined for 244 of the team’s 663 Prochaska rebounds.

From Page 7 Has won MAC Of the two, Miller seemed East Player of the to stay in games is their top two to be more worried about conWeek four times. star players Kourtney Brown taining Fortman.

“Fortman has the all-around and Jessica Fortman.

Brown has averaged 15.2 game,” Miller said. “She “She has arms and legs that points per game and has swat- reminds you of a young Ali go for days,” Miller said. ted 25 opposing shots. Fortman Mann.”

But Brown’s ability to stay Yet again: Lauren Prochaska has been even better blocking balls with 30 and averages 11.2 fresh on the court led Miller to has won another MAC East call her the “praying mantis.”

Player of the Year award. points per game.

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COMING UP SHORT: Darryl Clements and the Falcons couldn’t make a come back in the second half against the Miami RedHawks.

LOSS From Page 7 alluded to the possibility of still achieving his team’s preseason goal.

“We want to compete for a MAC championship. That’s

what you play for,” Orr said.

“Every game should be played with a sense of urgency.

The Falcons will look to pick up their first road win of the season this weekend as they travel to Athens for a Saturday afternoon game at Ohio. The game is scheduled for 2 p.m.

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men’s basketball coach Jim Larranaga used “Yes, we can!” as his thought for the day when practice began at 11:30 a.m. He pulled change their flight schedule and his players off the court 27 minutes arrive in time for the players to later and took them to the locker watch the ceremony from their room to watch the swearing-in and hotel, even though coach Doc Obama’s speech. The players broke out in applause several times, then Rivers offered to tape it for them.

“They said, ‘No, we want to see it returned to finish practice.

Even ESPN deviated from its live. We think it’s that important,’” Rivers said. “One of them said, sports programming to broadcast ‘Twenty or 30 years from now, I the swearing-in, and ESPN Classic want to say I saw him speak live followed with a 10-hour “Breaking when he came in.’ I guess it will be Barriers” marathon featuring like JFK in a lot of ways. I’m glad African-American athletes such our guys have the awareness of as Arthur Ashe, Jack Johnson and Eddie Robinson. real life.”

Sports metaphors were heavily Guard Ray Allen upped them all, attending the inauguration in in play. Louisville basketball Rick person with Celtics owner Steve Pitino, who campaigned for Rudy Pagliuca before rejoining the team Guiliani during the primaries, said he was thrilled by Obama’s speech in Florida.

Pagliuca said he was proud to but noted the challenges the new represent a Celtics team that was president is facing.

“I think, unfortunately, he’s takthe first in the NBA to draft a black ing over a bad program with bad player and to hire a black coach.

“It was people coming together; players right now,” Pitino said.

Kansas City Chiefs coach Herm kind of a peaceful feeling came over the crowd,” Pagliuca told The Edwards watched the inauguration Associated Press. “The crowd had under the same gloomy cloud mila hope and a joy. For that many lions of Americans share — worpeople to be that peaceful was very ried that he’s about to lose his job.

His team went 6-26 over the last moving.”

In Fairfax, Va., George Mason two seasons.

Sampras’ record 14th Grand Slam title is against Russian Evgeny Korolev.

Nadal deflected a question about his intentions with such an aggressive start. He was less interested in upping the ante on his highly ranked rivals, he said, than in gauging himself after a 1-month layoff for tendinitis in his right knee.

“I am no thinking nothing about this,” he said. “I just think about try to play well myself.

Roger and Novak and Murray, they are far (away) in the draw.

“I just can play with them in semifinals or finals, no? I have to think (only) about next match right now.”

His next match is against 26-year-old Croatian Roko Karanusic, who was ranked 92nd and has never gone past the second round at a major.

No. 9 James Blake beat Canadian Frank Dancevic 6-4, 6-3, 7-5 in the other night match, joining fellow American men — No. 7 Andy Roddick, Mardy Fish and Amer Delic — in the second round. The other three are in action today.

The Williams sisters navigated the first step in the path to a potential semifinal showdown

FITZ From Page 7 there, and, in Fitzgerald’s mind, nobody else was going to get it.

