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Area farmers get hooked on fish farming for benefits, food By Hannah Nusser Reporter
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With the closing of three parking lots, commuters question University’s decision By Shaina Smith Reporter
The University is closing three commuter parking lots. This leaves commuters like sophomore commuter Amanda Agan asking themselves “Where the heck am I going to park?” The University plans to close commuter Lot J3 by McDonald residence hall, and Lots J7 and J8 behind Offenhauer will be removed to make room for the new McDonald dining center and the new residence hall. In an effort to compensate for lost parking, the University will be expanding Lots 5 and 12 by 500 spaces to the north, said Project Architect Marc Brunner. The removal of Lots J3, J7 and J8 is expected to begin in the coming months along
with the construction in Lots 5 and 12. “Well I just heard about it today and I gasped,” said sophomore Lizette Cooper. “I park in those two lots [J3, J7] because they’re the closest to my student life … all my classes are in Life Science or the Math Science building.” For some students, the new parking lots mean they will have to walk further to get to their classes. “This makes me very angry because most of my classes are in Eppler or the music building and that would be a long walk from there,” Agan said. “Even the lot across from the rec and the graveyard fill up before 10 a.m. so you would have to park at the
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City Council seeks to expand on yard waste solution Christine Talbert Reporter
Zanfardino said yard waste being placed in plastic bags and thrown into the trash is not a Creating an additional option good thing to be happening in for a yard waste solution was the city. “My belief is that 90 percent of up for debate at last night’s city the yard waste produced by the council meeting. Member-At-Large Terry Dunn people in this city is in a landfill, proposed to John Fawcett, from and if it isn’t, then it eventually the Chamber of Commerce will be,” he said. Zanfardino said it is easier Board of Directors, that an additional bin be added to the gar- for residents to throw their yard bage and recycling bin, strictly waste and brush pick up into the for the use of yard waste and trash instead of using it as combrush pickup. The issue arose post. Terry Dunn talked to John after city council removed yard wast and brush pick up early this Fawcett earlier in the week about year, but received a slew of phone providng council with an esticalls from upset residents over mate on what it would cost to offer an additional bin and the the issue. Council President John service of yard waste drop-off to
the people of Bowling Green. “I told Mr. Fawcett to factor in that the waste would be picked up every Friday for the seven month period between April and October where the most yard work is completed,” Dunn said. “I wanted this done so we could factor how much each person would have to pay for this service, if they wanted it.” The cost estimation sheet passed around to all council members included the cost of 5,500 bins to be passed out to citizens, personnel costs, equipment replacement and the cost of fuel for the trucks picking up the waste. Councilman Dunn questioned Fawcett’s estimate, saying
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Saturday’s African Peoples Association’s “Listen to Africa: the Soud of” dinner showcased African music through the performances of music troupes | Page
Columnist Hama Bbela says that while arguments are a natural part of human interaction, people must keep their anger in check, particularly when it comes to the health care debate | Page 4
“...90 percent of the yard waste produces by the people in this city is in a landfill...” John Zanfardino | Council President the numbers were higher than he expected them to be, and Fawcett cleared up any misunderstandings. “Again, these numbers are just a rough estimate. The cost of personnel is to compensate them to complete this job that would
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Whether it’s a taste for fresh seafood or the adventure of catching a bite, fish farming in Northwest Ohio is an emerging industry with economic and local area benefits. Aquaculture, commonly known as fish farming, is the process and business of raising aquatic species of interest, such as fish, for food or other purposes. The industry ranges from companies that raise bait fish for fisherman, to a plethora of species for commercial consumption, like perch, trout and catfish. A variety of these species are sold to restaurants and grocery stores. David Smith, founder of Freshwater Farms of Ohio, said there’s been a growth of fish farming in the past five years, and there are now about 220 fish
“We’re in the log cabin phase of aquaculture in Ohio...technology [is] being adopted.” Shawn McWhorter | Research associate farms in Ohio. There are many opportunities for fish farming businesses, he said, and opportunities will grow as the industry expands. Shawn McWhorter, a research associate aquaculture specialist for the Ohio Center of Aquaculture Development, is working on developing a more efficient means of raising fish, in hopes that the aquaculture business will pick up in Ohio. If more farmers farm fish, he said, their
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Students become the teachers of the previous generations Volunteer options at local Wood County Senior Centers allow students to educate, help By Christine Talbert Reporter
a 2007 graduate in gerontology from the University, said there are several student volunteers Since September 1975, the Wood from all over the area. “[Two of my students] Ashley County Committee on Aging (WCCOA) has served elderly and Aaron have been teachresidents of Bowling Green and ing a class called ‘Get Fit’ every provided college students with Monday, Wednesday, [and] Friday since August,” Trigg volunteer opportunities. Since its establishment, sever- said. “They are both kinesiolal other Wood County commu- ogy majors, and have created nities have opened their doors this class so seniors can work to provide seniors with loans on their balance and strength for medical equipment, handi- training.” The Bowling Green Senior capped parking applications, blood pressure and cholesterol Center provides volunteer screenings, referrals for care See SENIORS | Page 10 options and support groups. Programs Specialist Jessi Trigg,
SPORTS BG baseball battles Spartans After a win on Sunday, the BG baseball team will look to make it two in a row today when they travel to East Lansing to take on Michigan State | Page 6
PEOPLE ON THE STREET How did you break your Lent resolution? ROYCE ECTOR Sophomore, Psychology
“I gave up base jumping, so I jumped off the Library.” | Page 4
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Complainant came to the police station to report an altercation he had with his girlfriend.
