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THE BG NEWS Wednesday June 25, 2008 Volume 101, Issue 155 WWW.BGNEWS.COM

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University offers work and education Many students find employment with the University throughout the year, rather than seeking opportunities off-campus | Page 3

Students can expect to see some big changes in food options on campus as Dining Services adjusts to budget cuts due to low freshmen enrollment numbers.

Dining Services Director Gail Finan has been working this summer with the University Food Advisory Board and other administrators to come up with the best solution for students.

PULSE

‘Newgrass’ band, The Student Loan, celebrates the release of their sophomore album with several shows in the Bowling Green area | Page 6

Comedic legend passes away

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The problem of Facebook Brian Eggenberger reflects Facebook’s change from a social networking site to an application-ridden resume viewer | Page 4

Too much school Summer classes are a great way to catch up, but it could also lead to a burnout of columnist Levi Joseph Wonder | Page 4

PEOPLE ON THE STREET

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U.S. Olympic basketball team announced The team may have what it takes to win the gold in Bejing, bouncing back from the third-place finish in Athens | Page 9

Where is your favorite place to eat on campus and why?

“Chily’s Convenient Store because they have the best managers ever.” | Page 4

TODAY PM T-storms High: 85, Low: 69

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name to “Common’s Market Place”, which will have salads made to order and other healthy food choices for students.

“There will be some exciting options,” Finan said. “We will see how the public responds to it.”

Dining Services will be testing to see students’ reactions to the new changes by looking at com-

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Bikers peddle voter Humane registration across U.S. Society

By Gina Potthoff Editor-in-chief

Vermont bicyclists are in a race to register voters before the November presidential election.

The “Great American Voter Trek,” made up of seven students from Vermont’s leading colleges and universities, is biking from Middlebury, Vt., to Laramie, Wyo., in the hopes of registering as many voters as possible for the 2008 election.

Next stop on the trip is Bowling Green.

They will be joined by Mayor John Quinn Tuesday, July 1, at Grounds for Thought located at 345 South Main St. to inspire people to register to vote.

“I think it’s a great thing that they’re doing,” Quinn said. “I fully endorse it.”

Quinn also said this is an especially exciting year for the presidential election and mentioned students taking summer classes and students from Orientation and Registration would be likely to register.

“It’s a great year for enthusiasm,” he said.

The cyclist team will travel from Sandusky, Ohio, to Bowling Green at 6 p.m., with voter regis-

Nathan Williams Biker from Middlebury College

Finding a fun and cheap getaway during the summer is becoming a more difficult task with gas prices averaging more than $4 a gallon, but students can still take a much needed vacation without traveling hours and spending extra money filling up their cars.

Offering a cure for summer boredom that goes along with living in a small Northwest Ohio town is the relatively close Maumee Bay State Park, located just east of Toledo.

Maumee Bay offers a list of outdoor activities perfect for a quick summer vacation.

And being a mere 34.3 miles, or a 54 minute drive according to Google Maps, from Bowling Green means students won’t have to spend next semester’s tuition filling up at the pump.

According to the State Parks Web site, Maumee Bay offers “a unique natural environment created by the convergence of the land and Lake Erie. The balance of recreational facilities with the natural world gives visitors a diverse experience in a coastal environment.”

Park Manager Jim Brower believes that any state park is a good place to visit, mostly because it’s a laid-back type of recreation that offers time to de-stress.

“It’s a different kind of environment than what people find around their neighborhood,” he said.

Another factor that is espe-

sponsors Mutt Strut

By Alexandria Clark Reporter

tration from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The 47-day, 1,800 mile trek started from Vermont June 16 and will end in Wyoming Aug. 1, with stops in six major cities and visits to dozens of diners and restaurants in between.

The six cities include Buffalo, N.Y., Cleveland, Ohio, Chicago, Ill., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Omaha, Neb. and Laramie, Wyo. Nathan Williams, 28, is one of the cyclists making the crosscountry trek.

“It’s a great cause,” Williams said. “There are so many unregistered voters.”

Williams is a junior at Middlebury College who’s been biking for two years.

He said the group got together to bike after Road Captain Max MacDonald came up with the idea.

“I didn’t know anyone until I went,” Williams said.

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Maumee Bay is an inexpensive getaway

By Angie Burdge Reporter

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“We are looking at a $1.4 million problem [with declining enrollment] so we are trying to balance closing facilities that will have the least impact negatively on students,” Finan said.

A couple changes in fall include the closing of Common’s Buffet and Saturday/Sunday brunch only times at Campus Corners.

Finan said Dining Services is also trying to create alternative options, such as changing Chily’s

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Elissa Rupley Hometown: Toledo Year: Senior Major: Marketing What’s your favorite thing about BGSU? “All the people that I’ve met.”

George Carlin, 71, passed away Sunday after inspiring laughter across the nation with his particular brand of comedy | Page 6

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“It’s a different kind of environment than what people find around their neighborhood.”

Jim Bower | Park Manager cially attractive to college students is Maumee Bay’s affordability.

“Whether you want to spend money or not, you can find something to do,” Brower said.

Such recreational activities include several miles of hiking and biking trails through “meadow, marshland and woodland,” picnicking near the beach and fishing in Lake Erie, known as the “walleye capital of the world.”

The park also boasts two sand beaches, located on the Lake Erie Shore and another lines the park’s inland lake.

There are also opportunities for boaters, including sailing and canoeing.

Canoes, paddle boats and rowboats are available to rent.

Waverunners can be rented out as well on the Lake Erie beach.

The park is also ideal for anyone thinking of taking a summer camping trip.

With 256 sites available, the campground is equipped with shower houses, flush toilets and electricity.

For those who aren’t exactly

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Dogs will be strutting their stuff for the Mutt Strut dog walk runway and the Wood County Humane Society.

The Mutt Strut will be hosted by the Humane Society on Aug. 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fort Meigs Historical Site in Perrysburg.

The Wood County Humane Society, which is located at 801 Van Camp in Bowling Green, always hosts fundraisers to raise donations for the shelter’s animals.

The Mutt Strut is one of the many annual fundraisers to raise money, along with allowing owners to get out with their animals and have fun.

“This event, for the people, is a time to have interaction with their dogs outside of the house and lets them bond with their animals,” said Cheryl Kubista, public relations committee chair.

“And, at the same time, they help benefit the cats and dogs at the shelter,” she said.

Last year, the Mutt Strut had various games, prizes and vendors lined up along the walkway that leads up to the actual fort where the dogs and their owners strut their stuff.

Some of the games include beauty contests, longest and shortest tail competitions, bean bag tosses and doggie biscuiteating contests.

Kubista said there is a bit of every breed at the Mutt Strut.

“The Mutt Strut is like one big dog show that allows the owners to get out with their dogs and get exercise while everyone is interacting together,” she said.

Melanie Jacobs, owner of golden retriever Sam, said she and her dog look forward to coming out and strutting around the fort for the past two years.

“Sam and I love getting out

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Board of Trustees meet today to discuss University budget The University Board of Trustees is meeting today for its annual budget discussion.

The members will discuss budget issues as well as personnel matters in the President’s Suite located in room 311 of the Union.

The board meets at 9:30 a.m. in executive session and at 1 p.m. for its general meeting.

The Presidential Search Committee will meet Thursday, June 26, at 8 a.m. also in room 311 of the Union to begin its discussions of possible permanent replacements for President Sidney Ribeau who will be leaving the University at the end of July.

Sundeep Mutgi Hometown: Sylvania, Ohio Year: Junior Major: Political science and psychology What’s your favorite thing about BGSU? “My orientation group, ‘Sundeep’s Angels’.”