Ask the Philadelphia Eagles about plays like that.

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and, rather than do their own thing on the days between singles matches, have decided to team up in the doubles.

Serena Williams opened her campaign for a 10th major — and to continue her odd-year pattern of Australian titles that stretches back to 2003 — with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over 123rdranked Yuan Meng.

The temperature topped 104 degrees during the match, prompting Williams to finish points quickly, spend time in the shade and conserve fuel.

“I was able to just take my time and play a lot slower, not giving 1,000 percent,” she said.

“I think it was pretty important for me not to ... go crazy out there.”

The temperature had dropped to 79 degrees for Venus Williams 6-3, 6-3 win over Angelique Kerber of Germany.

Olympic gold medalist Elena Dementieva beat Germany’s Kristina Barrois to extend her winning streak to 11 matches.

No. 13 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and 2006 champion Amelie Mauresmo of France also made it through.

Murray needed only 12 games and 45 minutes to reach the second round, advancing when Andrei Pavel retired while trailing 6-2, 3-1 due to a back problem. set up an improbable matchup between the Cardinals, an old franchise that could hardly be less successful, and the Steelers, an old franchise that could hardly be more successful.

“Larry Fitzgerald is, quite simply, the best receiver in the world down the field in one-onone situations,” Tomlin said. “If we’re to be successful in Tampa, we need to limit the number of times we’re downfield with him one-on-one. Invariably, he’s going to come up with the football. The (video) tape tells us that.”

So did their own eyes.

Although the Steelers and University of Pittsburgh never practice together on the fourfield complex they share on the city’s South Side, more than few Steelers employees were tempted to sneak a few peeks at Fitzgerald when he played for Pitt in 2003 and 2004.

Why wouldn’t they? In his two college seasons about being recruited by former Pitt coach Walt Harris, a passing game whiz, Fitzgerald caught 161 passes for 2,677 yards and 34 touchdowns, with at least one TD catch in a record 18 consecutive games.

The Steelers also influenced Fitzgerald, too.

Not long after the Cardinals drafted Fitzgerald No. 3 overall in 2004, when the Steelers drafted Ben Roethlisberger eight spots later, Fitzgerald said his goal wasn’t just to be the receiver who made the occasional highlight-film catch. Instead, he wanted to be as steady and reliable as the Steelers’ Hines Ward.

Now, Fitzgerald probably needs to be better than Ward

She netted an average of 25 points in BG’s two games last week, including tying her career high of 32 against Miami.

Additionally, she was 21-of22 on free throws and shot 55 percent from the field.

Prochaska previously won the award last week and two other times this season.

Prochaska and the Falcons will take on the Bulls at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Anderson Arena.

“He was going full power on every shot, and to every corner of the court. He was really impressive. He was confident, he knew he had almost no chance to lose.”

Christophe Rochus | Opponent Since his career-best run to in 2007, ended Lleyton Hewitt’s the final at the U.S. Open, he’s 13th Australian Open. Hewitt, grown in confidence and is now the 2001 U.S. Open and 2002 talking openly about “going one Wimbledon champion, lost the better.”

2005 final here to Marat Safin.

He lost to Federer at the U.S. Nadal has never reached Open, but has beaten the Swiss the Australian final, but has star three times since then. He’s improved one round each time also had two wins over Nadal he’s come back to Melbourne and one over third-ranked Park. If that trend continues, Djokovic. he’ll be in the championship The 21-year-old Scotsman is match this time. not the only one encouraged He’s never won a Grand Slam by the run: British bookmakers on a hard court, but won the are listing him as co-favorite to Olympic gold medal in Beijing win the Australian Open. in August last year and had a Fifth-seeded Jo-Wilfried tour-high 46-10 record on the Tsonga, the Muhammad Ali surface. lookalike who launched his That was better than Federer run at the last Australian final (34-10), who has won eight of with a win over Murray and his 13 majors on the hard courts beat Nadal in the semifinals, in New York or Melbourne. started this time with a 6-4, 6-4, Rochus is touting Nadal, who 6-0 win over Juan Monaco of beat Federer in the French Open Argentina. and Wimbledon finals and Fellow Frenchman No. 6 usurped his No. 1 ranking last Gilles Simon and No. 24 Richard year. Rochus was playing his Gasquet also advanced.