Complainant reported loud music within the 100 block of Troup Ave.
12:02 A.M.
12:08 A.M. 6:12 A.M.
Timothy Reindel, 21, of Bowling Green, was arrested for burglary within the 900 block of N. Main St.
2:59 P.M.
Complainant reported a juvenile assaulted her within the 1000 block of Pearl St.
12:13 A.M.
Resident within the 800 block of Clough St. was warned for open container of alcohol.
Four residents within the 100 block of North Main St. were warned for disorderly conduct fighting.
Complainant reported in the past 48 hours unknown subject broke a basement window causing approximately $50 in damage, within the 200 block of Sandridge Road.
1:02 A.M.
Holley Hesler, of Worthington, Ohio, was cited for underage under the influence and littering in public at McDonald West Hall.
1:57 A.M.
Darla Sonnenberg, 21, of Holgate, Ohio, was cited for disorderly conduct public urination in Lot 2.
10:25 P.M.
2:20 A.M.
Subjects within the 200 block of E. Napoleon Road were warned for disorderly conduct loud music.
Samantha Giatron, 21, of Solon, Ohio, and Joellon Hall, 20, of Bowling Green, were cited for disorderly conduct fighting within the 100 block of E. Wooster St.
11:32 P.M.
Complainant came to the police station to report she has been receiving threatening phone calls from a known subject.
2:53 P.M.
Complainant reported he was struck in the head by an unknown subject within the 100 block of N. Main St.
Resident within the 400 block of E. Court St. was warned for disorderly conduct loud music.
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Residents within the 900 block of E. Wooster St. were warned for disorderly conduct loud noise.
1:29 A.M.
Residents reported a loud party complainant within the 100 block of Ridge St.
11:41 P.M.
Resident within the 500 block of Pike St. was warned for disorderly conduct loud music.
Residents within the 900 block of Thurstin Ave. were warned for loud music.
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ice arena, and that’s a long walk as well.� Junior Lucas Kopec thinks it’s funny that on-campus parking is the same distance as off-campus parking when on-campus students don’t have to walk to their car daily. Sophomore Emily Byrn raised the question of security while walking to these distant parking lots. “I have classes up to 9 at night. Walking to [Lot 5] at night worries me, and I don’t know anyone on campus,� she said. Cooper agreed with Byrne and said it’s scary to walk to those far off lots after evening classes.
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Complainant reported a fight broke out within the 800 block of Seventh St.
Carly Capelle, 20, of Bowling Green, was cited for open container of alcohol and underage possession of alcohol and Daniel Malone, 25, of Enon, Ohio, was cited for open container of alcohol.
Garrett Knerr, 20, of Forest, Ohio, was cited for open container of alcohol and underage possession of alcohol within Lot 2.
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Resident reported loud music within the 800 block of Seventh St.
11:41 P.M.
Cory Stanevich, 22, of Bowling Green, and Wallace Scott, 24, of Ridgeville, Ohio, were cited for disorderly conduct fighting within the 100 block of N. Main St.
12:37 A.M.
3:07 P.M.
Complainant reported loud music within 200 block of South College Drive.
2:00 A.M.
Deanne Patterson, 40, of Bowling Green, was cited for domestic violence within the 100 block of N. Prospect St.
10:28 P.M.
2:36 A.M.
Terry Miller, 20, of Bowling Green, was arrested for aggravated vehicular assault and underage under the influence on the corners of North Prospect
Complainant reported a purse, valued at $250, was stolen from an unlocked vehicle within the 100 block of E. Wooster St.
12:36 A.M.
11:11 P.M.
Brian Weilacher, 20, of Bowling Green, was cited for a nuisance party and obstruction of official business within the 200 block of Manville Ave.
1:53 A.M.
Residents within the 300 block of N. Prospect St. were warned for disorderly conduct loud music.
