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New dental plan available

Starting Aug. 1, graduate students will have the option of purchasing a dental plan through the University | Page 3

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A notice would have been nice Columnist Alison Kemp’s adventures abroad continue, this time she deals with a new roommate | Page 4

Take me out to the ball game

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With baseball season starting, faculty columnist Phil Schurrer writes about one of America’s favorite pastimes | Page 4

Man kills 13 and himself Jiverly Wong went on a shooting spree when he lost his job at a vaccuum plant, eventually taking his own life | Page 5

Stop migrant trafficking

Pope Benedict XVI has called on the EU and African nations to put an end to trafficking in migrants | Page 6

SPORTS

Falcons have winning weekend The Falcon tennis team topped Northern Illinois this weekend 6-1, giving them a 3-1 record in the MAC. Senior Stefani Menoff broke the singles record for the University with her 80th career win | Page 7

University swimming coach defends diving program

Despite losing her three divers, Keri Buff still believes that a MAC Championship is viable

By Andrew Harner Sports Editor

Coach Keri Buff truly cared for and respected the three divers in her program, but said temporarily suspending the program was the best move for the divers and the team.

She also said it wasn’t completely the athletic department’s decision to suspend the diving squad.

“It was definitely all of us coming together and obviously we need to figure out how to make this program work,” Buff said. “By no means was it them dictating, but it was definitely a joint decision.”

Part of making the program work is finding a way to have good, consistent coaching.

The team has gone through six diving coaches in the past seven years, and the part-time position didn’t allow the team to get the proper coach it needed to make the divers the best they could be.

Buff used the example of Molly Wood, one of the three divers that are affected by the suspension, who came from Westerville South High School, which has a prestigious diving program.

However, Buff said the 2007 High School All-American would likely find better success in another program.

“She wasn’t being given what she needed to be, not

because our diving coach [Dave Anderson] wasn’t good, because it’s a part-time position, and he only had x amount of hours in his life to devote,” Buff said.

Wood was just an example as Buff also had high praise for the others — Katie Shannon and Stephanie Saliga — saying all three were talented and will be missed.

“It’s hard because the athletes we had here were very talented athletes, the divers,” Buff said, later adding, “I want to say how much I respect and how much I cared for our three divers.

Obviously, there’s nothing anybody can say that will do them justice.”

ManyFalconfansalsothought the athletic department wasn’t doing the swimming team any justice by suspending the diving program because it may hurt the team’s chances of winning a Mid-American Conference Championship.

And while the team hasn’t won the MAC Championship in Buff’s tenure as coach, losing the divers doesn’t keep them out of contention.

Two seasons ago, Ohio won the MAC Championship meet by 74 points over Eastern Michigan, but only 17 of their points came from the two diving events.

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MUSICAL: The department of theater and film produced the musical “Into the Woods” this weekend in the Eva Marie Saint Theater. This semester there will be one other show. “Monkey Storms Heaven” will be in the Joe E. Brown Theater April 23-25.

Social Justice Week helps students understand diversity issues with interactive programs

By Hannah Sparling Reporter

This week students will attempt to look at the world through the eyes of the oppressed.

This week is Social Justice Week, and the Social Justice Task Force is holding different events each day to help students think about and understand the issues behind diversity, inclusion and social justice.

Junior Ciara Cumberlander, one of the 12 members of the SJTF, is the chair of the events for Social Justice Week. She said the events during the week will show students the many different sides of diversity and social justice. Many people see it only as a race issue, as black and white, she said, but there is actually a lot more to it than that.

“This week is pretty much just introducing diversity to campus,” Cumberlander said.

One of the ways the different sides of diversity will be shown to students during Social Justice Week is through the graffiti fence. Near the Union Oval today there will be a fence and some permanent markers.

Students can use the markers to write words or phrases relating to their personal experiences with diversity or social justice, Cumberlander said. In the past, people have written racial slurs or derogatory names they have been called.

“It’s going to be a pretty vulgar fence by the end of the day,” Cumberlander said.

‘Price is Right’ event to offer variety of big prizes and fun for students tonight

PEOPLE ON THE STREET

By Jason Henry Reporter

What would you give the prime minister of the U.K. as a gift?

EVAN CINCALA Sophomore, Undecided

“16 lbs. of ham in a wooden crate.” | Page 4

Students will have a chance to have fun and win prizes at the “Price is Right” event being held tonight at 9 by interns from Student Programing in the Lenhart Grand Ballroom of the Union.

“We wanted something different from all the typical games that go on on campus,” Student Programming Intern Rachel Wade said.

“This is something that everyone knows about or has seen sometime in their life. We just wanted a fun activity to bring to the spring semester.”

Contestants will have a chance to win a variety of prizes.

“We wanted something different from all the typical games that go on on campus.

This is something that everyone knows about or has seen sometime in their life.”

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Chrissy Madison, another of the interns, said students will be able to win prizes such as a Nintendo Wii or a digital camera. She said there will also be some surprises, but that students can expect items that are “really, really cool.” She said some prizes will be bigger than those that are usually given out at events.

In order to win, contestants will compete in a variety of games similar to ones from the

television show. There will even be a wheel for contestants to spin.

“There are going to be six games that the contestants play,” Wade said. “Then there is a big showcase at the end.”

Contestants will be selected at

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SJTF adviser Claire Semer said the graffiti fence will bring to light some of the issues people are normally afraid or embarrassed to talk about. She said some of the words on the fence will be uncomfortable, but it will create an opportunity for people to talk about issues that are often ignored.

“People can come up and almost voice their opinion or any type of concerns they have about social justice,” she said.

Another big part of Social Justice Week is the tunnel of oppression.

The tunnel is made up of six rooms, each expressing a different kind of oppression, said Amanda Stump, a hall director at the University and one of the SJTF leaders. Students can walk through the rooms and experience part of what some people face every day, she said.

The tunnel can help them understand the power of words, and also some of the justice issues at the University, such as the fact that not all buildings are completely handicap accessible.

“You’re kind of entering into different situations,” Stump said. “Hopefully it will open the eyes of some of our students.”

One of the rooms in the tunnel will focus on body image and sexism. Junior Alexandria Clark is helping lead that room.