31st Grand Slam tournament No. 13 Fernando Gonzalez of and couldn’t remember getting Chile, runner-up here to Federer so badly mauled.

“Larry Fitzgerald is, quite simply, the best receiver in the world down the field in one-on-one situations.”

Mike Tomlin | Steelers coach if the Cardinals are to win their first NFL championship since 1947 — three cities and 61-plus years ago. Curiously, the thenChicago Cardinals beat the Eagles to win that ‘47 title, a week after Philadelphia beat the Steelers in a rare playoff game for the Eastern Conference playoff.

Former NFL receiver Cris Collinsworth, the NBC analyst, agrees with Tomlin that Fitzgerald’s ability to make plays when the ball is in the air is unmatched.

“I don’t know what Larry Fitzgerald’s vertical leap is, but he looks like Michael Jordan playing out there to me,” Collinsworth said yesterday. “If it’s a tie, you just throw the ball up in the air and Larry Fitzgerald comes down with it.”

Tomlin isn’t about to tip his hand about the Steelers’ coverage plans for Fitzgerald, but no doubt cornerback Ike Taylor and safety Ryan Clark are keys to it.

Taylor isn’t as well known as the showpiece players on Pittsburgh’s defense — Troy Polamalu, Defensive Player of the Year James Harrison and linebacker James Harrison — yet he allowed only two touchdowns in coverage all season and is a Pro Bowl alternate.

If Fitzgerald runs into All-Pro safety Polamalu, it might be

when he goes over the middle rather than deep, as Polamalu often plays as much like a linebacker as he does a defensive back.

The Steelers like to negate a receiver’s production by putting pressure on the quarterback, and defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau practically invented the zone blitz. But blitzing could be difficult against Arizona’s Kurt Warner, who, according to STATS, led the NFL with 14 touchdown passes against the blitz.

Fitzgerald is one of three Arizona 1,000-yard receivers, along with Anquan Boldin and former Pittsburgh high school star Steve Breaston. But Fitzgerald might be toughest matchup problem all season for the Steelers, who easily led the league in pass coverage.

Pittsburgh allowed an average of 156.9 yards passing, or more than 130 yards game below the Cardinals’ offensive average of 292.1 yards.

Still, Steelers wide receiver Nate Washington said, “It’s not about what they do. It’s about what we do. As long as we block hard, run hard, tackle hard, catch passes, make the right reads, our potential is unlimited. We can do anything we want to do.”

Or kind of like the way Larry Fitzgerald plays on many Sundays.

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By Emily Fredrix The Associated Press

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AIRCRAFT: As a police boat floats nearby, a man carries items removed from US Airways Flight 1549, as Inspectors examine the plane on a barge at Weeks Marina.

Sonar may have located fallen aircraft, still searching

By Colleen Long The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Authorities using sonar in the search for the missing engine from US Airways Flight 1549 detected something about the size of the massive aircraft part deep in the frigid, murky Hudson River yesterday, but divers ran out of daylight before they could locate the object.

Crews will resume their search today. Police have already located several pieces of debris from the flight, including 35 flotation seat cushions, 12 life jackets, 15 pieces of luggage, two brief cases, 11 purses, 15 suit jackets and shirts, four shoes, and two hats, according to NYPD spokesman Paul Browne.

The missing left engine, however, is the most coveted prize.

Investigators will examine it along with the plane’s attached right engine to better understand how the jet conked out Thursday after hitting a flock of birds. All 155 people survived the miracle crash landing on the river, and US Airways said Tuesday that not even a pet perished.

New York Police Department harbor officers working with a sonar expert from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration got a reading on an object 16 feet long and 8 feet wide in about 60 feet of water north of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, near where the plane made its emergency landing.

The engine is about the same size as the object picked up by sonar.

Swift currents made it impossible to drop a robotic device with a video camera to confirm whether it is the engine, and evening fell before divers could find anything.

