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SUNDAY, SEPT. 6
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12:06 A.M.
Alex Nagel, of West Chester, Ohio, was cited for operating a vehicle under the influence, underage consumption and possession of drug paraphernalia on Merry Street.
Justin Snyder, of Liberty Center, Ohio, was cited for obstructing official business and underage possession of alcohol. Justyn Shipley, of Swanton, Ohio, was cited for underage under the influence at Kohl Hall.
2:41 A.M.
Olumayowa Odumade, of Detroit, was cited for possession of marijuana. 11:41 P.M.
Craig Richardson, of Akron, was cited for an open container and underage consumption on Court Street.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 5 12:41 A.M.
Kyle Shepherd, of Maumee, was arrested for obstructing official business, possession of drugs, criminal trespass and underage consumption in Lot 4. 2:17 A.M.
Andrew Pavlenda, of Elyria, Ohio, was cited for disorderly conduct at the Business Administration Building. 3:16 A.M.
Julie Hill, of Carey, Ohio, was cited for an open container and underage consumption on North Enterprise Street. 3:49 A.M.
Christopher Small, of Shaker Heights, Ohio, was cited for disorderly conduct on East Wooster Street.
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12:45 A.M.
Derek Schumaker, of Findlay, was cited for disorderly conduct while intoxicated and underage consumption at McDonald Quadrangle. 1:10 A.M.
Williams Rhoads III, of Wheaton, Illinois, was cited for underage consumption and an open container in Lot 4. Andrew Kuns, of Oregon, Ohio, was cited for underage consumption in Lot 4. 4:54 A.M.
Wyatt Estep and Colton Means, both of Sandusky, Ohio, were arrested for contributing to unruliness or delinquency of a child and complicity to forgery. 3:37 A.M.
Brandon Starcher of Northfield, Ohio, was cited for marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
MONDAY, SEPT. 7 3:43 A.M.
Clint Werling, of Defiance, Ohio, was cited for underage under the influence at McDonald Quadrangle. 2:11 P.M.
Complainant reported an unknown subject(s) smashed the sunroof on his vehicle within the 500th block of McKinley Drive. 2:54 P.M.
Complainant reported an unknown subject entered Wal-Mart and stole two DVD/GPS radios, a desktop computer and a DVD/Navigation receiver, together valued at $2,500, and then exited out of the fire escape door after removing the batteries so the alarm would not sound. 6:56 P.M.
Complainant reported loud noise within the 300th block of Colony Land Road. 8:12 P.M.
Daniel Feuerstein, 22, of Bowling Green, was arrested for attempted theft when he tried to take $236.21 worth of merchandise from Meijer.
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be advertised through the monitors, Paulus said. And students should not worry about these new monitors eating away their dining dollars. Paulus said students are not spending any of their meal plan money on the monitors (valued up to $2000). He just wants to see students take advantage of this unique, and free, situation. “The opportunity to help student organizations advertise their events, without any additional costs, makes it every effective and economically friendly for them,” Paulus said. “This is not a profit center.” Noting the environmental benefits, Paulus said a “huge expense” will be saved by reducing printing costs for fliers and menu boards. According to a UDS press release, all table tents (three-sided advertisements on dining tables) will be eliminated, minimizing the impact against the environment. UDS employees are not the only ones excited about the potential to increase student involvement. “I really do think it will get more people interested in finding out more information about
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Russian foreign minister denies S-300 missiles TEXTBOOKS From Page 1 on hijacked Russian freighter headed to Algeria said there are different ways the By Jim Heintz The Associated Press
MOSCOW — Russia's foreign minister on Tuesday rejected speculation that a hijacked Russian-crewed freighter was carrying S-300 missiles, possibly destined for Iran. Russia said the freighter Arctic Sea was seized by pirates in the Baltic Sea in late July after leaving a Finnish port. Russian naval vessels intercepted the ship weeks later off Cape Verde, thousands of kilometers from the Algerian port where it was supposed to deliver a load of timber.
But an array of questions continue to cloud the incident. Some observers have suggested that the seizure of a ship in the crowded Baltic, especially one carrying a comparatively low-value cargo, was unlikely as an act of straightforward piracy. A Russian shipping expert and an EU anti-piracy official have speculated that the vessel was carrying a clandestine cargo, possibly S-300 surface-to-air missiles for Iran or Syria. But Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday the rumors of S-300s on board the Arctic Sea were "completely untrue."