Nicole Fratianne Hometown: Mentor, Ohio Year: Junior Major: Tourism administration What’s your favorite thing about BGSU? “The people.”

Katie McKibbon Hometown: Defiance, Ohio Year: Junior Major: Intervention specialist What’s your favorite thing about BGSU? “The spirit of the students and faculty.”

Caitlin Keelor Hometown: Lakewood, Ohio Year: Junior Major: Communication disorders What’s your favorite thing about BGSU? “The people in general.”

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Incoming freshmen get a taste of campus life from student leaders

By Gina Potthoff Editor-in-chief

Orange collared shirts, name tags and orange University bookstore bags signify the beginning of a new Orientation and Registration season.

The University welcomes incoming freshman classes each summer with O-REG, a two-day program introducing new students to the campus, community and each other.

“It’s basically to get students acquainted with campus and signed up for classes,” said Adriana Frikker, student staff supervisor.

According to Frikker, there are 16 freshmen O-REG sessions running from June 17 to July 16, with about 250 students possible at each session.

O-REG includes breakout sessions for students and guests led by one of the 18 orientation leaders or faculty members.

Academic advising and class registration, information sessions, campus open houses, residence hall tours and Greek house tours are also available.

Director of Orientation and First-Year Programs Jodi Webb said they try to cover a variety of different topics those two days to cover all the basics.

“We focus on areas parents might have questions about,” she said.

The typical parent concerns vary because some parents may be sending their first child to college, while others may be on their third, Webb explained.

She also explains Orientation as a University-wide program and group effort.

“It’s really important to emphasize it’s a University program... everyone gets involved,” Webb said.

The grounds crew maintains the campus, faculty and administrators contribute to the program and orientation leaders help the freshmen understand University life, she said. “[The Orientation leaders] are a really critical part of the

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Matthew A. Ward, 20, of Toledo, and Thomas J. Arned, 18, of Maumee, were cited for possession of marijuana.

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Gary Daniel Doxtator Jr., 19, of Zebulon, Ga., was cited for open container of alcohol and underage possession of an alcoholic beverage.

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Benjamin A. Stout, 23, of Bowling Green, was cited for domestic violence and inducing panic.

Zachary J. Shepard, 19, of Delta, Ohio, was cited for underage under the influence.

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Ricky Joe Dunbar, 42, of Bowling Green, was cited for OVI. 1:31 A.M.

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Israel Nava, 20, of Chicago, was arrested for underage under the influence.

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Peter Cathcart Johnson III, 20, of Hanoverton, Ohio, was cited for public urination within the 300 block of North Prospect.

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Adam N. Langenderfer, 27, of Bowling Green, Yohann L. Rigogne, 27, of Maumee, and Peter E. Langenderfer, of Bowling Green, were cited for open container.

Lauren Michelle Cosgrove-Surwill, 25, of Bowling Green, was cited for public urination in a parking lot within 2:40 A.M. the 100 block of East Court.

Saud F. Allahyani, 20, of Findlay, was 2:04 A.M. cited for disorderly conduct.

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Ryan D. Krieger, 21, of Bowling Green, Melissa A. Jones, 30, of Bowling Green, was arrested for disorderly was cited for disorderly conduct. conduct with persistence and for 2:20 A.M. possession of marijuana.

Blake M. Underwood, 28, of Bowling Green, was cited for public urination TUESDAY within the 100 block of East Court.

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David Michael Spring, 18, and Kevin 3:01 A.M. Justin M. Higginbotham, 28, of Bowling J. Mansnerus, 19, of Avon Lake, Green, was cited for disorderly conduct. Ohio, were cited for underage under the influence.

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James L. Stevens Jr., 31, of Bowling Green, was arrested for inducing

CORRECTION POLICY We want to correct all factual errors. If you think an error has been made, call The BG News at 419-372-6966.

Steve Kunkler’s article titled ‘Chinese acupuncture helps BG patients’ states that electric acupuncture is used by most acupuncturists. This was not accurate and should have stated that many acupuncturists in America use a more contemporary form of acupuncture.

The difference is mostly in the techniques used to determine meridian imbalances. The traditional form uses

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“pulse diagnosis” and other traditional means to determine meridian imbalances. Dr. Wolph uses a more contemporary method, called EMI, which is a computerized method of examination to test all of the meridians to find imbalances. The number of meridians and the points that are used for treatment are exactly the same. However, some acupuncturists, including Dr. Wolph, now offer non-invasive methods such as laser, electric or tei shein (non-penetrating needles) to stimulate acupoints along the meridians to correct many health conditions.

Dr. Wolph earned her Fellowship in acupuncture and is now currently working on her diplomate status.

Information provided by Dr. Wolph.

O-REG From Page 1 program,” Webb said.

This year there are six Orientation team leaders, which are second-year O-REG leaders, assigned to supervise a group of four first-year Orientation leaders.

The Orientation leaders came to campus a week early to train and the team leaders were here a week earlier.

The leaders had to go through an application process, including group and individual interviews and the best were selected, Frikker said.

Senior Orientation leader Elissa Rupley wanted to be an Orientation leader because she enjoys answering questions and telling students and parents about the University.

“I like working with freshmen and helping people,” she said.

Rupley said O-REG is supposed to orient first-year students with the University and each other.

She remembers her fresh-

DINING From Page 1 ment cards and possible focus groups in the fall.

Senior Andrew Rinaldi will be among many of the returning students that will notice the differences in food options.

Rinaldi said he believes students want to find the places on campus with the best variety of foods.

“I try to get a balance with my meals,” Rinaldi said. “I think Sundial has the best options.”

As part of the University Food AdvisoryBoard,Undergraduate Student Government representative Nick Gamero said he feels Finan and her management staff are doing a good job of finding options for students with the present financial constraints.

“Gail definitely went out of her way this past spring to involve students in the things that were going on,” Gamero said. “I am happy with what is going on considering the situation the University is in.”

WORKIN’ IT O-REG Employee/ Volunteer numbers: ■ 24 Orientation leaders ■ Four full-time staff ■ Three grad students ■ Two administrative assis■

tants Two student workers

Source: Adriana Frikker

men orientation as a time she grew close to the other students in her group, even creating their own Facebook group to stay in touch.

“I still see people in my group,” Rupley said.

Her advice to first-year students and parents is to always ask questions.

“If they have any questions, make sure to ask before they leave,” Rupley said.

Rupley always gives her email address to those in her group and will continue to stay in contact with the Blackboard site set up for her groups and all others in O-REG. Other people can get answers to questions by visiting the Orientation and FirstYear Programs Web site.

“But there are going to be changes that students can easily adjust to.”

Nick Gamero | USG Representative Gamero said he has worked hard to make sure he represented students’ feelings on the dining options and believes the best solutions were made.

“They will be taking away things and bringing in new things,” Gamero said. “But there are going to be changes that students can easily adjust to.”

With the incoming freshmen class starting on a clean slate and unaware of the differences in food options, Finan said she hopes new students will try all the places where students can get a good meal.

“We have different things at different locations,” Finan said. “We want students to experiment and see what is going on.”

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and seeing other dogs and owners,” Jacobs said. “It is just a joy to see owners playing with their dogs and buying their dogs little toys because they are part of our family.”

But the owners are not the only group that has a chance to socialize.

“You can tell the dogs get excited when they come to this event because their tails start wagging,” Kubista said. “And you can tell when the dogs see each other they’re saying ‘Hey isn’t that Bob from last year’ and then they run up to each other and greet each other.”