Clark, a resident advisor in Kohl Hall, said she used to have body image issues when she was younger, and now she sees the same problem in a lot of her residents.

“A lot of people don’t look like what is said to be beautiful,”

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she said. “I want to bring [those issues] out into the light.”

Clark said a lot of people are afraid to talk about the problems they have with body image, but she hopes the tunnel will change that. She said hopefully after walking through the tunnel students will think about how they can affect and change

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CAMPUS BRIEF

Job Cuts Ahead The University announced Friday that 15 to 20 classified staff—hourly workers—will be laid off.

The University is facing a $6 million to $10 million budget deficit for the fiscal year 2010. Since last fall, the University has cut nearly 70 jobs, according to a University press release: ■

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The University won’t know the final number of classified staff layoffs for several days because employees will have the ability to move to vacant positions or “bump” other employees with less seniority, according to the release.

“We are talking with approximately 20 people [on Friday],” said Rebecca Ferguson, assistant vice president for human resources, in the press release. “If all of the affected employees exercise their right to bump into vacant or other positions, 15 people total will be laid off.”

Look for more on classified staff layoffs this week in The BG News.

Last fall, the University enacted a hiring freeze.

In December, the University announced contracts would not be renewed for 23 administrative staff members.

Other positions were cut through eliminating vacant positions and retirement.

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BLOTTER FRIDAY, APRIL 3 10:59 P.M.

Brian Hart, 19, of Elyria, Ohio, was cited for underage possession of alcohol, open container of alcohol and littering in public on Leroy Avenue and Enterprise Street.

11:20 P.M.

Michael Wenzke, 24, of Toledo, was cited for disorderly conduct and urinating in public on Enterprise and Evers Streets.

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Police responded to a call at Mason’s BG Car Care on East Wooster Street to subjects trying to steal tires. Two subjects were warned for criminal mischief. They advised they were just messing with the tires while Erin Burk, 18, of Bowling Green went inside Circle K to buy beer. Burk was cited for prohibited acts and an underage under the influence.

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Jade Schaffner, 19, of Fayette, Ohio, was cited for an open container of alcohol, underage possession of alcohol after being observed holding an open can of Busch Light beer and attempted to hide it on the floor of a vehicle.

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Alexander Gibson, 18, of Bowling Green, was arrested for underage under the influence after being observed falling down on the sidewalk at College and Clough.

Officers checked his welfare and he had bloodshot eyes and admitted to drinking.

12:32 A.M.

Brian Duncan, 21, of Huber Heights, Ohio, was cited for disorderly conduct and public urination. Todd Krause, 18, of Bellevue, Ohio, was

property.

12:39 A.M.

2:21 A.M.

Uptown bar called for an officer for an underage intoxicated male and female giving the doormen a hard time. David Gaynor, 19, of Farmington Hills, Mich., was arrested for obstructing official business, disorderly conduct while intoxicated and underage under the influence.

Gaynor was being restrained by bar staff as he yelled profanities. He attempted to flee and refused to be handcuffed. Alexander Fehrenbach, 19, of Powell, Ohio, was cited for underage under the influence of alcohol.

Thomas Robertson, 24, of Bowling Green, was cited for disorderly conduct and public urination on Clough Street.

4:53 A.M.

Nathan Anzelc, 21, of Perry, Ohio, was arrested for criminal trespass, disorderly conduct, unable to care for self, drug abuse and possession of marijuana under 100 grams after being found knocking on complainant’s Enclave door and not leaving.

12:47 A.M.

Michael Krafft, 21, of Bowling Green, was cited for nuisance party on Burrwood and Mercer.

12:52 A.M.

Kyle Ervin, 35, of Bowling Green, and Robert Sheerks, 38, of Port Clinton, Ohio, were cited for disorderly conduct for fighting at 149 North bar.

1:32 A.M.

Timothy Hightower, 25, of Bowling Green, was cited for prohibited acts at Uptown Downtown bar.

Kevin Cox, 20, of Tipp City, Ohio, was cited for disorderly conduct and public urination on East Wooster Street.

1:52 A.M.

Anthony Peiffer, 19, of Fostoria, Ohio, was cited for underage under the influence at 149 North bar.

SUNDAY, APRIL 5 12:17 A.M.

Subjects stated they had been jumped as they walked past Kamikaze’s bar. They could not give descriptions of the jumpers and showed no signs of injury.

1:22 A.M.

Koryall Robinson, 21, of Chicago, was cited for an open container of alcohol in a city parking garage.

1:33 A.M.

9:30 A.M.

Tyler Wilson, 21, and Alexander Welly, 21, both of Bowling Green, were arrested for failure to maintain a litter free premise by allowing beer cans and other trash to be strewn about the yard without being cleaned up on North Enterprise.

12:30 P.M.

Complainant reported their back car window was broken overnight and it looked like a beer bottle was thrown through the window. Officers spoke with nearby resident who had a party overnight, and they did not witness anyone throwing bottles.

9:51 P.M.

Nicholas Clere, 25, of Bowling Green, was cited for driving under suspended license and operating a vehicle while intoxicated on Clough.

1:57 A.M.

Andrew Somich, 21, of Perry, Ohio, was cited for disorderly conduct and fighting at 149 North bar. Grant

Christina Schooner, 22, of Grand Rapids, Ohio, was cited for disorderly conduct and fighting after allegedly striking a bouncer at Uptown Downtown bar. She was advised she was never welcome in the bar again.

2:35 A.M.

Alyssia Moder, 19, of Bowling Green, was arrested for underage under the influence of alcohol after being found passed out in the bathroom at Howard’s Club H.

DIVING

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Instead, the Bobcats used the strength of 19 swimming events to vault themselves to the title.

And while there is no limit on the number of divers a team can bring to the MAC Championship meet, Buff said losing the diving program doesn’t affect the team’s chance of winning a championship.

“I don’t think that it does affect that,” Buff said. “I think we could still win a MAC title without diving.”

However, Buff, like any coach of a swimming and diving program, knows that divers can help a team win, and that is part of the reason why the program is suspended instead of cut.