Complainant reported unknown person stole a white purse from an unlocked vehicle within the 100 block of W. Gypsy Lane Road.
8:43 P.M.
1:50 A.M.
Allan Silva, 20, of Waterville, Ohio, was cited for open container of alcohol and underage possession of alcohol within the 200 block of N. Main St. 12:20 A.M.
2:58 P.M.
3:11 P.M.
Complainant reported known subject came into Wendy’s on east Wooster St. and harassed her.
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Complainant reported she was assault- Joseph Cross, 21, of Marion, Ohio, was ed at the Hampton Inn. arrested on active warrant within 100 block of Crim St.
12:25 A.M.
Complainant reported there was loud banging in the building within the 300 block of E. Merry St. residents were wrestling and warned of the complainant.
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Eric Kniffen, 27, of Bowling Green, was arrested for disorderly conduct unable to care for self and drug paraphernalia within the 100 block of N. Main St.
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Brittany Kennedy, 20, of Caledonia,
Some of the students suggested the University should make sure there is more lighting added to the lots if they are going to have to park further away. Kopec is confused as to why two frequently used commuter lots are being removed. He suggested the University look at the statistics and see which population is bigger: off-campus students or on-campus students. “If there are more commuters, then they should think about adding more and closer commuter lots,� he said. Junior Jeff Stevenson also had a suggestion that the University should think of. “BGSU should just invest more money in hover car research and there wouldn’t be any more problems,� he said.
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“I urge all of you and then your constituents as well, to look into possibly filing some sort of project for money for the green fund.”
By Rose Schneider Reporter
The University will see a new shuttle come September, which will be provided by the recently passed shuttle fee. At the Undergraduate Student Government’s final general meeting of the semester yesterday, President Sundeep Mutgi announced that come next fall, the University will get a new shuttle. “We finished the shuttle fee,” Mutgi said. “It’s done, we’re going to get a shuttle.” In terms of providing downtown transportation and getting new shuttles, Mutgi said USG will continue to look for ways to fund the plan because there is still more money needed. “This is a really big win for us because we’ve just basically solved an issue that has been going on for four or five years,”
Nicholas Henessy | Green Initiative Fund he said. “On top of that, we did it without charging the students.” The Green Initiatives Fund was also an important issue of the night, brought to USG by guest speaker Nicholas Henessy, a representative for the fund. The fund allows students to come up with projects that would make the University more green, and apply for money to fund the project. “I urge all of you and then to urge your constituents as well, to look into possibly filing some sort of project for money for the green fund,” Henessy said. “The money is gear-marketed for
green projects, environmentally friendly projects and energy saving projects.” He said the fund, which is an optional $5 student fee, has amounted to almost $70,000 so far to be used for current and future green projects. Henessy said the fund is supposed to grant money to green projects “by the students, for the students.” “We’re one of the first schools in Ohio to have such a fund,” said Henessy. He said the green fund is still accepting projects for this semester, and encourages students to file for projects for next year.
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Hosting the show along with McKinnon was public relations Culture took center stage on chair for APA, Immanuel Gyebi. “We want to exhibit African Saturday at this year’s annual culture and show people that African dinner. Hosted by the African Peoples we don’t live in darkness,” Gyebi Association, the African dinner’s said. “African culture is more than theme was “Listen to Africa: what’s shown in the media.” Born in Ghana, Gyebi joined The Sound Of...” and the event took place 6 p.m. Saturday in APA three years ago with a strong Olscamp 101. Approximately 300 interest in meeting the African students were in attendance for community on campus. The evening moved along the event. The dinner was held to wrap with special dance performancup everything APA has show- es from the Afro-Caribbean cased during the school year, Vice Dance Ensemble and Ladies African Dance who traveled from President Curtis McKinnon said. Students who attended the Columbus, Ohio to be in attenevent were able to experience dance. African dance, drumming, food Future vice president of APA and fashion in the two hour event. Robert Lino and future public The dinner included fried plan- relations chair John Travers tains, catfish, curried chicken and engaged the crowd with poetry that shed light on African culjalouf rice. The evening started with a flag ture. precession, which represented difThe general members continferent African nations, followed by ued the evening with a fashion the South African Anthem sung show, which represented African by graduate student Anither clothing and apparel. Karugila. The evening wrapped up
would take place on Fridays, in addition to the four days thatthey pick up recycling and garbage,” Fawcett said. “The equipment replacement costs is to factor in that our trucks will be used more frequently and I am preparing for them to be worn and torn down a little bit after seven months of yard waste and brush pickup.” Fawcett said the most significant purchase would be providing citizens with a third bin. “The bins alone would cost somewhere around $250,000 if