Since the crash landing, the NYPD has recovered more than 40 pieces of the aircraft, includ-

ing four window exits and an access panel door. All the debris and passengers’ belongings are being turned over to the National Transportation Safety Board for its investigation into the crash landing.

Two days before the emergency landing, the same plane experienced a compressor stall while in flight. Passengers aboard the flight that left LaGuardia Airport on Jan. 13 reported hearing loud bangs from the right side of the plane.

A short time later the situation appeared to return to normal and the flight continued on to Charlotte, N.C. The compressor is essentially a fan that draws air into the engine and helps create thrust for the jet. A compressor stall is a situation of abnormal airflow resulting from a stall of the blades within the compressor. Compressor stalls can vary in severity from a momentary engine power drop to a complete loss of compression requiring a reduction in the fuel flow to the engine.

The stall will no doubt be looked at as the investigation moves forward, but pilots and aviation experts doubt the malfunction made the plane more vulnerable to the bird strikes that are believed to have imperiled the Airbus A320.

NTSB spokesman Peter Knudson said that the board planned to interview the pilot who was at the controls of the aircraft during the earlier incident. But he noted that investigators so far have not uncovered “any anomalies or malfunctions.”

Several experts said that a compressor stall in one engine generally doesn’t create much of a problem and is unlikely to have factored into the later crash-landing. And they added that the engine likely would have been closely analyzed before the plane was cleared to fly again.

MILWAUKEE — General Mills Inc. and grocers Kroger Co., Safeway Inc. and Meijer Inc. have joined the growing list of food companies and retailers pulling items with peanut butter amid a salmonella outbreak that has killed at least six people and sickened more than 470 others in 43 states.

The Food and Drug Administration has traced the outbreak to a Georgia plant owned by Peanut Corporation of America, which manufactures peanut butter and peanut paste for distribution to institutions and food companies.

The government has advised consumers to avoid eating cookies, cakes, ice cream and other foods containing peanut butter until health officials learn more about the contamination. Most peanut butter sold in jars at supermarkets appears to be safe, officials said.

The FDA has created a searchable list of recalled products and brands on the agency’s Web site.

Salmonella, a bacteria, is the most common cause of food poisoning in the U.S., causing diarrhea, cramping and fever.

On Sunday, Peanut Corp. expanded its own recall to all peanut butter and peanut paste produced since July 1 at its plant in Blakely, Ga. The recalled products were distributed to institutions, food service industries and private label food companies in 24 states.

“We deeply regret that this product recall has expanded, and our first priority is to protect the health of our customers,” said Stewart Parnell, president of Peanut Corp.

Late Monday, Safeway said some of the products it makes, including Ready Pack Eating Right Kids Apples with Peanut Butter and Orchard Valley Harvest’s Organic Bark Peanut Butter Cookies and Cream, may use peanut butter involved in the recall and asked customers to throw them out or return them to the store for a full refund.

Meijer, which operates 181 stores in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Kentucky, said Monday it was voluntarily recalling two types of crackers — Meijer brand Cheese and Peanut Butter, and Toasty Peanut Butter — and two varieties of ice cream: Peanut Butter and Jelly, and Peanut Butter Cup. The company said none of the Meijer brand products have been identified as contaminated nor linked to any illness. “Meijer has taken these precautionary steps to help protect our customers,” said Stacie Behler, vice president of public affairs for Meijer.

Also Monday, Kroger, the nation’s largest traditional grocery chain, recalled Private Selection Peanut Butter Passion Ice Cream sold in stores named City Market, Fred Meyer, Fry’s, King Scoopers, QFC and Smith’s in 11 states, primarily in the West.

The Cincinnati-based company said the ice cream was not sold in its namesake Kroger stores.

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TRIAL: Prosecutors in the case of Canadian defendant Omar Khadr, Maj. Jeffrey Groharing, right, and John Murphy, take questions during a news conference.

War crime trials delayed

By Ben Fox The Associated Press

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Guantanamo prosecutors want to put the war crimes trials on hold while the future of the widely criticized tribunals remains in doubt, military defense lawyers said yesterday.