In addition to all the interactions between dogs and owners, this event also allows people who are interested in adopting dogs or wanting to know more about certain breeds a chance to talk with the owners.

“People who don’t have dogs can still come to this event to talk with owners and see how the dogs act to see if they would be interesting in adopting a dog from the shelter,” Kubista said. “For instance say if someone is interested in adopting or getting a golden retriever, they can easily observe how the dog behaves and talk to the owner about the dog’s personality.”

But the Mutt Strut is one of the many fundraisers for the shelter.

The Humane Society only receives one grant a year from Bowling Green and all other funding comes from fundraising events and donations.

Another upcoming event will be on July 12, called Putting for Pets.

BIKERS From Page 1 So far the cyclists have gotten a positive response.

“People are really excited to see us,” he said. “We’re greeted by really friendly people.”

Despite the first couple days of slower registration turnouts in small towns, Williams said the turnout has been really encouraging.

“We don’t have the numbers, but we’re really positive about the results so far,” he said.

As for lasting the whole 1,800 miles, Williams is confident the

This is a golfing outing that will be at Bowling Green Country Club starting at noon.

People can choose to play in groups or singles to play 18 holes.

The game will be a scramble, where whoever hits the golf ball the farthest is where they start.

The event will include a team photo, two drinks, a hamburger/ hot dog lunch and a golf cart.

These events are very important to the shelter to raise money for the animals.

Currently there are an estimated 180 animals at the shelter, including 140 cats.

Kubista said one has to have a passion for caring and helping animals.

“These creatures don’t have mouths so the community has to be their voice and stand up for the animals,” she said. “When their little eyes look up at you, they give you that ‘thank you’ for helping them, only if it means scratching behind their ears.”

Agreeing with Kubista is pet lover, Danielle Nails, junior, who has a cocker spaniel named Missey.

“I have had my dog since I was 14 years old and I just have a passion for helping out other animals because they need a voice too,” Nails said.

The shelter also needs volunteers to lend a hand with caring for the animals.

“If people can’t donate money, they can donate their time,” Kubista said. “We have so many cats that need to be brushed or just showed some love by simply playing with them for 20 minutes in the playroom at the shelter.”

Anyone interested in volunteering at the shelter can call 419-352-7339. bikers can finish the trek.

“There have been moments when I thought this was too hard ... [but] I think we’ll make it,” he said.

Williams encourages people to come out to meet them at Grounds for Thought Tuesday to meet the bikers and to promote voter awareness.

Additional Trek information and daily updates can be accessed at www.votertrek.com.

The bicyclists represent Saint Michael’s College, The University of Vermont, Lyndon State College of Vermont, Johnson State College and Middlebury College.

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Campus employment is a popular option for students

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applications to work for the University. “Throughout the year, 4,300 to Many students travel off cam- 4,500 students work on-campus,� pus to find jobs, but others stay Simmons said. “But there are a bit closer to home. only so many job vacancies at Michelle Simmons, senior any given time.� associate director at the Career As a result of the limited job Center, said even though there vacancies on campus, Simmons are more job opportunities off encourages students to start campus than on campus, stu- ahead of time to find jobs in the dents still fill out dozens of fall or spring.

“If you want to find a job for fall semester, I would begin preparing now,� she said. “To begin work in January, I would begin looking in September, so you can monitor the job postings as they are submitted.�

There are many popular oncampus jobs, such as working in the bookstore, Union, library, recreation center and Dining Services.

In addition, on-campus employment has many benefits for students, specifically the location. “One reason students choose on-campus employment is because of its convenience and accessibility,� Simmons said. “Not all students have cars, and so working on campus is their only option if they want to work while enrolled at BGSU.�

Also, students who work oncampus do not have to worry about the rising cost of gas to get to work.

Working off campus has its benefits as well, even with the price of gas. “Certainly the cost of gas is a factor, but that impacts

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PEOPLE ON THE STREET

Where is your favorite place to eat on campus and why?

“It used to be Campus Corners because they provide a lot more variety.”

“Steak Escape, they have a lot of food for a little price.”

“The Bowling Greenery because I work there and the food is good.”

“The deli, because they have the wraps.

Absolutely wonderful.”

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Summer classes could lead to education overload Levi Joseph Wonder Columnist Part of me wonders whether or not my choice to attend summer classes here at the University was a smart decision.

Don’t get me wrong; I think it was a practically wise choice for me to do so. I’m getting a few major-related courses and geneds out of the way, I’m making some money through a job and I get to eat a dumptruck-sized Chipotle burrito every Monday night.

Yes, I believe I am having a productive summer. But what I am worried about is that bridging the

gap between my freshman and sophomore years with 12 weeks of solid classes could potentially result in a total burnout of college life for me.

Most students I know are working full-time jobs, have internships or are doing other things.

I’m doing something different which might just result in me beginning to hate the college lifestyle which I’ve grown so accustomed to.

After all, summer school has more in common with regular fall-to-spring school than I had previously envisioned. Classwork is still a deciding factor in how I manage my time, we still have to take tests and exams (*shudder*) and the Wendy’s in the Student Union is still open in case I need to smash a frosty into my mouth

after a tough class.

Then again, regular school might seem even better when I jump back into it in August, since summer school is so low-key and quiet. The inactivity here during the summer should make regular school seem all the better.

I sure hope I end up liking regular classes more because of my choice to attend summer classes.

If I feel burnt out coming into my sophomore year, then some rather complex situations could occur.

For Charles Bronson’s sake, I’ve talked to people who’ve dropped out of school because they were sick of it after one year. I don’t want that to be me. But at this

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Travelin’ the Globe: Sharing moments with familiar faces Alison Kemp Columnist

BROOKLYN — This weekend, like the four prior to this, was different from anything I’ve ever experienced. I think I could go every weekend without doing the same thing twice.

It helps that there is an endless amount of places to visit here, but the people who play a part in what happens really make a difference.

The first person who helped

make my weekend exciting was my Austrian host brother from when I spent the summer in Salzburg in 2006. He informed me that his band’s lead singer won tickets to a Coldplay concert and was coming here for the weekend.

This was quite exciting for me because I love visitors. Visitors bring a change of pace to the life I’ve created here.

On Friday, my life got even more exciting. A fellow “BG News” reporter e-mailed me saying she’s also living in Brooklyn and that we should meet up sometime. That night we went to see a free performance by the Metropolitan

Opera. Two of the Met’s acclaimed opera singers, along with the chorus and the orchestra, performed outside in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park.

There were so many people there that we couldn’t get a seat with stage views. We watched the entire performance on two giant TV screens that were erected next to the stage.

On Saturday I made my first subway error, which led to an interesting twist on my weekend plans. I got on an express train instead of a local train, which led me to exiting the subway at 125th Street in Harlem, rather than at 81st Street on the Upper West Side.

But I made the best of my altered route. I walked past the Apollo Theater and discovered the Harlem Renaissance Orchestra, a jazz group, playing outside. The orchestra was amazing, and from there I headed to Grant’s tomb. After seeing the General U.S. Grant National Memorial, I walked down Broadway to the Columbia University campus. I love the campus there. It’s so serene.

Then I walked past Tom’s Restaurant, which was featured in many Seinfeld episodes, and I decided that it would be a good

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Philosophical wonder and The death of Facebook evaluating professors Brian Eggenberger Columnist

CONRAD PRITSCHER | COLUMNIST Aristotle said: “All philosophy begins in wonder.” Evaluating professors could profitably note that quality teaching/educating occurs when students leave classes with a sense of wonder (inquisitiveness).

