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Freestyle Skiing (Women’s Moguls)
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Alpine Skiing (Women’s Downhill and Men’s Super-Combined)
Snowboarding (Men’s Snowboard Cross and Men’s Halfpipe)
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Speed Skating (Men’s 1000m)
Nordic Combined (Individual Nh/10 Km Cc)
Freestyle Skiing (Women’s Moguls and Men’s Moguls)
Short-track Speed Skating (Men’s 1500m)
Short-track Speed Skating (Men’s 1500m and Men’s 1000m)
Alpine Skiing (Women’s Downhill, Women’s Super Combined and Men’s Super-G)
Alpine Skiing (Men’s Downhill, Men’s Super-G and Women’s Super-G)
Snowboarding (Women’s Halfpipe) Speed Skating (Men’s 1500m)
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Speed Skating (Men’s 1000m) Snowboarding (Men’s Halfpipe) Snowboarding (Women’s Halfpipe)
THE BG NEWS
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Monday, February 22, 2010
Volume 104, Issue 106
WATCHING MEMORIES FALL
Students learn how cultures dance to their own beat African Peoples Association celebrates music from all over the world during annual conference By Jess James Reporter
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THINKING BACK: Sigma Epsilon member Brandon Double watches as his former residence is torn down on Saturday afternoon. “I had a bed there two months ago and now I don’t. It’s hard, but for BG it’s a good day for improvement,” Double said.
Students can save money when professors place books on reserve By Nicole Krohn Reporter
For students who do not want to purchase course materials, the reserve room in the library may be an alternative. Instructors can bring course materials to the reserve room on the first floor of the library and students can use the material for free. For the Fall 2009 semester, approximately 175 instructors placed 530 items on reserve, including textbooks, DVDs, VHS tapes and copies of articles. Other material was posted on the library’s electronic reserve. Students checked out reserve items 3,200 times last semester said Sherri Long, head of course
reserves. Instructors can choose to let students check out the material for two hours, one day, or three days. However, Long said most instructors choose two-hour checkouts. “They want them available for the majority of students,” she said. “Most teachers bring in their own personal copy, so here we can keep track of them.” Long said there usually is not a line to use the material. “When there is a class about to have a test, occasionally there may be a line,” she said. “Otherwise they get used pretty regularly throughout the semester, not all at the same time.” Long said even though there are some inconveniences about
often than not, students only listen to American pop or hip-hop, but there is some really great music The power of music united students that comes from all over the world from all cultural backgrounds at and today we’re just trying to get Saturday’s celebration of “Music students to recognize what else is from Around the World” presented out there.” Audience members were enterby the African Peoples Association. The event was part of the APA’s tained by other student performcross cultural conference, an ers ranging from Nigeria, Ethiopia, annual free event that introduc- China and South Korea. Graduate es students to different societal Student Mari Kirsanova is a memnorms from around the world and ber of the student organization how people define a topic in their Capoeira Mandigna, an ancient style of martial arts that incorpoculture. Immanuel Gyebi, APA public rates music with dancing. “Capoeira was brought to Brazil relations adviser, said the purpose of the celebration is to broaden stu- by African slaves in the 16th cendent diversity and come together tury,” Kirsanova said. “Our perforto be exposed to music that people mance today is going to demonstrate ancient Capoeira techniques don’t hear every day. “We want to demonstrate an See APA | Page 2 appreciation and respect for all types of music,” Gyebi said. “More
MORROW RECALLS MIRACLE
“Most importantly, I like to keep cost down for students.” Scott Magelessen | Professor the reserve, it still allows more people to use a fewer amount of books and saves students money. While students can get charged a 25 cent late fine per hour for reserve material, most do not because they must stay in the library to use the material.