Prosecutors want an indefinite continuance of all pending cases while President Barack Obama’s administration reviews the military commissions system and the legal alternatives for prosecuting suspected terrorists, said Navy Lt. Cmdr. William Kuebler, a military defense lawyer who represents a Canadian being tried before the tribunals.

Air Force Col. Peter Masciola, the chief defense counsel for the Guantanamo military commissions, said the chief prosecutor, Army Col. Lawrence Morris, called him to discuss the proposal. Defense lawyers oppose

an indefinite stay and would challenge the motion if filed, fearing it is a bid to buy time to preserve the system.

Defense lawyers want to scrap the Guantanamo military commissions and have pending charges formally withdrawn without prejudice, which would allow authorities to refile them later in a traditional U.S. military court martial, a civilian court or a combination, Masciola said.

The military has charges pending against 21 men and officials had said they intended to charge dozens more.

“The prosecution would rather see a delay because they want to keep the cases in the commissions process,” Masciola said. “They don’t, like us, think the commissions process is fundamentally flawed.”

Navy Cmdr. Jeffrey Gordon, a Pentagon spokesman, declined to confirm the defense attorney accounts, saying: “We do not discuss internal consultations among the trial parties.”

NORTON, Kan. (AP) — Barack Obama has the presidency. John McCain has a framed photograph next to one of John Kerry at a rural northwest Kansas bank.

First State Bank’s “They Also Ran” gallery, a tribute to losing presidential candidates, added the Republican candidate’s image yesterday to a row of black-and-white drawings and photographs that starts with Thomas Jefferson, who lost to John Adams in 1796.

Curator Lee Ann Shearer — who is also the bookkeeper at the Norton bank — said about 30 people showed up, sipping punch and sampling cookies she helped bake. A few stuck around to watch Obama become the nation’s 44th president on a TV set up in the gallery.

“I got goose bumps. I’m kind of sentimental about my country. It’s history in the making,” Shearer said.

The gallery now has 59 notquite-presidential images, although 14 of the honorees did hold the office at some point.

A third-party candidate has not been enshrined since John Anderson in 1980 because of space constraints, which are now at their limit. With the addition of McCain, all the gallery’s three walls are filled.

“We got four years to think about it, but the bank likes it here,” Shearer said.

Young boy survives days with body of deceased mother ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — An 8-year-old boy lived for more than a week with the body of his dead mother before anyone discovered his situation, police said.

The woman, 41, apparently died Jan. 9 in their apartment in the Detroit suburb of Romulus, and the boy survived in part by eating dried rice, butter and flour, authorities said.

The boy came into Romulus Liquor in recent days wearing

pajama bottoms and buying snacks, store owner Sam Saco told The Detroit News.

Saco said his brother Lee, the store’s co-owner, became suspicious Monday when the boy tried to buy soda, flour and doughnuts with his mother’s expired credit card.

Lee Saco asked to talk to the boy’s mother, his brother told the newspaper, and the boy replied, “My mom’s in a better place right now.” He also said, “I

tried to wake her up every day.

I wanted to talk to her,” Sam Saco said.

The boy was home-schooled, has no siblings and his father died several years ago, authorities said. The two had moved to Michigan from Louisiana after surviving Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Police did not release the names of the mother and child.

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Investigation over Israeli use of exhausted resources “These accusations have been raised in the past many times and have been proven groundless each time by independent investigators.”

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RESTORATION: Palestinian men gesture during a Hamas rally in Jebaliya, northern Gaza strip. Hamas leaders vowed to restore order to the shattered territory.

Hamas victory leaves behind large death toll

By Karin Laub and Ibrahim Barzak The Associated Press

Gaza City’s demolished parliament building, Ismail Radwan, a Hamas leader, declared: “Hamas today is more powerful.” Nearby, militants held up a huge banner proclaiming in Hebrew: “Hamas is victorious.

Israel has been defeated.”

A few hundred yards away, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon toured the local U.N. headquarters, inspecting damage from an Israeli shelling attack last week.

It hit three warehouses where flour, oil and other food rations for Gaza’s needy were stored.

Piles of rice, beans and medicine still smoldered yeserday, sending white smoke into the air. Ban said he felt “utter frustration, utter anger” over the shelling of the compound and two U.N. schools, and demanded a full investigation.