Little powerful learning occurs without a sense of wonder.

The CEO of General Electric, J. Immelt, recently mentioned three qualities of leaders, the first being inquisitiveness. Is inquisitiveness being “taught?”

Professors are successful educators when they do more than “train.” A professor “educates” when they follow the notion: “If the teacher is indeed wise, he does not bid you to enter the house of wisdom; but rather, leads you to the threshold of

your own mind.” (Kahlil Gibran).

We have heard that he who is his own medical doctor has a fool for patient, but as one approaches the threshold of one’s mind, one becomes one’s own educator. He or she who is their own educator is on the road to wisdom.

Use your professors but decide for yourself. Some “training” is needed but “education” opens minds and generates wonder and wisdom.

For those wishing to delve into the research on “wisdom,” I refer you to the names Baltes and Staudinger as well as the Berlin Wisdom Paradigm, about which they wrote, in the January, 2000 issue of “American Psychologist.”

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I remember O-REG. It was my first introduction into the wonderful networking world of Facebook. It was awesome!

All my college friends were on there, even ones I had never met, and we used it to coordinate interests and events. We could upload incriminating pictures, talk trash on each others’ walls, and all kinds of college-age shenanigans. I was hooked, and I found myself chronically indulging in the throes of Facebook.

Four years later, WHAT HAPPENED?! I never check Facebook anymore, maybe once a month. None of my friends ever try to contact me that way, I no longer upload

new pictures, and I certainly don’t talk trash.

So what did happen? Well, the first thing that brought about the end of this once-glorious institution was opening it up to high school kids. At first, I thought it was cool, and I friended my cousins and my sisters. But immediately after doing this, I realized I had to spend the next four days cleaning it up to a PG level. Adding high schools took the raw, college-aged antics and flushed them right down the toilet.

Slowly, Facebook was turning into a newer MySpace. God save us!

But God didn’t save us, and the plummet continued. Soon, Facebook was opened to the general public, which means parents, bosses, potential employers and anyone else

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JASMINE NASH | GUEST COLUMNIST If history repeats itself, then we already have a central idea of who will win Election 2008. However, if times must change, then America could possibly see its first AfricanAmerican president.

Americans have already seen that this election will not be like any other one.

The race for the democratic presidential nomination consisted of a woman, Hillary Clinton, and a black man, Barack Obama. The election is now down to Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama.

So how do we make predictions for Election ‘08?

First, we must look at the past and present. One of the key factors is who is willing to “fight for the people”.

Democrats support racial preferences for Blacks and Latinos, while Republicans “denounce quotas as a violation of the principle of individual rights”. What that means is that Republicans are not necessarily in favor of minorities, particularly African-Americans and Latinos, and do not feel that there should be any special privileges given to them.

Democrat Barack Obama is more “for the people” in supporting free health care, improving the education system, ending the war

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in Iraq and updating the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights (which was never completely “for the people” but supposedly written by “we the people”.)

On the other hand, McCain does not see a problem with the No Child Left Behind Act being ineffective, does not think there should be a time table for withdrawal from the war in Iraq, does not support free health care, and supports outsourcing jobs to other countries even though there are not enough jobs here.

John McCain said, “Globalization is here to stay.

That is not something to fear. It is an opportunity to be seized. But globalization will not automatically benefit every American.”

Which Americans won’t receive the benefit of this?

Probably low class families and minorities. Particularly ones in cities like Detroit, Cleveland and St. Louis where the economies are already terrible.

McCain even went on and said, “I have always believed that before I can win someone’s vote, I have to win their respect. And to do that I have to be honest with you. So here’s a little straight talk I know the people of Michigan will understand. Some jobs

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What if I decide to attend graduate school?

I really can’t see how some people have the patience to endure such a massive load of schooling. For me, I plan to get in (wait, I’ve already done that part!), get my bachelor’s and get outta here ASAP. More years than four equals MORE MONEY SPENT ON COLLEGE. I’ve always thought of myself as being somewhat of a patient

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point in my college career, I still like school. So that’s a good thing, I guess. I wouldn’t want to drop out of school, citing “I got bored” as my major reason for doing so.

I can be fairly sure that I won’t be brain-fried from extreme college education-ing anytime soon, but what about in the future?

NASH From Page 4 that have left Michigan are not coming back. And the answer to that isn’t to raise false hopes that somehow we can bring back lost jobs but to create new ones.”

Obama, on the other hand, seems to realize the lack of available jobs and plans on doing something about it.

He said, “Everywhere I go people are out of work or they are insecure with the jobs that they have. The whole issue of outsourcing is enormously important.

Not only are blue collar jobs being exported now, but you have got white collar jobs going to India and Singapore, and so people feel enormous economic insecurity and that has to be priority No. 1.”

The only thing McCain feels should be updated in the U.S. Constitution is an amendment prohibiting the physical desecration of the American flag.

Obama wants to propose an amendment relative to

equal rights for men and women.

How could John McCain possibly feel that the No Child Left Behind Act has been effective when the Detroit Public School system closed 67 schools since 2005?

Money is not reaching these schools as he thinks they are.

Senator Barack Obama realizes this.

Another issue surrounding McCain is that he does not think there should be free health care.

I’m not sure if he is looking at the same America I’m looking at when he says this.

There are not enough jobs, gas is almost five dollars, and overall our economy is not in its best shape. How does he think citizens can afford health care?

McCain said, “If you need to have people in special categories such as congenital diseases, we may have to set up a fund to care for those.

But the key is, make health care in America affordable and available. Don’t destroy it, as the Democrats want to do.”

person, but my brain would be KFC-crispy after a few years of grad school.

Oh, and a Ph.D.?

Forget it. None for me, please.

I don’t think that I, with a brain reduced to a Jell-O-like compound, should be pursuing anything like that. Besides, I don’t want to be a professor.

Not yet, at least.

But, I have had a small handful of well-educated (more

KEMP From Page 4 idea to get on a bus so that I didn’t have to walk all the way from 112th Street down to my original destination.

I was going to 81st Street so I could acquire free tickets to the performance of “Hamlet” in Central Park. By the time I finally made it, the tickets were gone. So I hung out at the Great Lawn in the park watching turtles and lounging in the grass.

And then, because I had

It is not destroying it if it is something that will make America better.

Obama supports free health care and sees the benefits of it.

As far as the war in Iraq, McCain supports it. He feels going into the war was the right thing to do because it was worth getting rid of Saddam Hussein. Haven’t we already gotten rid of him, which means its time for withdrawal?

than I’ll ever be) people here at the University tell me that I should consider the vocation of a college professor.

But would I be a good college professor? Well, the Ph.D. thing I’m not so sure about; three additional years of cooperative education and classes doesn’t really float my boat (or my wallet, which is now a bill-bullet-riddled mess, so it can’t really float either).

But then again, I DO have a nothing better to do, I decided to go on another bus ride. Even though the subway gets you to your location faster, the bus is typically less crowded and has windows that allow you to see something other than the inside of a subway tunnel. So I would recommend a bus ride or two to anyone, just for watching the scenery and people.

I would also recommend wandering through Central Park. By walking through the park two days in a row, it gave me a good understanding of how huge the park really is

In the end, no matter who we vote for, we must remember that these elections are not always fair.

As journalist Michael Lind once stated about the alliance between the north and the south, “It is an alliance of convenience, not conviction.”

— Nash is a sophomore majoring in journalism.

Respond to her column at thenews@bgnews.com.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 collection of ugly suit jackets, denim jeans, assorted 1960s-style neckties, hair pomade, wingtip dress shoes and the guts to use them. Hey, even if I don’t have what it takes to become a college professor, I do have what it takes to dress like one.