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UNEXPECTED VICTORY: The 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team celebrates after their victory over the Soviet team during the 1980 Olympics games in Lake Placid, NY. By Sean Shapiro Sports Editor
Rocking to raise money for cancer By Ryan Bort Reporter
On Saturday night, 20 teams were rocking out at Alpha Tau Omega’s Rock-a-thon in three different ways. The teams rocked out to local bands, kept a chair rocking for 12 hours and, of course, rocked their organizations’ letters. The event marked ATO’s fourth annual Rock-a-thon with the slogan of “Rocking Away Cancer.” “We have them rocking in a chair and rocking out to rock PHOTO PROVIDED bands,” said Eric Young, one of three main event planners. “So ROCKING OUT: A band performs at Saturday’s Rock-a-thon where participants rocked we have people rocking literally in chairs to raise money for cancer. and figuratively all night.” The Rock-a-thon was a 12- to an all-day event. event proceeds are donated to hour event that started at 7 p.m. “We really wanted to offer an the American Cancer Society. in which teams of three were alternative to drinking,” Lubin For the last three years, the responsible for keeping a single said. “There’s a lot of things to event has typically raised about rocking chair rocking for the do here and we hope that peo- $1,200 a year, and this year their whole 12 hours. ple can have a good night here goal was $2,000, although the Dan Lubin was in charge of without drinking.” actual results for this year will sponsorship, donations and Aside from the teams of three, not be in until the end of the public relations for the event others could support the cause week. and said there is a reason they by purchasing a ticket to attend See ROCKING | Page 2 do an all-night event as opposed the event with a $5 donation. All
CAMPUS Winter fun at Winterfest
FORUM Construction readies bright future
Plenty of fun, chalk drawing and chili cooking entertained the guests of Bowling Green during Winterfest on Saturday at City Park | Page 3
Columnist Josh Whetherholt remembers the many fun times spent in the Rodgers Quadrangle, but looks at what the building’s demolition last Saturday will pave the way for in the future | Page 4
Thirty years ago today, the United States’ Olympic hockey team stunned the heavily favored Soviet Union 4-3, leading to the most famous play-by-play call in the history of American sports. “Eleven seconds, you’ve got 10 seconds, the countdown going on right now! Morrow, up to Silk. Five seconds left in the game. Do you believe in miracles? YES.” Right in the middle of ABC broadcaster Al Michael’s immortal proclamation lies former Falcon Ken Morrow. Morrow, a defenseman on the 1980 U.S. Olympic team, was on the ice for the final moments of the biggest upset in sports history clearing the puck to teammate Dave Silk as time expired. “I was able to get it up and out, that is when I knew we had it won,” Morrow said. Thirty years later Morrow is now the director of professional scouting for the New York Islanders; the final 10 minutes of the game with the Soviets still live vividly in his memory. “We had taken the lead 4-3 and I just remember thinking this was going to be the longest 10 minutes of my life. I wanted to be out there making a difference
and my job was just to get the puck out of our end,” Morrow said. During those final 10 minutes, the United States held off a Soviet onslaught and the defense spearheaded by Morrow helped goalie Jim Craig clear any loose pucks out of the Americans’ defensive zone. “I stressed we must stay with our system and our tactics,” American coach Herb Brooks told the Washington Post after the game. “I’ve seen too many teams back off from the Soviets. We were getting kind of antsy, we started to dump the puck, we were starting to panic, and we had to calm them down.” While the United States held off the Soviet Union over the final 10 minutes, the improbable upset would have never happened if not for a first period, which saw the Americans enter the break with a 2-2 tie on a last-second goal by Mark Johnson. “The first period was key for us, Mark Johnson scored for us going into the locker room,” Morrow said. “They were capable of taking you out of the game very quickly and we knew that.” Morrow and his teammates knew about the Soviet Union’s explosive offense from experience. A mere week before the
SPORTS Victory for BG hockey For the first time in five years, the BG hockey team took a victory over Notre Dame, beginning with a shaky start and ending with a shootout | Page 8
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PRE-OLYMPICS: Ken Morrow was a defensemen for the BG men’s hockey team.
Olympics, the Americans were destroyed 10-3 by the Soviets in their final Olympic tune-up at Madison Square Garden. After successfully weathering the first period onslaught, the U.S. surrendered a goal in the second period, entering the third period trailing 3-2. “It was kind of a funny game. In the first period, the crowd was kind of fired up. But not a whole lot happened for our team in the second period,” Morrow said.
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PEOPLE ON THE STREET What would you do for charity for 12 hours straight? BRENDAN CAUGHLIN, Senior, Excercise Science,
“Dance my face off.” | Page 4
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