As reported last Wednesday, the program was suspended due to coaching as Anderson’s resignation would have made the next coach the seventh in eight years.

Once the team is able to get financially sound enough to raise the $12,000 salary, the plan is “to do it the right way” and bring in a full-time diving coach.

“That’s definitely our goal,” Buff said. “But it’s not feasible right now, and that’s why it’s suspended and not cut.”

some of the problems on campus, and also how they can fix some of the problems within their own thinking.

“We’re talking about something that we normally don’t like to talk about on campus,” she said. “Everybody’s afraid to talk about it because they’re scared they’re going to offend someone.”

Another room in the tunnel will focus on religion. Junior Theresa Smith, who is helping lead the room, said one problem is people simply forget about or ignore many of the religions in the world. Many focus on large religions, such as Christianity or Hinduism, and forget the rest.

“They don’t pay attention to the other things that are out there,” she said. “People do have different beliefs, different values, and it’s important that we as a society respect that.”

Other rooms in the tunnel of oppression will focus on socioeconomic status, heterosexism and ableism. There will also be a debriefing room at the end of the tunnel.

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VanBuren, 18, of Lorain, Ohio, was arrested for underage possession of alcohol and possession of marijuana.

cited for underage under the influence of alcohol, disorderly conduct and public urination.

Rhys Richards, 26, of Hamilton, Ohio, was cited for disorderly conduct and public urination on Wooster Street.

1:34 A.M.

Michael Noll, 21, of Dayton, was cited for disorderly conduct and public urination in a city parking lot.

1:46 A.M.

Robert Twigg, 30, of Holland, Ohio, was cited for disorderly conduct and public urination on Clough Street.

1:51 A.M.

Jerrell Smith, 23, and Alissa Smith, 21, both of Fostoria, Ohio, were cited for disorderly conduct and fighting at Uptown Downtown bar.

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PRICE From Page 1 random and everyone will have a chance to win, Madison said.

“We are going to pull from that raffle at the beginning of the show,” she said. “And even if you are not on the show, any prizes that are not won, we are going to raffle off.”

In order to sign up to be a

contestant, students need to be there on time, Wade said.

“They just have to be there when the show starts in order to have their name in the bucket,” she said.

“We are going to stop taking names at about five [minutes] after.”

The doors for the event will open at 8:30 p.m.

“It is going to be a great opportunity to have fun with friends and win awesome prizes for just showing up,” she said.

10:10 P.M.

William Krysh, 25, of Bowling Green, was cited for littering on public

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WASHINGTON — North Korea’s defiant rocket launch has confronted President Barack Obama with his first global security crisis and a difficult diplomatic challenge for his young administration.

U.S. officials reacted quickly and sharply to the launch. In language they had used for weeks while the North set a timetable, they said it was “provocative” and a threat to stability in an already tense region that includes Japan and South Korea, two of America’s staunchest Asian allies.

The U.N. Security Council planned to meet in emergency session at Japan’s request late yesterday. Obama, traveling in Europe, called for international consensus to condemn the launch of what the North claimed was a satellite. The U.S. and others say it violates a U.N. ban on ballistic missile activity by the communist state even though the satellite failed to reach orbit.

“North Korea broke the rules once again by testing a rocket that could be used for long range missiles,” Obama said in a speech on nuclear proliferation

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“This provocation underscores the need for action — not just this afternoon at the U.N. Security Council — but in our determination to prevent the spread of these weapons. Rules must be binding. Violations must be punished. Words must mean something,” he said.

“Now is the time for a strong international response, and North Korea must know that the path to security and respect will never come through threats and illegal weapons,” Obama said to applause. “All nations must come together to build a stronger, global regime ... we must stand shoulder to shoulder to pressure the North Koreans to change course.”

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, traveling with Obama, worked to build that consensus. She called the foreign ministers of China, Japan and Russia to chart a course ahead before the Security Council meeting.

Isolated North Korea is already subject to a wide array of U.S., U.N. and other international penalties. Obama warned that the North would not see better relations with the outside world “unless it abandons its pursuit of weapons of mass destruction.”

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Graduate students finally have the option of getting dental insurance through the University.

Student Health Insurance Manager Jerry Thomas announced plans to offer dental insurance to graduate students during Friday’s Graduate Student Senate meeting. He said graduate students have been asking about a dental option for a long time, and now it is actually going to happen.

“You asked for something,” Thomas said. “They said it wasn’t ever done, so we put it together … hopefully it’s something you want, something you need.”

The dental option will be available to grad students starting Aug. 1. Students only have to be registered for one credit hour at the University to be eligible for the plan, and they do not have to purchase the entire University health care plan to purchase the dental option.

Guest speaker Daniel Jacoby also spoke to GSS about future plans for a $5 opt-out green fee. He said the fee would apply to all students, both graduate and undergraduate, and would go

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toward green initiatives at the University, such as purchasing clean energy from windmills or funding educational programming on campus.

Jacoby said students who do not want to pay the fee will simply have to “opt-out” by unchecking the box on their bill.

However, he said if 70 percent of students participate, the fee will raise about $66,000 for green initiatives each semester.

Also at the meeting, Michael Landis was elected as GSS vicepresident for the 2009-2010 school year, Steve Dinda was elected representative at large and Gary Washington was elected for a second term as secretary. All three candidates ran uncontested and were elected by a majority vote.

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This week in BG News History APRIL 10, 1975 University President Hollis H. Moore Jr. ruled a referendum that would abolish the Student Government Association was invalid. Moore said the small number of students who voted — 564 students — indicated there was not a significant student concern for abolishing the student government.

APRIL 10, 1979 City officials, liquor permit holders and members of the community held a meeting to discuss an increase in trash and vandalism near downtown businesses.

APRIL 10, 1986 The University announced smoking in the Jerome Library will be banned starting May 12, 1986.

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“It’s going to be a pretty vulgar fence by the end of the day.”

— Ciara Cumberlander, junior, on the Social Justice Week’s graffiti fence [see story, pg. 1].

PEOPLE ON THE STREET “An iPod full of songs.”

ALISON WITTENMYER, Sophomore, Interior Design

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What would you give the prime minister of the U.K. as a gift?