Separately, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's spokeswoman, Nataliya Timakova, also dismissed the claims that the Arctic Sea was shipping missiles as "speculations," and said Russian investigators would provide answers to questions about its cargo once the ship arrives in the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiisk. Russia's top investigative body, the general prosecutor's Investigative Committee, said in a statement that it had already had made a "thorough" inspection of the ship's load of timber and found no unauthorized cargo.
Fines proposed for Americans going without health insurance By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Americans who don’t get health insurance once the system is overhauled would be fined up to $3,800 under a proposal that circulated in Congress yesterday as Democratic leaders cast doubt on prospects for creating a government-run insurance plan. President Barack Obama prepared what he hoped would be a game-changing speech to a joint session of Congress today, his top
domestic priority in the balance. After a month of contentious forums, Americans were seeking specifics from the president. So were his fellow Democrats, divided on how best to solve the problem of the nation’s nearly 50 million uninsured. A government health-insurance option overwhelmingly favored by liberal Democrats appeared to be losing critically needed support. Into the breach: a bipartisan compromise that Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., a moderate who heads the influential
Finance Committee, was trying to broker. Baucus, meeting with a small group of fellow senators, promoted a plan that would guarantee coverage for nearly all Americans at a cost to taxpayers of under $900 billion over 10 years. Some experts consider that a relative bargain because the country now spends about $2.5 trillion a year on health care. But it would require hefty fees on insurers, drug companies and others in the health care industry to help pay for it.
Obama space panel says moon return plan is a no-go By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A White House panel of independent space experts says NASA’s return-tothe-moon plan just won’t fly. The problem is money. The expert panel estimates it would cost about $3 billion a year beyond NASA’s current $18 billion annual budget. “Under the budget that was proposed, exploration beyond Earth is not viable,” panel member Edward Crawley, a professor of aeronautics at MIT, told The Associated Press yesterday. The report gives options to President Barack Obama, but said NASA’s current plans have to change. Five years ago, thenPresident GeorgeW. Bush proposed returning astronauts to the moon
by 2020. To pay for it, he planned on retiring the shuttle next year and shutting down the international space station in 2015. All those deadlines have to change, the panel said. Space exploration would work better by including other countries and private forprofit firms, the panel concluded. The panel had previously estimated that the current plan would cost $100 billion in spending to 2020. Former NASA associate administrator Alan Stern said the report showed the harsh facts that NASA’s space plans had “a mismatch between resources and rhetoric.” Now, he said, Obama faces a choice of “essentially abandoning human spaceflight” or paying the extra money. The panel, chaired by retired Lockheed Martin CEO Norman Augustine, includes executives,
scientists and ex-astronauts. It posted a summary report yesterday on both White House and NASA web sites. NASA can’t get beyond lowEarth orbit without spending more, but space travel with astronauts is important, the panel found. That will cost an extra $3 billion a year and is “unquestionably worth it,” Crawley said. The question is where to go. The Bush plan was to go to the moon, which would serve as a training ground for flights to Mars. The Augustine panel agreed Mars is the ultimate goal, but said going to the moon first is only one option and not the preferred one. Instead, the panel emphasized what it called a “flexible path” of exploring near-Earth objects such as asteroids, the moons of mars, and then landing on the moon after other exploration.