As he spoke, the buzz of Israeli unmanned aircraft could be heard overhead.

Israel has said troops responded to fire from militants from the areas, a claim the U.N. has vehemently denied.

During a tour, Ban was told that hundreds of tons of food and medicine were destroyed.

“It’s totally outrageous and unacceptable,” he said, shaking his head.

He later visited the Israeli border town of Sderot, a frequent target of Hamas rockets and expressed sympathy with residents.

“You live every day with a threat of a rocket falling from the sky. No human being can live in a state like this,” Ban said.

“I expect basic humanitarian law to protect civilian life to be respected and restored and not violated as Hamas has done.”

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights has reported that 156 militants were killed in the fighting, including 48 from Hamas, 34 from Islamic Jihad and the rest from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement and smaller factions.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Waving green Islamic flags atop the ruins of Gaza, Hamas proclaimed victory in rallies attended by thousands of supporters yesterday, saying it survived Israel’s military onslaught despite the destruction and massive death toll suffered by Gazans.

Beyond its fiery words, however, Hamas offered no plans for rebuilding Gaza, which suffered some $2 billion in damage during three weeks of fighting.

Gaza’s borders with Israel and Egypt, largely sealed since the Islamic militants seized power 19 months ago, remain closed and are unlikely to open unless the militants relinquish some control.

The fighting killed some 1,300 Gazans, the vast majority civilians, and thousands of Palestinian homes were destroyed. Israel emerged from the war with relatively few casualties — 13 dead, including 10 soldiers — but halted fire before reaching its objectives.

No internationally backed truce deal is yet in place to prevent Hamas rocket fire on southern Israel or arms smuggling into Gaza.

Israel had withdrawn the bulk of its forces from Gaza by yesterday evening, coinciding with the inauguration in Washington of Barack Obama as president. However, the temporary cease-fire remained shaky. Israel’s air force struck a Gaza mortar squad after it shelled Israel, the military said.

Hamas held more than a dozen victory rallies across Gaza, choosing bombed-out buildings as backdrops to underscore its message of defiance and its claim to have survived battle against a vastly more powerful enemy.

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On Monday, Arab nations asked the International Atomic Energy Agency to investigate reports that uranium traces were found in victims of Israeli shelling during the three-week campaign against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.

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In a letter to the IAEA on behalf of Arab ambassadors accredited in Austria, Prince Mansour Al-Saoud, the Saudi Ambassador, had expressed “our deep concern regarding the information ... that traces of depleted uranium have been found in Palestinian victims.”

The letter urgently requested IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei to “carry out a radiological and physical assessment in order to verify the

Russian gas shipments through Europe resume MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Gazprom gas monopoly says it has restarted gas shipments through UkrainianpipelinestoEuropeafter halting them nearly two weeks ago amid a pricing dispute.

Gazprom spokesman Boris Sapozhnikov says EU-led monitors will track the flow of the gas being pumped into Ukraine. He says the gas flow was restarted around 1030 Moscow time (0730 GMT) yesterday.

Officials say it could take 36 hours for gas to reach consumers in Europe.

Russia halted gas shipments to Europe on Jan. 7 as it argued with Ukraine over 2009 gas prices.

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Supplies were restarted after Russian and Ukrainian officials signed a deal Monday that doubled the price for supplies to Ukraine.

China arms appeal denied Sale of weapons to Taiwan creating obstacles between United States, Chinese militaries

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BEIJING — China made a rare appeal for cooperation between its normally secretive military and Washington yesterday but said U.S. arms sales to Taiwan remain a “serious harm to SinoU.S. relations.”

The statements came as China issued a major policy paper on national defense that said blocking formal Taiwanese independence remains the chief concern for one of the world’s fastest-growing armed forces.

A Chinese military spokesman presenting the paper made an apparent reference to Taiwan as one of the “obstacles” the Pentagon should remove for better relations with China.

“At present, when China-U.S. military-to-military relations are faced with difficulties, we call on the U.S. Department of Defense to remove obstacles ... and create favorable conditions for the healthy growth of military relations,” said Sr. Col. Hu Changming, chief spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense.