“A bottle of K-Y Jelly.”

“A box of Busch beer.”

“Chicken nuggets.”

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Travelin’ the Globe: Two weeks of European excursions ALISON KEMP COLUMNIST

SALZBURG, Austria — So, I received a new roommate yesterday afternoon. Can’t you read my excitement?

It’s one day before break starts; why would anyone move to a different university one month into the semester?

But I can’t ask too many questions, because my roommate speaks no German and only a smattering of English. She’s from the Naples area of Italy, so she speaks Italian.

I returned from my afternoon classes to find luggage in my room. I saw the man in charge of this dormitory Thursday morning and he neglected to say anything about a new roommate. A notice really would have been nice, because I wouldn’t have had to scramble to remove all the things I’d been storing on the unused bed in my room.

After all my complaints, I would like to say that she really is friendly and should be an OK roommate, as long as her going-to-bed-at-11-p.m. routine doesn’t continue. If it does, I hope she really doesn’t have a problem sleeping through my late-night computer usage.

This has been a problem for some of the students here on this program. Two other girls have had roommates who can’t sleep through anything and go to bed excessively early (like 10 p.m.). I hope my roommate doesn’t follow suit.

In other news, my break started Friday. My parents are coming here for my first week

of break, then I am traveling to the Netherlands.

I’m probably collecting my parents from the airport while you read this. I hope all of their connections work out and I find them at the airport when I am supposed to see them.

I’ve planned an Austrian and Bavarian tour for them that I am very excited about.

We’ll spend most of the time in Salzburg, doing things here in town and in the surrounding areas. I’ve planned an excursion up the Untersberg, the Alpine mountain in town, along with a couple trips into the Salzkammergut Lake region, with stops in Hallstatt, Bad Ischl and Mondsee.

I am particularly looking forward to Mondsee because I will be able to see my final “Sound of Music” sight there.

The wedding church from the film was not the church at Maria’s Abbey here; instead, it was at a church in Mondsee.

Other “Sound of Music” sights are part of my agenda as well.

Then we will head to Munich and Nuremburg to complete our trip.

I’m not sure yet what we will do in Munich, but I am considering a walking tour of the city, just because I don’t know much about Munich and one of the tours I found is free, so it sounds like a great deal.

In Nuremburg we will visit the Nazi Documentation Center at the rally grounds.

The city is also famous for its medieval inner city and tiny sausages. These sausages are my second favorite type, and I am anxious to have the Nuremburg sausages there.

After my familial journeys, I will travel to Leogang, a ski town in Salzburgerland for

some skiing on Easter weekend.

I’m going skiing in exchange for proofreading someone’s master’s thesis on ecocriticism and toxic discourse. I’ve been having a good time reading over this thesis and am incredibly excited about the skiing.

This will be real, Alpine skiing at an area with 70-some trails and 50-some lifts. Some of the trails are five miles long, I’ve been told. Not that my prior snowboarding experience in Austria wasn’t completely different from what I’m used to, but I am sure this will also be quite a change for me.

I mean, a five-mile-long trail!

That’s insane!

But I have to survive because after returning from skiing, I am flying to Amsterdam. My schedule there is chock full, and I’m not sure if I’ll actually be able to complete everything I want to.

I’ve planned stops in Den Haag to see “The Girl with a Pearl Earring” by Johannes Vermeer and Madurodam, a museum with an outdoor, scaled-down, miniature town; in Delft to see the Royal Porcelain studios and Vermeer’s hometown; in Alkmaar to see a cheese market; in Leiden to see the Keukenhof tulip gardens; and finally, in Amsterdam to see the Anne Frank House, more art and the famous canals.

The next two weeks should be pretty fantastic. Knock on wood for me, please, in hopes of no crazy adventures like my travels in February!

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Porn goes 3D in Hong Kong

By Alex Gratzer Daily Evergreen

In case Internet porn is getting a little 2D for you, try taking a trip to Hong Kong, where the world’s first 3D pornographic film is to be released this month. The film titled, “3D Sex and Zen,” is budgeted at roughly $4 million and is said to revolutionize the porn industry.

The porn industry became popular in the 1970s, though has skyrocketed with the invention of the Internet. I’m fairly confident that porn will forever be shackled to the confines of home video and Internet, for

the soccer moms of the country would never allow it to escape.

Even the promise of obscene sexual acts being performed right in front of your face in 3D would be hard to convince the average American of, though many would be lying if they didn’t pause curiously for a few seconds at the thought.

Earlier this year, the horror film “My Bloody Valentine” slashed its way into theaters in 3D, which, in itself, is basically porn, but of a different variety. The movie consisted of setup, action and climax, which, if you think about it, is porn. Of course, in “My Bloody Valentine,” blood was the only

bodily fluid that flew at the audience, thankfully.

“My Bloody Valentine” did not revolutionize the 3D movement, so there’s no reason to think a 3D porno flick will impact anything except for the already unstable minds of the people who feel that 3D porn is absolutely necessary.

Not to say the filmmakers of “3D Sex and Zen” are mentally and emotionally unstable, because they are in it to make money, not to provide some sort of artistic relevance. What’s funny is the producers of the film are hoping they can strike gold the way that “Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D” did in Hong Kong last year.

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Spring marks the beginning of baseball, the ‘national pastime’ PHIL SCHURRER FACULTY COLUMNIST It’s more than coincidental that spring heralds the start of baseball season. Or maybe it’s the other way around. Either way, the national pastime begins this week.

There are those who couldn’t care less about baseball. This attitude is clear evidence of the different stages of evolutionary development — the sad fact some people are unable to scale the heights of intellectual and emotional development and gaze upon a ball game with a mixture of intellectual satisfaction, expectation and the giddy glee of a schoolchild.

Don’t be deceived, however.

Baseball is a thinking person’s game. Information is the scarcest commodity on a baseball field during a game. George Will once commented on the fact that at any given game, managers and every player on the field are seeking more information. Past statistics are informative, but not nearly as much as the next pitch.

Baseball is one of the few games where the defense has the ball and where the offense scores without touching or being touched by it. It is played without a clock, so the chances of a tie are small.