Not that professors have bad taste in dress clothes.

I’m just saying that if I was one of them, I’d go all out. I’d make students fear me more than their and of some of the sights and walkways.

And don’t go there if you’re in a hurry. Go when you have time to sit down and take in the beauty. And if you’re looking for a breathtaking view of the city at dusk, head to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade.

My Austrian visitors asked me where my favorite place is, and the promenade was my answer, so they wanted to see it.

They agreed. We made it just in time to see the sun begin its decent behind the Financial District skyscrapers and turn

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homework. They would fear that the yellow spots on my suit coat would jump out and blast the skin off their faces.

Ughh … whoops.

I guess blowing the skin off of people’s faces doesn’t really apply to being burnt-out from college life.

— Respond to Levi at thenews@bgnews.com. the cloudy sky pink. All of the Manhattan building lights begin to flicker on at dusk, too.

You can see from the Statue of Liberty up to the Chrysler Building, with the graceful arches of the Brooklyn Bridge in between.

Every Monday I say I don’t know how I could have a weekend that would be as fun as the last. But they are, and I hope they continue that way.

— Respond to Alison at thenews@bgnews.com.

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GET OUTTA TOWN! PERRSYBURG FRIDAY, June 27 “Let’s Do Lunch” Concert Series w/ Hepcat Revival @ Levis Commons 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

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THEY SAID IT “Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?”

- George Carlin

Local bluegrass band to leave for Portland in August The Student Loan to throw CD release party this Friday

By Quentin Kilpatrick Pulse Editor

Several dozen locals packed into downtown Findlay’s Coffee Amici this past Saturday to hear the eclectic sounds of Bowling Green’s own bluegrass heroes The Student Loan. The fourpiece group was throwing the first of two CD release parties for their second album “A New and Different Life”.

Since their beginning as an informal Grumpy Dave’s Pub jam band in early 2005, the fourpiece of now-former BGSU students has been steadily increasing their presence across the region and country playing festivals like the recent “Appalachian Uprising II” in Scottown, Ohio.

To say that they are all very talented and classically trained individuals is an understatement. Guitarist, fiddler and singer Liz Chibucos is a classically trained composer and violinist who also has a background as a classical and jazz pianist. West Virginian Chad Kimbler, the group’s mandolinist, recently completed his master’s degree in music composition. In addition to playing the mandolin, Kimbler was formerly the Principal Second Violinist in the West Virginia University Symphony Orchestra and the former drummer for the Morgantown, W. Va., based group, The Sundowners.

Banjo player Mark Gerolami comes from a background in ethnomusicology and is the former singer and guitarist for the BG-based band Norton and The Anthologies. Bringing to the table a background in musicology and jazz studies and rounding out The Student Loan is bassist Julio Appling, former leader of the Harlequin Jazz Quartet and member of the Southern California progressive rock group Oneiria.

For a group that describes themselves as “high velocity newgrass”, pinpointing their

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STUDENT LOANS: From left: mandolinist Chad Kimbler, guitarist/fiddler Liz Chibucos, bassist Yulio Appling, banjoist/guitarist Mark Garolami .

BELOW: The second album’s cover art.

sound is not an exact science as individual songs can hint at rock, jazz, classical and a host of other influences.

“We were much more of a traditional bluegrass band when we started” said Garolami, adding that the current crop of songs are products of how they as musicians have evolved.

“I like ‘progressive acoustic’, or ‘jamgrass,’” said bassist Julio Appling.

With Chibucos having finished her undergraduate degree in world music this past Spring, the band is following a trend of local twenty-somethings by trading in the Midwest for the Pacific Northwest via Portland, Ore., in the beginning of August.

“The scene for independent art is really big out there,” said Garolami, adding that “They take a certain sense of pride in supporting independent artists — call it left-wing attitudes or whatever but they’re very antiCumulus, anti-Clear Channel

“We love Bowling Green, we’ve had a great time here, we’ve really cut our chops here and become a group,” Mark Garolami | Banjo/Guitar/Vocals and anti big-corporate conglomerates.”

Which suits the artists well.

Their sophomore release “A New and Different Life” can be purchased online from the Portland-based Web site cdbaby.com, which releases and reviews independent artists’ albums, as well as giving them a bigger share from the sales than they would see through a major label.

Mandolin player Chad Kimbler recalled playing a coffee shop last summer and selling 17 copies of their first record to the 21 people who were there.

“Seventeen out of 21 people?

‘WALL-E’ blasts into movie theaters as Pixar perfection

By Aaron Helfferich Film Critic

Pixar Animation Studios is considered by many to be the ultimate film-making animation studio there has ever been. By giving life to characters better than most live action films, Pixar has never failed to deliver heartwarming stories with undying and unique originality. This weekend, they plan the release of their newest adventure with a tiny, but determined robot named WALL-E. But before WALL-E ever blasted into outer space, Pixar got its start in 1984 when John Lasseter made his first computer animated short film, Andre and Wally B. 1986 marked the beginning of the animation studio known as Pixar when Steve Jobs purchased the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm for $10 million. What originally started with an ambition for animation from John Lasseter, the company started producing animated short films and visually engaging commercials for products like Listerine and Tropicana. After numerous commercials, Lasseter and company produced the world’s first fully computer animated feature film known as the Academy Award winning “Toy Story”.

Reliving every bit of their success, Pixar has produced a track record of award winning films and shorts that include the lovable films like “Ratatouille”, “Monsters Inc.”, “The Incredibles” and “Finding Nemo”. With such an astounding creative eye for capturing the souls of their characters, Pixar now turns to

That never happens up here and the economy is a lot stronger out there as far as supporting the arts, having money,” said Kimbler.

“Plus, there are mountains,” mused Appling, who will be moving close to his Tacoma, Wash., hometown for the first time in seven years.

That’s not to say the group is at all bitter about their years toiling away in the flat swamp land.

“We love Bowling Green, we’ve had a great time here, we’ve really cut our chops here and become a group,” said Garolami.

They have two more shows in town this summer before they

Comedian George Carlin mourned as countercultural hero

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a character that some would argue has no soul.

WALL-E may be a robot that was designed to compact, lift and allocate waste, but his repetitive job has helped him develop a personality that is incredibly curious and personal. Since he’s left with nothing to do after humans leave Earth, he spends most of his time rummaging through his landfill of treasures and pondering a purpose in his lonely existence. All of that changes when a spacecraft lands on his work-site, and he is greeted by the sleek surveillance robot, EVE. With love at first sight, Wall-E follows his new friend in a race across the galaxy in search of the promise for a future.

In a way, the character of WALL-E is a lot like Pixar.

Small and seemingly insignificant, WALL-E’s personality may be overlooked. What originally could have been dismissed for another group making lifeless animation

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films, Pixar injects their creative will and personalities into every project they take on.

Along the way, they never forgot to use their curiosity that makes them the powerhouse production company they are known as today.

With so much weighing in on the shoulders of one tiny robot, a failure would be like the wrench thrown into a well-oiled machine. However, with determination, creativity and undying curiosity for the exploration of boundless experiences, WALL-E and Pixar may be the team to finally show us how animation can be one of the most powerful and praiseworthy tools in the creations of cinema.

relocate across the country.

This Friday, the group will be throwing its Bowling Green CD release party at Nate and Wally’s Fishbowl. The show starts at 10:30 p.m. You can catch them where they got their start at Grumpy Dave’s Pub on Friday, July 18 at 10 p.m. And they’ll be opening for The Welders on Saturday July 26 at Howard’s for the glorious Tunafest.