Though Hu did not specify those difficulties, China suspended some senior-level visits and other exchanges last fall in retaliation for the U.S’s $6.5 billion arms sale to Taiwan that

included Patriot III missiles and Apache helicopters.

Defense sales to and relations with Taiwan have been an issue for every U.S. president since Beijing and Washington established diplomatic ties 30 years ago. China considers the self-ruled island a part of its territory and threatens to attack it to prevent it gaining formal independence.

While arms sales remain an irritant, Taiwan should be less of a headache for President Barack Obama than it was for the Bush administration.

Prolonged tensions between Taiwan and China have given way to rapprochement in recent months following last year’s election of Taiwanese President Ma Yingjeou, who favors a less confrontational approach to China.

Hu noted there had been major improvements in crossstrait relations, saying “the situation across the Taiwan Strait has taken a significant and positive turn.”

But later yesterday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu reiterated China’s opposition to Taiwan arms sales, warning that Washington should “cautiously and properly handle the Taiwan issue, (and) support the peaceful development of crossstrait relations with concrete actions.”

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Slim also stands to make a sweet profit off his investment — The Times will pay him 14 percent interest along with warrants he can use to boost his stake in the company from 6.9 percent to 17 percent.

The Times announced late Monday the financing agreement with Slim’s companies Banco Inbursa and Inmobiliaria Carso for $125 million each. Times President Janet L. Robinson said the cash infusion will be used to refinance existing debt and will provide the company with increased financial flexibility.

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New York Times shares slipped 8.6 percent to $5.86 in morning trading yesterday, the first trading day after the company announced the deal.

In September, Slim and members of his family purchased $128 million worth of the company’s publicly traded shares — an investment the Times said has since fallen to $58 million.

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The letter — which spoke of “medical and media sources” as the origin of its allegations — appeared to be alluding to health concerns related to depleted uranium but the effects of exposure to the substance are unclear.

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He has holdings in telecommunications in Latin America al dividends insisted upon by financier Warren Buffett when he invested billions in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and General Electric Co. Slim gets no representation on the Times’ board, and no special voting rights. But when he exercises the warrants, he would own up to 17 percent of the company’s common stock, making him one of the company’s largest shareholders. The Ochs-Sulzberger family owns about 19 percent of the company but controls it through a special class of supervoting shares.

“I don’t see him meddling,” said George Grayson, a Mexico expert at the College of William & Mary in Virginia. “Those of us who read the New York Times everyday, I think will be uncorking champagne bottles because unless these papers are infused with capital they are going to cut back services.”

Slim is part of a crop of emerging-market billionaires, from Mexico to Russia, who are on a shopping spree now that the recession has slashed the prices of some of America’s best-known companies, and other sources of credit have dried up.

Slim recently upped his stakes in Saks Fifth Avenue, and his Inbursa brokerage in Mexico bought at least $150 million of Citigroup’s sinking shares.

“A lot of foreign business tycoons are bargain shopping, and this is something the U.S. has no choice but to get used to,” Peschard-Sverdrup said. “We’re going to have all these various foreign interests owning various U.S. assets. It’s one of the things that the recession ultimately has accelerated.”

Some investments seem risky at best. Retail electronics tycoon Ricardo Salinas Pliego, another Mexican billionaire, raised his stake in bankrupt Circuit City to 28 percent before the company announced last month that its U.S. stores will go out of business.

But Slim has built his fortune by turning around troubled companies. He learned how to make his money from his father, a Lebanese immigrant and Mexico City shopkeeper who bought cheap property.

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WASHINGTON — Leaving the White House for the last time yesterday, former President George W. Bush blew a kiss out the window of his presidential limousine, a gesture that capped an eight-year administration marked by two wars, recession and the biggest terrorist attack on U.S. soil.

Bush’s exit was bittersweet.

He left office with low approval ratings, but he remained upbeat, smiling and joining in the celebration of President Barack Obama’s ascent to rockstar status, even as he faces daunting challenges, especially a depressed economy.

This Inauguration Day was about more than the traditional transfer of presidential power.