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he was called to pitch in the seventh inning of the seventh game. He held the Cardinals one-run lead for the remainder of the game and handed his team the World Series victory.

In game 6 of the 1986 World Series, in extra innings, Boston almost had it won. But a slow ground ball went through Bill Buckner’s legs allowing the Mets to score the winning run from second.

You can’t make this stuff up.

The sport had its share of low points: the recent steroid scandal; the 1919 World Series fix; the unwillingness of owners and managers to employ blacks until Jackie Robinson; the revelation the game that decided the 1951 National League pennant also witnessed the most egregious example of sign stealing. All are examples of the less-than-perfect angels of baseball’s nature.

Baseball can teach us about life, to some extent. Topics like failure, springtime hope, the long haul (baseball’s 162 game season) and diverse personalities are common to both the sport and life in general.

So let’s enjoy the season and the game for what it really is — simply and humbly stated, the greatest sport in the history of the planet.

Play ball.

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The designated position for one player from each team is in foul territory. It is a leisurely game that occasionally requires great speed and where the greatest players fail 70 percent of the time.

It is a team sport where every player gets a chance at a solo performance (except in the American League). Arguably, the most difficult task in all of sports is to hit a home run in a major league game.

Baseball has moments of high drama.

In 1908, 19-year-old Fred Merkle (the youngest National League player at the time) was playing for the Giants against the Cubs in a tied game and committed a classic base running error. By not touching second base after the winning run was supposedly scored with two outs, the run was disallowed.

Due to darkness and the fans on the field, the game was declared a tie. When it was replayed at the end of the season, both teams were tied for first place. The Cubs won, went to the World Series, beat the Tigers — and haven’t won the pennant since.

In 1926, the Cardinals and Yankees played in the World Series. Grover Cleveland Alexander pitched all nine innings in games 2 and 6 for St. Louis, afterwards managing to get drunk, as was his custom.

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Gunman kills 13 people, then takes his own life Michael Rubinkam The Associated Press

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Jiverly Wong was upset over losing his job at a vacuum plant, didn’t like people picking on him for his limited English and once angrily told a co-worker, “America sucks.�

It remains unclear exactly why the Vietnamese immigrant strapped on a bulletproof vest, barged in on a citizenship class and killed 13 people and himself, but the police chief says he knows one thing for sure: “He must have been a coward.�

Jiverly Wong had apparently been preparing for a gun battle with police but changed course and decided to turn the gun on himself when he heard sirens approaching, Chief Joseph Zikuski said Saturday. “He had a lot of ammunition on him, so thank God before more lives were lost, he decided to do that,� the chief said.

Police and Wong’s acquaintances portrayed him as an angry, troubled 41-year-old man who struggled with drugs and job loss and perhaps

es English to immigrants and helps them prepare for citizenship tests.

Then, on Friday, he parked his car against the back door of the association, burst through the front doors and shot two receptionists, killing one, before moving on to a classroom where he claimed 12 more victims, police said.

The police chief said that most of the dead had multiple gunshot wounds. Wong used AP PHOTO two handguns — a 9 mm and GUNMAN: This photo of Jiverly Wong was a .45-caliber — for which he released Saturday April 4 by the Binghamton had obtained a permit more Police Department. than a decade ago.

The receptionist who surblamed his adopted country vived, 61-year-old Shirley for his troubles. His rampage DeLucia, played dead, then “was not a surprise� to those called 911 despite her injuries and stayed on the line while who knew him, Zikuski said. “He felt degraded because the gunman remained in the people were apparently mak- building. “She’s a hero in her own ing fun of his poor English right,� he said. speaking,� the chief said.

Police initially said it took Wong, who used the alias Jiverly Voong, believed people 90 minutes to rescue her. On close to him were making fun Saturday, Zikuski said it was of him for his poor English lan- actually 39 minutes, and he said the police response folguage skills, the chief said.

Until last month, he had been lowed all proper procedures. “The police did the right taking classes at the American Civic Association, which teach- thing,� he said.

Schools looking to conserve energy Elizabeth Dunbar The Associated Press

MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — The candy machine at Henry Sibley High School knows when students roam the halls and automatically powers down when they’ve gone home. The basketball court still shines, but under the glow of fluorescent tubes that suck up a fraction of the juice the old lights used.

Thanks to such measures, energy costs across the school district in this Twin Cities suburb already are down by nearly a third. Officials want to trim the expenses more, but that will require investment in upgrades.

The federal economic stimulus dollars could be just what they need. Some of the billions of dollars trickling down from Washington will be used to make public buildings energy efficient.

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GREEN: Schools are hoping stimulus money will help cut costs, conserve energy.

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Volcano frustrates Alaskans Mary Pemberton The Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Mount Redoubt is getting under the skin of Alaska, and it’s not just the irritation caused by volcanic ash.

For residents of Alaska’s largest city, living near an active volcano means sometimes wearing airfiltration masks and stretching panty hose over the air intake of cars and trucks.

The volcano also brings daily uncertainty about whether it will blow and, if it does, where the ash will go. “I would like it to have a big boom and get it over with,� said Brad Sandison, a retired truck driver and avid cyclist who carries a face mask and goggles whenever he rides just in case the volcano starts spewing ash.

The mountain 100 miles southwest of Anchorage tends to erupt every decade or so and belch ash for months.

Geologists have recorded at least 19 eruptions since March 22, including one on Saturday.

Mount Redoubt’s almost daily ash clouds have also canceled hundreds of airline flights.

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BOGOTA — It’s a game played out regularly on the high seas off Colombia’s Pacific coast: A U.S. Navy helicopter spots a vessel the size of a humpback whale gliding just beneath the water’s surface.

A Coast Guard ship dispatches an armed team to board the small, submarine-like craft in search of cocaine. Crew members wave and jump into the sea to be rescued, but not before they open flood valves and send the fiberglass hulk and its cargo into the deep.

Colombia has yet to make a single arrest in such scuttlings because the evidence sinks with the so-called semi-submersible.

A new U.S. law and proposed legislation in Colombia aim to thwart what has become South American traffickers’ newest preferred means of getting multi-ton loads to Mexico and Central America.