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LOS ANGELES — Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television.

Some People Are Stupid. Stuff.

People I Can Do Without.

George Carlin, who died Sunday at 71, leaves behind not only a series of memorable routines, but a legal legacy: His most celebrated monologue, a frantic, informed riff on those infamous seven words, led to a Supreme Court decision on broadcasting offensive language.

The counterculture hero’s jokes also targeted things such as misplaced shame, religious hypocrisy and linguistic quirks — why, he once asked, do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?

Carlin, who had a history of heart trouble, went into St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica on Sunday afternoon complaining of chest pain and died of heart failure later that evening, said his publicist, Jeff Abraham. He had performed as recently as last weekend at the Orleans Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas.

“He was a genius and I will miss him dearly,” Jack Burns, who was the other half of a comedy duo with Carlin in the early 1960s, told The Associated Press.

Actor Ben Stiller called Carlin “a hugely influential force in standup comedy. He had an amazing mind, and his humor was brave, and always challenging us to look at ourselves and question our belief systems, while being incredibly entertaining. He was one of the greats.”

Carlin constantly breached the accepted boundaries of comedy and language, particularly with

his routine on the “Seven Words” — all of which are taboo on broadcast TV to this day.

When he uttered all seven at a show in Milwaukee in 1972, he was arrested on charges of disturbing the peace, freed on $150 bail and exonerated when a Wisconsin judge dismissed the case, saying it was indecent but citing free speech and lack of any disturbance.

The words were later played on a New York radio station, resulting in a 1978 Supreme Court ruling upholding the government’s authority to sanction stations for broadcasting offensive language during hours when children might be listening.

“So my name is a footnote in American legal history, which I’m perversely kind of proud of,” he told The Associated Press earlier this year.

Despite his reputation as unapologetically irreverent, Carlin was a television staple through the decades, serving as host of the “Saturday Night Live” debut in 1975 — noting on his Web site that he was “loaded on cocaine all week long” — and appearing some 130 times on “The Tonight Show.”

He produced 23 comedy albums, 14 HBO specials, three books, a few TV shows and appeared in several movies, from his own comedy specials to “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure” in 1989 — a testament to his range from cerebral satire and cultural commentary to downright silliness (sometimes hitting all points in one stroke).

“Why do they lock gas station

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CITY BRIEF

New company to revamp Cla-Zel Workers began restoring the historic Cla-Zel Theater’s marquee over the last week.

Out of sustained operation since May 2005, the structure is getting a new lease on life through Cla-Zel Entertainment, Ltd., which purchased it from Cla-Zel ENCORE,

By Aaron Helfferich Film Critic

a group of local businessmen, for $385,000.

The business is pumping close to $500,000 into the theater, which they hope to open by September in time for the Black Swamp Arts Festival.

Ammar Mufleh, the main partner with the group, says they are “trying to maintain as much of the historical integrity while updating it and creating a multi-entertainment venue.” Ideas include themed

“Brew ‘n’ View” nights, based on business models for old theaters in the South and Southwest, as well as bringing in local, regional and eventually national music acts.

“Adaptation and change is key,” Mufleh stressed, adding, “We want to interact with the community so that we cater to what they want. We’ll be testing the market and talking to people as we develop.”

Andrea Watson, senior, said she wanted to work off campus to get a feel for an atmosphere outside From Page 3 of school, but she had a prefercommuters in another way,” she ence to work close to campus said. “If you are driving to campus because of the convenience.

“I’ve been working at Buffalo three days a week, an off-campus job may have hours that better fit Wild Wings, as a waitress, for a year,” Watson said. “I like the enviyour commuting schedule.”

Other benefits of working off ronment because it’s laid back campus are the variety of job and I have the opportunity to opportunities in various positions meet people I wouldn’t normally and fields, which comes down to meet on campus.”

Watson also said working at personal preference.

“For example, if a student is Buffalo Wild Wings gives her a interested in retail positions or chance to get away from campus, jobs in the health professions, but at the same time, it is convethose opportunities are limited nient because it is a short walk on campus, but more available from her campus home.

“I don’t have transportation to within a 20 mile radius of BGSU,” she said. “If I like my work envi- travel outside of Bowling Green, ronment, the hours and the pay, so I had to look for a job that was I might put up with a commute close to campus,” she said. “I think that costs more because I’m hap- working off-campus has opened my mind to life outside of campus pier on the job.”

But students still ask about and [I have] a better connection working close to campus to keep to Bowling Green residents.”

The campus has various jobs commuting costs low or ask about local businesses such as for students, but the search is competitive. restaurants, retail and malls.

Many students take advantage of the Career Center’s resourses and workshops in order to have a higher chance of getting a job.

Junior Chandice Jones said after viewing available on-campus jobs through the WorkNet system, she immediately went to get her resume looked over.

“The Career Center staff really helps students get the job by critiquing resumes and doing mock interviews,” Jones said. “And WorkNet allows students to view hundreds of available jobs on and off campus, along with internships and co-op listings.”

Simmons encourages students to take advantage of the job fairs hosted on campus in the fall and spring.

“Students looking for a summer jobs are encouraged to attend the BGSU Summer Job Fair in March and network with employers to find a summer employment,” she said.

For more information, visit the Career Center at 322 Conklin North or call 419-372-2356.

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Karns admits the course is tough, but is perfect for those looking for a challenge.

“This course can play tough,” Karns said. “But this course is not an unfair course. Everything is in front of you … there are no hidden problems.”

Ohio’s newest state park lodge opened in 1991 and includes 120 guest rooms, each with their own balcony.

Visitors may also wish to rent a room at the Maumee Bay State Lodge.

Guests of the lodge also have access to racquetball courts, an arcade game room, saunas, a whirlpool, indoor and outdoor pools, several restaurants and a snack bar.

Brower said Maumee Bay is

also planning for the future.

“We hope to have a special event every weekend during the summer,” he said.

The park is off to a good start after hosting a triathlon last weekend. The park has already planned several events for July, including a Fourth of July fireworks celebration.

Offering adventurous excursions and a relaxing, natural setting, Maumee Bay has become a major summer destination in the Midwest.

With close proximity to the University, students are able to take full advantage of it.

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euphemisms he said have become so widespread that no one can simply “die.” “’Older’ sounds a little better than ‘old,’ doesn’t it?,” he said.

“Sounds like it might even last a little longer. ... I’m getting old. And it’s OK. Because thanks to our fear of death in this country I won’t

have to die — I’ll ‘pass away.’ Or I’ll ‘expire,’ like a magazine subscription. If it happens in the hospital they’ll call it a ‘terminal episode.’

The insurance company will refer to it as ‘negative patient care outcome.’ And if it’s the result of malpractice they’ll say it was a ‘therapeutic misadventure.’”

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In addition to the conventional summer pursuits, Maumee Bay also has its own golf course.

The park’s unique 18-hole “Scottish Links” style golf course has low, rolling mounds, bent grass fairways, greens and tees, numerous sand bunkers and ponds.

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In the past years we’ve seen the recreation of classic television series like “Bewitched,” “Dukes of Hazzard” and “Starsky and Hutch”. Sadly, their efforts to revive the classic design of these series were less than pleasing.

Sometimes among the handful of other forgetfuls, there are recreations like “Miami Vice” and “Mission Impossible” that have transformed their source material so well that they create entirely new experiences for their die-hard audiences.