When Bush clasped Obama’s hand before beginning his journey home to Texas, their handshake marked the first time that the executive branch of government has been handed off to a black president.

If there were any hard feelings between the incoming 47-yearold Democrat and the outgoing 62-year-old Republican, they weren’t apparent in the Bush send-off at the steps of a helicopter on the Capitol grounds where the two men parted ways.

After the inauguration ceremony, many in the crowd at the Capitol cheered loudly and waved goodbye at Bush’s helicopter as it flew over throngs of people gathered on the Mall to witness history.

But not everyone was respectful. Weary of Bush, some people in the crowd chanted “Na-nana-nah, hey, hey, hey, goodbye” when they heard a television broadcaster announce, “George Bush is no longer president of the United States.”

Bush actually began the first few minutes as an ex-president listening to a musical prelude at the swearing-in ceremony.

Obama had not yet taken the oath of office, but while the musicians played, he became president at noon EST, according to the Constitution.

Keeping with a White House ritual, Bush left a note for Obama in his desk in the Oval Office,

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MIDLAND, Texas — Waving cardboard red, white and blue “W”s, thousands welcomed former President George W. Bush and his wife yesterday to their post-presidential home in Texas.

“The presidency was a joyous experience but as great as it was nothing compares with Texas at sunset,” Bush said to cheers from the crowd of nearly 20,000 as former first lady Laura Bush stood at his side. “Tonight I have the privilege of saying six words that I have been waiting to say for a while — it is good to be home.”

In the hours leading up to his return, excerpts of some of Bush’s speeches played on a large TV screen, including remarks he made to Congress shortly after the terrorist attacks in 2001.

One little boy waved a sign that read, “President Bush, thank you for keeping me safe”

wishing him well.

“I won’t provide any details, but the theme is similar to what he’s said since election night about the fabulous new chapter President-elect Obama is about to start, and that he wishes him the very best,” outgoing White House press secretary Dana Perino said about the note.

She said the two-term Republican incumbent wrote the message to his Democratic successor on Monday and left it in the top drawer of his desk, which was crafted from timbers from the H.M.S. Resolute and given to the U.S. by Great Britain in 1879.

In the morning, before having coffee at the White House, soonto-be first lady Michelle Obama handed Laura Bush a present.

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from western fiction writer Louis L’Amour: “There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. Yet that will be the beginning.” Also in the gift box was a pen engraved with Tuesday’s date, for Mrs. Bush to begin her memoirs, according to Mrs. Obama’s spokeswoman Katie McCormick Lelyveld.

Bush began his last day in the Oval Office before 7 a.m. EST. He spoke on the phone with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, former White House chief of staff Andy Card and T.D. Jakes, the pastor of a megachurch in Dallas who preached at a private church service that Obama attended before the inauguration. Bush took one last stroll around the south grounds of the White House.

Midland,” she said.

While Bush was born in New Haven, Conn., he spent his childhood in Midland. He returned there as an adult in the 1970s and met the future first lady, who grew up there.

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“It’s a special day, but it’s a sad day,” said Dudley Winn, a cotton farmer who drove two hours from Lubbock to greet Bush on his first stop after leaving office.

“He did the job we asked him to do. He kept our values safe.”

As the crowd looked on, the jet carrying the Bushes flew over downtown, then landed at the airport in Midland shortly before 5 p.m.

Jan Rhodes, a school teacher in Midland, was on hand when Bush left Midland eight years ago for his inauguration as president. She was back yesterday.

“We watched for eight years and we’re proud of how he served us and how he represented

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“I thought it was philosophical — wanted more specifics.”

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Really liked that he was humbled because because its a great approach.”

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FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE: Just over a million people from around the country and around the world descended on the nation’s capital to witness the inauguration of President Barack Obama. School principals, families, street vendors and even visitors from the Bahamas made the trip to Washington, D.C. Braving the cold weather, gathering spectators stood shoulder-to-shoulder from Capitol Hill all the way back to the Lincoln Memorial. President Obama’s ability to touch the hearts of millions across the nation and the world, made this one of the largest gatherings at an inaugural address in history.

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