Twelve people have been arrested under the Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act of 2008 since it went into effect in October. It outlaws such unregistered craft plying international waters “with the intent to evade detection.” Crew members are subject to up to 15 years in prison.

“It’s very likely a game-

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SEMI-SUBMARINE: Navy military police walk past a homemade semi-submersible vessel seized on land by Colombian authorities from drug traffickers.

changer,” said Jay Bergman, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s regional director, based in Colombia. “You don’t get a get-out-of-jail free card anymore.”

The law faces legal challenges, though. The defendants have filed pretrial motions saying it violates due process and is an unconstitutional application of the so-called High Seas clause, which allows U.S. prosecution of felonies at sea.

The vessels, hand-crafted in coastal jungle camps from fiberglass and wood, have become the conveyance of choice for large loads, humping nearly a third of U.S.-bound cocaine northward through the Pacific, said Coast Guard Rear

Adm. Joseph Nimmich, commander of the Joint Interagency Task Force-South based in Key West, Fla. That’s up from just 14 percent in 2007, according to the task force, which oversees interdiction south of the United States.

Colombian Navy chief Adm. Guillermo Barrera told a counterterrorism conference in Bogota last week that 23 semisubmersibles capable of carrying between 4 and 10 metric tons each have been seized in the past three years.

Though semi-submersibles aren’t new to cocaine transport, a bigger, sleeker, more sophisticated variety that average about 60 feet (18 meters) in length began emerging three years

ago. Earlier versions, christened “floating coffins,” couldn’t compete with fishing trawlers and speed boats known as “gofasts” for maritime transport of drugs.

But drug agents started policing trawlers better, leading traffickers to new methods.

With just over a foot of abovewater clearance and V-shaped prows designed to leave minimal wakes, semi-submersibles are nearly impossible for surface craft to detect visually or by radar outside a range of about 10,000 feet (3,000 meters.)

That accounts for their relatively high success rate.

They are propelled by 250 to 350 horsepower diesel engines and take about a week averaging 7 knots (8 mph) to reach Mexico’s shores, Colombian and U.S. investigators said.

Fuel tanks carry about 3,000 gallons of diesel, so no refueling is needed on the 2,000-mile journey from Colombia north.

With cocaine in Mexico fetching $6,500 per kilo — about triple the Colombian price, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration — an average 7metric-ton load yields $30 million.

Crews have no problem scuttling the vessels after off-loading their cargo, investigators say.

The roughly $1 million spent on each craft is simply written off as the cost of doing business.

Pope demands action to stop migrant trafficking

By Nicole Winfield The Associated Press

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI demanded urgent action by the European Union and African nations yesterday to stop the trafficking in migrants, saying the global economic crisis was driving more people to make the perilous voyage.

Benedict recalled the drowning last week of more than 200 Europe-bound migrants whose overcrowded boat capsized in the stormy waters off Libya.

“We cannot resign ourselves to such tragedies, which unfortunately have been repeating themselves for some time,” Benedict said at the end of his Palm Sunday Mass.

“The scope of the problem requires urgent strategies coordinated by the European Union and African countries, as well as the adoption of adequate humanitarian measures, to prevent these migrants from going to unscrupulous traffickers,” Benedict said.

Benedict has been speaking out about the plight of the poor in the global downturn, particularly following his visit last month to Cameroon and Angola. He has been working on an encyclical on globalization and the poor, and said recently he is refining it because of the economic downturn.

Benedict’s message came at the end of Palm Sunday Mass, which commemorates Jesus

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PALM SUNDAY: Pope Benedict XVI holds a woven palm frond while celebrating an open-air Palm Sunday mass yesterday.

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In Jerusalem itself, pilgrims, clergymen and local Christians clutched palm fronds as they attended Palm Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally held to be the site of Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection.

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Alone at the top TRACK Falcons get eight top finishes in Detroit The Falcon track team went to Detroit-Mercy last weekend and finished strong in the non-scored meet with eight first place finishes. Whitney Hartman (above) had two field event wins. A full story will appear in tomorrow’s edition of The BG News.

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Over the weekend, we posted a highlight video from Friday’s football practice. Later this week, we will have a second football video and additional practice reports leading up to Saturday’s scrimmage. www.bgnewssports.com

SCHEDULE TODAY Women’s golf vs. Peoria, Ill.; all-day

OUR CALL Today in Sports History 1996—Albert Belle strikes Sports Illustrated photographer Tony Tomsic prior to a game.

1974—Yankees beat Indians 6-1 in a home game at Shea Stadium.

1896—American James Connolly wins first gold medal in modern Olympics.

The List While last night was the official Opening Day for baseball, today’s slate of game feels a whole lot more like the real thing. Here are the top five games today: 1. Cubs/Astros: Two aces, Carlos Zambrano and Roy Oswalt, will duke it out in an NL Central division rivalry game.

Menoff takes over at the top of BG singles wins list

By Morgan Carlson Reporter

“I would like the team to work hard in the coming weeks so that we can win the final four MAC dual The Falcon women’s tennis team matches of the season,” Menoff hit the Mid-American Conferences’ said.

Senior Kelsey Jakupcin is also “West Coast” Friday when they beat Northern Illinois 6-1. The win looking forward to the last few improved the Falcons’ record to MAC matches before the champi10-4 (3-1 MAC) while the Huskies onship, and though the women are on a winning streak, they remain dropped to 5-11 (1-4 MAC).

The win also brought senior focused in the present during each Stefanie Menoff her 80th career match.

“Our team is on a huge high right singles win, breaking the University record. Up until Friday, Menoff now, but we aren’t letting it get to was in a three-way tie but broke us,” Jakupcin said. “We take each through the pack to beat the record weekend one match at a time and are going to keep competing in her home state.

“It felt good to break the BG hard in practice and during each record, and it was nice to do it in match.”

Next weekend, the women will my home state of Illinois,” Menoff face Akron and Buffalo, both of said.

Coach Penny Dean, though which currently match the Falcons’ proud of Menoff, stressed that the MAC record.

Dean is looking forward to team as a whole is the important watching her team face these thing in the long run.

“We are all proud of her, but we competitors next weekend.