“Get Smart” was one of those shows that had the elements of an action/spy series and the quick witted dialogue of a sitcom. With these qualities, “Get Smart” has everything it needs to be transferred into a summer blockbuster. Whether or not it is received by the audiences of young and old is up to how much of the source material is compromised for today’s fastpaced audiences.

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branch of the U.S. government, CONTROL. To get the most of this series, the story begins with Max’s first day being promoted as a field agent. Paired with the skilled and sensual Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway), Max’s first assignment leads him into battle with the evil terrorist empire, KAOS. To keep with the ideas of the original series, the film has the relationship of 99 and Smart at the forefront of their humor.

When she’s not busy bailing him out of trouble, 99 is busy fighting off the advances of Max that are delivered with the familiar skill of Steve Carell. Much like his character, Michael Scott, from his own television series, “The Office,” Carell has a comedic charm that carries the film through its difficulties.

Like any typical blockbuster film, “Get Smart” handles its incredible cast with a poor effort. Spending most of its time worrying about whether or not the audience is satisfied with drawn out action sequences or humor, “Get Smart” has a hard time finding the appropriate stroke of character. What character there is in the film is short lived during the relationship between Smart and 99.

LETTER GRADE: C RATED: PG-13 for some rude humor, action, violence and language RUNTIME: 110 minutes.

STARRING: Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Arkin and Terence Stamp.

DIRECTOR: Peter Segal

However, “Get Smart” does a better job than most blockbusters by staying believable even in its goofiness. The action sequences, even with the availability of special effects, never go too far over the top to hinder the experience. If it does, it usually works as another gag joke.

With such an amiable and talented cast, “Get Smart” has high expectations like most summer blockbusters. Even though Terence Stamp and Alan Arkin are present to give a splash of classic acting flare, most of what we get out of “Get Smart” was already witnessed in the trailers and TV spots.

Ultimately, it’s the fast-paced nature of the script that keeps this TV adaptation out of the dirts of the worst, but below the success of the greats.

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Juneteenth and freedom celebrated at Toledo Art Museum JUNETEENTH FESTIVITIES: Leonard Marty, a glass blower, takes a torch to a glass piece to help refine its shape. The glass blowing demonstration was held at the Toledo Art Museum during the Juneteenth celebration this past weekend. Juneteenth marks June 19, 1865, the day that slaves in Texas were informed of the Emancipation Proclamation by Union Gen. Gordon Granger. The proclamation had been issued by President Lincoln two years prior.

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Moving toward increasing wisdom in ourselves and our communities is the change Barack Obama is talking about.

Becoming wise is not easy, but if we intend to do it we are already on the road to success.

Theodore Ruben’s idea is very powerful. He said: “Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.”

Sages have reminded us that he who thinks he is wise, is not.

When one learns there is an inconceivable amount that can be learned, and when one compares that to what one has learned, one comes to know that one knows very little. As Albert Einstein said: “All our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike.”

Physicists tell us that only four percent of the universe is the matter as we know it. Ninety-six percent is dark energy and dark matter about which almost nothing is known, except that dark matter and dark energy may be causing the universe to expand.

Perhaps you already have heard that nothing ever happened in the past and nothing will ever happen in the future.

Everything that happens, happens in the present or does not happen.

Most researchers model themselves after the work of physicists and mathematicians and, as far as I know, physicists and mathematicians do not deal with “now.” I am suggesting that if we notice what is happening as it is happening, we are wiser and in a better position to affect said happening.

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personal time could see all those wonderful, oft risqué, adventures. NOT COOL! I found myself turning my once racy Facebook profile into something resembling a professional resume.

Facebook had come full circle.

And it didn’t stop there. In the effort to appeal to an ever-growing number of obnoxious teenagers, Facebook began Applications.

So what would you be, a Ninja or a Pirate? Who cares! Neither I, nor any of my friends, ever wanted to be a pirate or a ninja; we just wanted to have fun, dis each other and throw parties. Now users could customize their profiles by adding scores from various quizzes they had taken, like what sort of warrior they were, or who their favorite Harry Potter character was. If there is a practice more juvenile than equating one’s insecure self with a fictional character, I would be delighted to learn it.

And so, what started as an invaluable social networking utility for college students turned into a slightly less angst-ridden ver-

students have a sense of wonder when leaving their classrooms.

Also included would be a degree of excitement and increased inquisitiveness about the universe and one’s place in it.

Since these matters are difficult to measure, and since our past programming has told us that if we can’t define (measure) something, we are stupid about it, we don’t have goals of developing wisdom, wonder, and open mindedness.

Before we can determine how best to evaluate professors, we need to know whether they primarily “train” students in a set of specific skills, or whether they are attempting to “educate.”

To educate is to provide conditions whereby students are led to the thresholds of their minds where ‘ahas!’ have a greater chance of arising.

Too many university courses have moved so far from “playing with ideas” that few students have the general skill of integrating various fields of knowledge.

Integrating fields of knowledge provides a greater chance for creativity.

Universities have become training centers instead of places where mental fires are started.

Measuring wonder and mental fires will be a concern in another column.

You might consider communicating with professors and administrators about these matters.

Thanks for your attention.

— Pritscher is a professor emeritus and author of “Reopening Einstein’s Thought: About What Can’t Be Learned from Textbooks,” to be published in July 2008. Respond to his column at thenews@bgnews.com. sion of MySpace. Shame on you, Facebook creators. It’s one thing to sell out, but even prostitutes retain more dignity than you. I truly miss the original Facebook and I fear that future generations of awkward college freshmen will have nothing to provide unity and community during one of the most socially trying times of their lives. I was fortunate. By the time Facebook turned prepubescent, I had already established a thriving social network, thanks largely to the wonderful, college-studentonly device.

Take heed, incoming freshmen, and be wary of the things you put on Facebook. Since anyone can join, your potential places of employment may start snooping, and they might not take kindly to that picture of you giving the camera the finger while chugging a Natural Light. And hopefully you have not forgotten how to talk to your neighbors both in class and out, for they may be your only reliable options for creating your own social network. Good luck, newbies!

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Many of the featured athletes will also be at the 2008 MAC Football Preview Tuesday, July 29, at Ford Field in Detroit.

2008 MAC Football’s 20 Questions With A Student — Athlete Schedule: June 23 — Tyler Sheehan, Bowling Green June 24 — Eugene Jarvis, Kent State June 25 — Nick Moore, Toledo June 26 — Drew Willy, Buffalo June 27 — Daniel Holtzclaw, Eastern Michigan June 28 — Jameson Hartke, Ohio June 29 — Terrance Knighton, Temple June 30 — Andy Schmitt, Eastern Michigan July 1 — Julien Edelman, Kent State July 2 — Barry Church, Toledo July 3 — Ronald Hilaire, Buffalo July 4 — TJ Lang, Eastern Michigan July 5 — Andrew Mooney, Ohio July 6 — Adam DiMichele, Temple July 7 – Clayton Mullins, Miami July 8 – Dan LeFevour, Central Michigan July 9 – Chris Miller, Ball State July 10 – Jamarko Simmons, Western Michigan July 11 – Chris Miller, Ball State July 12 — Antonio Smith, Bowling Green July 12 – Dave DiFranco, Miami July 13 – Andrew Hartline, Central Michigan July 14 — Tim Hiller, Western Michigan July 15 — Nate Davis, Ball State

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ASHLAND, Ohio (AP) — Monica Abbott pitched a no-hitter with 15 strikeouts, Crystl Bustos and Stacey Nuveman hit three-run homers, and the U.S. Olympic team tuned up for Beijing with a 20-0 win over a Mid-American Conference All-Star team on Monday night.