organizations and events advertising [by] using the televisions,” said Sarah Johnson, University Activities Organization president. UAO, which actively promotes student involvement, will be one of the first groups to advertise with the monitors. And advertising will not be the only new feature for these monitors. Anytime an emergency is occurring within close proximity to the University (tornado, fire, etc.), all the monitors will alert students by stating what the danger is and what precautions they should take, Paulus said. But as resourceful as this all sounds, not all students are embracing the change. COURTNEY STELLAR | THE BG NEWS “The TVs are nice, but the money can be spent better some- NEW TV: Sophomore Robert Hanson orders a sandwich at BGSub in the Student Union, where else,” said sophomore with one of the new LCD TVs University Dining Services purchased in the background. Cerita Fowler. Fowler said there are plenty “[These changes] are to make friendly for the students,” he said. of other resources to gain infor- dining halls better and more user “It’s your dining hall, not mine.” mation about organizations and know when trouble is around. She also said there was no need to dispose of the previous menu boards. From Page 1 From Page 1 Similar to people’s tastes in food, Paulus knows not everyone said so far there have been zero of what I ate today, what do I will be pleased with the monitors, positive results for drugs. do with this now?’” Davis said. but he said hopefully the majority “And it’s not very green, we’re But according to the coltaking a step backwards with of students will be. lective bargaining agreement paper.” between the Ohio Patrolmen’s Mike Paulus, director of Benevolent Association and the University Dining Services, said Wood County Sheriff, if a subhe realizes there are students ject were to test positive for drug who would like the receipts to use, the first step would be an be more eco-friendly, and he internal investigation within the offered a solution. department to determine if the “For students who do not want test results were accurate. If it the receipts, we are going to start is determined that the subject having recycle bins at every cash knowingly used illegal drugs, he register for people to dispose of or she would then enter a drug their receipts,” he said. rehabilitation program. The company is also hoping to “We have a zero tolerance poloffer a to-go box. They are trying icy, and we offer a duty to Wood to get a durable, recyclable to-go County,” Wasylyshyn said. “I am container students can buy and 100 percent behind these testing.” reuse over and over, Paulus said. The testing is just a urine samPaulus said the receipts make ple conducted by ReadyCare, University dining more busian occupational health clinic nesslike. located within Wood County “Every business in the world Hospital, Director of ReadyCare offers receipts,” he said. “It’s the Deb Busdecker said. result of a transaction. You were “We randomly select the charged, and the receipt is there employees from the database of the sheriff’s department,” in case of problems. It’s just like she said. “We don’t know their any other business.” names, just the results.” Overall, Paulus said all the
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University Bookstore tries to keep costs down for students. When changing books, faculty is encouraged to choose a book they will use for at least four semesters. This also allows the bookstore to provide textbook rentals to students, he said. The bookstore also buys books back from students at 50 percent of the price of a new textbook before buying from wholesalers, Overholt said. This allows the school to help students first, as well as save on the cost of buying from other sources. When they do buy from other sources, they purchase used textbooks whenever possible. One thing students may have noticed when buying and selling books is the separate section for athletes. Overholt shed some light on this. “Book scholarships for athletics are placed through the athletics department,” he said. Because of this, they are separated from other students, who order their own books. Despite this, students still get only a fraction of their original money back from bookstore buybacks. However, this does not mean the bookstores are turning a huge profit. In fact, this is not usually the case. Students have three main options for buying textbooks in town. They are the University Bookstore, Student Book EXchange and Beat the Bookstore. No solid numbers were given by the local bookstores, but for the previous fiscal year, Overholt said the University Bookstore posted a small loss after scholarships and SBX Manager Kent Kokomoor said they don’t usually make a lot of money off books. “Books are the least profitable thing in the store,” he said. Outside of bookstores, students have other options for saving money, including OhioLINK, which allows students to get books on loan from university libraries in Ohio. Interim Dean of University Libraries Sara Bushong said the program runs through Jerome Library. “We often suggest students check OhioLINK because it is a great way to save money,” Bushong said. “Primary promotion comes from the library through the web page.” BGSU is a founding member of OhioLINK and participates in various committees aimed at improving the program. Students can also rent certain textbooks, buy from online sources such as Amazon.com or Buy.com, buy international editions or check the course reserves at Jerome Library. In order to save money, some students choose to buy only required textbooks, or textbooks that they feel are necessary. Freshman John Holland spent about $350 on textbooks and saved money by purchasing only specific textbooks. His method has worked thus far. “There has only been one time where I needed a book that I didn’t buy,” he said. “I have been getting along fine without.” With the high prices of textbooks and the poor economy, it is up to each student to find which option works best for them. changes are for students. “I’m here to please the students,” he said. “Without you, I don’t have a paycheck.” Heather Haydel, food service coordinator for 2.Mato 2.Night, located at the Union, said the receipts may be a hassle, but they can be helpful when students have problems with their food or what they’re charged. “Sometimes students get the wrong thing or they have a question and the receipt can help, Haydel said. But for some, like junior CJ Blair, the tiny slips of paper are little more than an added nuisance. “I already think I’m paying too much,” he said. “With the receipt, it’s just a reminder for me what I’m paying, which I don’t need.” Paulus said he appreciates student feedback like Davis and Blair’s. “All of those comments come directly to me,” he said. “We’re constantly looking at them to see how we can better please the students.” Editor’s note: Campus Editor Becky Tener also contributed to this report.