“Both matches will be extremely really emphasize team all year so do not dwell on her accomplish- tough,” Dean said. “Akron and Buffalo have been winning too. ment,” Dean said.

RACHEL RADWANSKI | THE BG NEWS Keeping up with the team spirit, RECORD-HOLDER: Stefanie Menoff broke out of a three-way tie for first place on BG’s RECORD | Page 8 See Menoff is centering her next goal all-time singles win list with her 80th match win over the weekend. on the team.

Baseball beats up on Central Michigan

By Sean Shapiro Reporter

For the second straight weekend, BG didn’t play baseball Sunday.

However, instead of missing out completely, they got all three games in thanks to a doubleheader Saturday.

After beating Central Michigan 14-10 Friday, the Falcons split the double-header (4-5, 11-4) to earn their first road series victory over CMU since 1979.

“That’s nice. It’s always a difficult place to play,” said BG coach Danny Schmitz. “They’ve got outstanding baseball tradition up there.”

Friday: BG 14, CMU 10

At the plate BG enjoyed a banner day where every field player recorded at least a hit or an RBI.

Saturday game No. 1: CMU 5, BG 4 In the first game Saturday, BG once again got a stellar performance from their starting pitcher as Matt Malewitz allowed one run through eight innings of work. But in the bottom of the ninth the bullpen struggled again leading to 5-4 CMU win.

“Once again, the bullpen didn’t get it done,” Schmitz said. “We had a 4-1 lead going to the bottom of the ninth, and we only got one out.

It was probably one of my most frustrating losses in my 19 years here at Bowling Green.”

Brian Hangbers allowed four runs on four hits in the bottom of the ninth, and Charles Wooten allowed the winning run to score after an RBI single with the bases loaded.

At the plate, BG had a game high 10 hits but could only generate four runs in the contest. Ryan Shay led the Falcons going 3-for-5 and hitting his fourth home run of the season.

On Friday it seemed BG would walk away with a blowout victory as they lead 14-0 after the top of the eighth.

CMU was able to touch BG reliever Dusty Hawk for seven runs on six hits in the bottom of the eighth, and then added three more in the bottom of the ninth before BG finally closed out the contest.

Before the bullpen’s debacle, BG starter Brennan Smith had one of his best outings of the season, allowing four hits and striking out Saturday game No. 2: six in seven innings of work.

BG 11, CMU 4 “Brennan was outstanding. He In the series finale, BG pulled out was in total command, all three pitches over,” Schmitz said. “Then the win thanks to a strong bullpen we handed the ball over the bull- effort from Kacy Dwornik. Wooten pen, and they didn’t perform very started for the Falcons, allowing three hits in the first two innings, well and neither did our defense.”

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OUT: Tyler Elkins is tagged out in a game earlier this season. On the weekend, the Falcon baseball team took two of three from Central Michigan.

but was pulled because of wear and tear over the weekend.

Dwornik pitched the final seven innings, allowing two earned runs to pick up the first win of his collegiate career.

“We handed him the ball with a 7-0 lead,” Schmitz said. “He gave up runs in the third and fourth inning. Then after that, he got into a groove, and he was lights out the rest of the way.”

Offensively, BG got all the runs they would need in the second inning as they picked up six on eight hits. Five different players drove in runs during the inning.

The Falcons finished the game with 20 hits, a season high.

The win was even more important to Schmitz after losing the first game of the double-header in the bottom of the ninth.

“I was very proud of our guys,” Schmitz said. “They showed a lot of grit and heart to come out and win that second game.”

The weekend improved BG to 13-13 (4-4 MAC) on the season and dropped CMU to 13-17 (4-5 MAC).

BG will play another Michigan team this week as they have a home-and-home with Eastern Michigan this week. The teams will play at Stellar Field tomorrow at 3 p.m. and in Ypsilanti Wednesday at 6 p.m.

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NOT ENOUGH: Hayley Wiemer had strong outings on the mound this weekend.

Falcons drop four MAC games over weekend

By Chris Rambo and Paul Barney Reporters

After starting 2-0 in the MidAmerican Conference, the Falcon softball team looked to keep it going as they traveled to the MAC West for four games over the weekend.

The first stop for BG was Kalamazoo on Friday, where they were swept by Western Michigan in a doubleheader 5-2 and 7-1.

As they’ve done so often this season, the Falcons jumped out to an early lead, scoring a run in the second with an RBI single off the bat of Rachel Proehl. After WMU tied the game in the third, Hayley Wiemer got touched up again in the fourth after two hits led to two WMU runs, giving them a 3-1 lead.

Single runs in the fifth and sixth were enough to give the Broncos a 5-2 victory.

Wiemer went six innings, striking out five while allowing five runs (three earned) on eight hits.

Leading the offense for BG was Proehl going 2-for-4 with an RBI. Game two was much of the same story for the Falcons, who were once again done in by a lack of offense.

After breezing through two scoreless innings, Wiemer ran into trouble in the third when WMU went on top 2-0. After the Broncos struck for another run in the fourth, Wiemer was relieved in favor of Melissa Bott.

Bott surrendered four more runs in the sixth, but it had little impact on the outcome as the Falcons were only able to muster a single run on two hits.

The Falcons were outhit 19-7 and outscored 12-3 in the two losses.

From there, it was on to DeKalb, Ill., where the offense came alive, but the pitching was unable to follow suit as the Falcons were swept in a doubleheader with Northern Illinois, 7-6 and 9-6 Saturday.

Wiemer took the ball in game one and seemed to have matters well in hand as she entered the bottom of the sixth having been staked to a 6-2 lead.

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2. Yankees/Orioles: C.C. Sabathia makes his Yankee debut against Baltimore’s Jeremy Guthrie.

3. Twins/Mariners: It’s a battle of the young aces as Felix Hernandez and Francisco Liriano toe the rubber.

4. Rays/Red Sox: The new AL East rivalry between these teams take another step when Josh Beckett and James Shields face each other in an afternoon special.

5. Tigers/Blue Jays: Justin Verlander looks to begin a comeback trail this season, but it’s a tough start as the Tigers will be facing perennial Cy Young candidate Roy Halladay.