The Americans, who will be seeking a fourth straight gold medal in China, improved to 491 on their “Bound 4 Beijing” tour and delighted a standing-roomonly crowd of 4,126 fans.

A first-time Olympian and former star at Tennessee, Abbott was in control from the outset.

She had at least two strikeouts in all but one inning and ran her record to 13-0. The hardthrowing left-hander is part of a three-pitcher rotation — along with Olympic veterans Jennie Finch and Cat Osterman — that coach Mike Candrea will use in Beijing.

The closest the MAC team came to a hit was when Bowling Green’s Hayley Weimer lined out to short in the seventh.

Blanked for two innings by Kent State’s Gabrielle Burns, the U.S. scored nine runs in the third inning, highlighted

by Bustos’ 22nd homer of the tour — a towering shot to left off Western Michigan’s Kyla Sullivan. Natasha Watley had an RBI double and singled home a run in the outburst.

Jessica Mendoza homered in the fifth and had three RBIs and Lauren Lappin hit a two-run shot in the sixth for the Americans, who posted their 41st shutout of the tour and have outscored opponents 571-26.

Finch played first base and

CHICAGO — The reigning MVP. The scoring champion. Shooters, defensive specialists and dominant post players, too.

The U.S. Olympic team that was announced Monday appears to have all the elements to capture the gold medal in Beijing and rebound from a third-place finish in Athens four years ago. MVP Kobe Bryant has a shot at another big prize after falling short of the NBA championship, and this time, he’ll lead a deep team that includes LeBron James and Dwyane Wade.

While it might be a bit premature to conclude the U.S. “has re-established itself” on an international level, as USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo said during a news conference, it’s no stretch to say the team is versatile.

Besides Bryant, James and Wade, Carmelo Anthony and Jason Kidd were among the 12 players chosen from a pool of 33. They were joined by Tayshaun Prince,

By Cristian Salazar The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Don Imus said Monday morning on his radio show that he was trying to “make a sarcastic point” with his latest on-air remarks about race, but that they had been misunderstood.

Imus resurrected his radio career six months ago with a pledge to mend the wounds caused by a racist and sexist comment he made about a women’s basketball team.

Monday he said he was following the spirit of that promise by calling attention to the unfair treatment of blacks — in this case the arrests of suspended Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam Jones.

“What people should be outraged about is that they arrest blacks for no reason,” Imus said

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Monday. “I mean, there’s no reason to arrest this kid six times. Maybe he did something once, but everyone does something once.”

He called the flurry of criticism surrounding the comments “ridiculous” and said that his program’s cast is now more diverse than ever — and includes a black producer and two black co-hosts, a man and a woman.

“How insane would I have to be? What would I be thinking?”

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THE DELIVERY: Team USA starting pitcher Monica Abbott delivers a pitch in the first inning against the Mid-American Conference All-Star team in softball action Monday, June 23, 2008, at Brookside Park in Ashland, Ohio.

drove in two runs. Nuveman, who had five RBIs, connected in the fifth when the U.S. scored four times, and Lappin homered in the sixth to cap the scoring.

The U.S. has 10 games remaining on its coast-to-coast tour. The Americans will open Olympic tournament play on Aug. 12 vs.

Venezuela.

Gold medal not guaranteed

By Andrew Seligman The Associated Press

Imus defensive in response to Monday’s comments

Carlos Boozer, Chris Bosh, Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, Michael Redd and Deron Williams.

“The last couple of years, since 2000, you have seen the world caught up,” Wade said.

“We have to play their game. ...

I feel now we have an unbelievable opportunity.”

The team was selected without a tryout. It will have a minicamp this week in Las Vegas and meet there July 20-25 to train and play an exhibition against Canada before heading overseas. The Americans open Olympic play against China on Aug. 10.

Although the Americans captured the gold at the Sydney Games in 2000, they no longer dominate international play as they once did. The talent gap has narrowed and many top players have chosen to not play for the national team in recent years.

Now, the U.S. team appears loaded. Then again, the Americans went 5-3 in Athens and lost for the first time since NBA players started competing in 1992 even though

they had James, Anthony, Wade and Tim Duncan. That group got routed by Puerto Rico before losing to Lithuania and Argentina, but this one is confident it will take the gold.

“It’s really the world’s game.

We think we’re the best at playing that game,” said coach Mike Krzyzewski, warning that “unless we show the respect to the rest of the world that it is the world’s game” there will be no gold medal.

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Imus wondered aloud.

The latest comments by Imus to come under scrutiny were aired on Monday’s broadcast.

During a conversation about Jones’ run-ins with the law, Imus asked, “What color is he?”

Sports announcer Warner Wolf said Jones — formerly known as Pacman — is “AfricanAmerican.” Imus responded: “There you go. Now we know.”

The on-air exchange came months after Imus’ return to work

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Wade and Anthony said they didn’t know what to expect when they went to Athens.

“Now, we understand the international game is good,” Wade said.

“Those guys play together like I’ve never seen before. They can probably play with their eyes closed and know where each other is at, that’s how long they’ve been playing together. You have to respect that we’re going to their turf and

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When he returned to work, Imus gave a lengthy on-air apology and pledged to use his new show to foster an open dialogue on race relations.

Co-host Karith Foster, who is black, came to Imus’ defense during Monday’s broadcast, saying, “People who interpret what you said as racist clearly didn’t hear the whole thing, and they don’t know who you are and what the program is about — and they

obviously haven’t been listening.”

Jones told The Dallas Morning News in Monday’s editions that he’s upset by Imus’ comments and plans to pray for the radio host.

“I’m truly upset about the comments,” Jones said. “Obviously Mr. Imus has problems with African-Americans. I’m upset, and I hope the station he works for handles it accordingly. I will pray for him.”

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trying to come out on top.”

Anthony saw the 2004 Games as a chance to “have some of the best workouts in the summer time with the best players in the world” and went there thinking “the USA is supposed to win everything.”

“Going through that experience really helped me to learn the international game,” Anthony said.

He’s part of a team that includes one of the best shooters (Redd) and defenders (Prince).

There are role players and scor-

ers, including the two biggest.

Bryant will play in his first Olympics after winning his first MVP while leading the Los Angeles Lakers to the finals.

James averaged 30.0 points — just enough to beat Bryant for the scoring title.

Those two along with Anthony, Kidd and Dwight Howard started for a team that went unbeaten in the Olympic qualifying tournament last year. Eight of the 12 players headed to Beijing played on that team and six played in the 2006 world championships.

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320 Elm St. (419)872-9114.

812 (avail. June 1) & 832 Third St. (avail Aug. 1). 5 blks from campus. 3 bdrm., 1 bath, privacy fenced in back yard. $875 mo., plus util. Call (419)392-2812.

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Enclave II - 4 bdrm., 4 bath, $315 mo furn. All extras included. Please call (440)796-3881

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419-308-9198.

House For Rent 312 N. Enterprise, 4 bedroom Available Fall, 2008. (419)352-5882 Houses & Apartments www.fiterentals.com 419-353-8206

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Summit Hill 414/418 S. Summit St. 2+ bedroom, A/C, garage, washer/ dryer. Spacious, Remodeled.

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MAKE YOUR HOME AT: Haven House 1515 E. Wooster St.

Fox Run 216 S. Mercer Rd.

Haven House Manor Fox Run Apts.

Piedmont Apts. “Renovated” Updated Birchwood (small pet allowed) Mini Mall Apts. (Downtown) 1 Bedroom & Efficiencies Houses OFFICE HOURS Mon-Fri: 8-5 Sat: 10-2 530 S. Maple St.

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Birchwood 650 6th St.

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