Guy takes 10th at Regionals

By Chris Sojka Reporter

Breanne Guy admitted to being somewhat nervous before the NCAA Central Region championships began.

Standing around Oregon State’s gymnastics team — one of the best in the country — as she waited to begin the first rotation on the bars, Guy knew she would be following some very tough competition.

But like she has done all season, she went out on and competed to the best of her ability.

Guy posted a 38.825 in the all-around last Saturday in Columbus and finished 10th out of 18, just three-tenths shy of qualifying for the NCAA National Championships.

After competing in the Regionals last year and finishing 16th in the all-around, Guy really improved as she posted higher scores in each event. The statement at the beginning of the year by her coaches of

Breanne Guy Was very close to advancing to the NCAA Nationals her being one of the best in the Mid-American Conference held true as she posted the second best finish of any gymnast representing the MAC. “She did a great job,” coach Kerrie Beach said. “To go to the NCAA Regionals is a very highpressured situation. She really did prove she is one of the best in the MAC.” Guy landed a 9.825 on the vault for an 18th place finish, three places higher than last year. In the event, she was 0.25 points shy of Eastern Michigan’s Erin Grigg for the best score of any MAC

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Men’s golf has decent outing in Marshall; take 10th

By Bill Bordewick Reporter

and 13 strokes better in rounds two and three, respectively.

“We’re going to change the Following the postponement of way we play the practice round a tournament in Wichita, Kan., before the tournament,” Winger the Falcon men’s golf got back said. “We’re going to have to on the links and headed to play the practice round more West Virginia for the Marshall like it’s the first round of the Invitational. tournament.”

The team dealt with some While the Falcons were strugstruggles and wound up finish- gling to find themselves in the ing in 10th place out of 16 teams. first round, the University of That might seem somewhat of a Illinois was not. disappointment, but the Falcons The Fighting Illini ran away only finished 10 strokes from a from the field and posted a score top five performance. of 855, which was good for three BG was hampered by the over par for the tournament. same problem that affected the The next closest team was team down in Puerto Rico, and Xavier who collectively posted a that was its inability to get off to score of 869. a good start in the first round.

To put in perspective how “We put ourselves so far behind, dominant the Illini were, all five there’s nowhere to go. I don’t players for the team finished understand it to be honest,” said in a tie for or better than ninth BG coach Garry Winger. “You place with Zack Barlow winning can’t get back into the tourna- the individual tournament with ment starting out like that.” a score of two under par, 211.

The Falcons tallied a 307 in “Illinois under head coach round one but rallied to finish 16 Mike Small has become a great

program—number 12 in the nation,” Winger said. “It was great for our guys as a young team with everyone coming back next season to see that type of performance. That’s the level that we want to be at.”

The Falcons finished with a score of 892—37 strokes behind the Illini.

Junior John Powers led the way for BG by tallying a top 20 finish with a score of 220 for the three round tournament.

Powers posted rounds of 75, 71 and 74.

The other junior captain on the team, Matt Schneider, struggled in the first round logging an eight over par 79 but rebounded to finish the final two rounds at a combined six over. Schneider’s three round score of 227 put him in tie for 48th place.

Freshmen Drew Preston and Parker Hewit finished in ties for

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SOFTBALL From Page 7

However, after a two-out double by Zoe Sinner, the Huskies had cut the deficit in half entering the seventh. After holding the Falcons scoreless in the top half of the frame, NIU went right back to work against Wiemer, tying the game on a two-run triple

by Kayla Kramer and winning it one batter later when Kramer scored on a squeeze bunt by Emily Gooding.

Despite the fact that her prized ace had let up two runs the inning prior, coach Shannon Salsburg never considered removing Wiemer going into the seventh.

“I never once considered taking Hayley out,” Salsburg said.

“She is our ace and nine times out of 10 she shuts the door in that occasion. Today just wasn’t one of those days.”

Sontag catalyzed the offense in the first game, going 3-for-4 and scoring three runs, while Karmen Coffey supplied a three run triple in the third.

Bott took the ball for the Falcons for game two and was hit hard early, surrendering nine runs in the first three innings, placing the BG in a 9-1 hole entering the fourth. The Falcons refused to go quietly however, battling back with two runs each in the fourth and fifth innings along with one in the sixth to narrow the deficit to 9-6.

GUY From Page 7 gymnast.

Onthefloor,Guyreallyimproved from last year’s Regionals. After finishing in 35th place last year, she scored a 9.800 and tied for a 17th place finish.

“She is our ace and nine times out of 10 she shuts the door in that occasion.

Today just wasn’t one of those days.”

Susan Salsburg | Coach BG would twice bring the tying run to the plate in the seventh, but Missy Bowman and Bielstein each went down swinging to end the game.

In addition to coming up short on the scoreboard Saturday, the Falcons experienced a potentially damaging loss of a different kind before game one with the Huskies was even an inning old.

Proehl, the freshman shortstop who had emerged as a key cog in the offensive attack, was hit by a pitch leading off the game and was later determined to have suffered a fractured arm, sidelining her for 4-6 weeks. Salsburg plans to deal with Proehl’s absence by shifting Coffey over to short and sliding Bielstein into second base.

The Falcons, who drop to 7-18 and 2-4 in the MAC, will return home this weekend to face Ball State in a doubleheader Friday and Miami in a two-game series Saturday and Sunday.

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Next weekend will close the road portion of the season for BG. “Our team is feeling very good going into our last away matches,” Jakupcin said. “We are all playing extremely well right now and really want to keep up our toughness and quickness for this weekend.”

The women will face Akron Friday and Buffalo Saturday with both matches scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.

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GOLF From Page 7 28th and 34th respectively with scores of 222 and 223.

Bryan Mitchell rounded out the scoring for the Falcons with a score of 240.

Winger mentioned that it is very important to have all five players competing at the highest level.

“We didn’t have any contribution from our fifth player,” he said. “When you don’t have that, it’s going to be very tough to win.”

The Falcons will hope to rectify all that ails them as they will next be in action this weekend when they travel to Lexington for the UK Bluegrass Invitational.

After finishing in 41st place on get the gymnastics program to the the balance beam in 2008, she next level, not just one athlete.

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