we are providing them for 5,500 people,” he said. “Operational costs would be about $84,000, so divide that by 5,500 people and the annual cost for having someone pick up your yard waste on Fridays would be about $152.65, or roughly $12 a month for the students and other residents of the city.” Mike Frost said he was hesitant to agree with Dunn’s proposal because of previous decisions made by the council this past fall regarding the drop off service of yard waste. “Last year, we said that we needed to cut out this drop off service from our budget because it was becoming too expensive
with a headlining performance from Bi-Okoto a Drum and Dance Theater school of African Cultures based out of Cincinnati, Ohio. Becoming an instant crowdpleaser, the dance troupe involved the audience by bringing several audience members to the stage to learn African dance. Invited to the stage was student Karina Higginbotham, who attends the dinner every year. “I love African people and the culture, so I make sure I support everything APA does,” Higginbotham said. APA has just a couple meetings left in the school year for anyone interested in attending, Gyebi said. The group was created for all people of African decent and those interested in African culture to come together and help others learn about African culture, said APA President Emeka Anyanwu. FormoreinformationaboutAPA and announcements on upcoming events, visit www.bgapa.org. and we needed to make cuts ” he said. “but now we say ‘Oh, we need it again.’ I think we need to educate our community on this and other options that we can provide them with and make a better decision this time. I’m just a little hesitant to re-establish this whole issue over again.” Dunn said he would beg to differ from Frost’s opinion. “We knew that this was coming, and we all knew what was in this proposal, and that we needed to have some alternatives ready,” Dunn said. “ We are a team trying to solve this thing. It is more convenient for us to pick up people’s yard waste than it is for them to drive to the landfill.”
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“BGSU should just invest more money in hover car research and there wouldn’t be any more problems.” —Jeff Stevenson, junior, on how to fix the University’s commuter parking situation [see story, pg. 1].
PEOPLE ON THE STREET “I gave up alcohol so I had a drink.”
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How did you celebrate the end of Lent? “I gave up sweets so I went to Coldstone and had a ‘Gotta Have It.’”
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He stood there frothing at the mouth, shouting crazed expletives at me, his veins bulging all over his neck looking like they might explode. Within a few minutes, what began as a discussion turned into a barroom brawl involving many people, police cars, citations and court dates. That may seem like the result of some brawl over a girl at any of the frequented downtown Bowling Green night spots. The argument was actually about abortion — why they were talking politics in a bar still baffles me to this day — but it’s one of those conversations in which people feel they have so much of a stake, it can often lead to violence. This is evident in the many passions a debate on health care tends to bring out of people in Obama’s era as president. The health care bill is also a great way of watching democracy work. Democracy in the modern world also offers some of the most thrilling moments on television. Watching Republican Party members in the health care debates was more thrilling than Jack Bauer has been since “24” has been on the air. They seemed so passionate and enraged by Obama’s health care bill that you would think Obama
had appointed Kim Jong Ill as vice-president. The Democrats were equally entertaining as they stood by their president and put on the fight of their lives. Then, we have the advent of this new, uncontrolled fringe group of right-wingers, the Tea Party. All of a sudden, Obama’s era became a thrilling television show with twists and turns that would make the writers of the “Sopranos” envious. People’s politics are ultimately about agendas, egos, personality clashes and passions. How we conduct our politics in this world is a reflection of arguments that happen daily. Arguments are defined as “a statement or set of statements that you use in order to try to convince people that your opinion about something is correct.” Arguing is one of the first things we learn to do. Even a baby that can’t speak argues. Political arguments stem from the realization that, because one has a stake in this thing, they too must be allowed to contribute to how this thing runs. This thing could be anything from a company to a bunch of kids making the rules for a game of hide-and-seek. When people have a stake in something, they will make sure they argue and argue until an outcome that satisfies all is reached. There is nothing more human than arguing. Few of our friends
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Faculty column shows unfair bias against America
While there are many sound arguments for reducing the military footprint of the United States around the world, faculty columnist Patrick Saunders failed to present any of them. Instead, he starts with a slur, referring to our efforts in Afghanistan as a “war of American Empire.” Good job Prof. Would your English Composition T.A. approve of that form? Then, Saunders shrinks from his next assertion with the cop out, “Many writers have pointed out.” Come on. Does he assert the following comparison. What would he point out? For me, the low point of his analysis is where he claims, “The easiest way to bring peace is for us to leave that part of the world.” Does he forget that 9/11 happened before we went to Afghanistan? Ever since St. Augustine, the just war doctrine embodied in the U.N. charter has permitted the use of military force in response to a direct attack. President Obama, surely no
imperialist, campaigned in support of this war. He won. None of us like war, especially the military leadership of this country. One need only read the extensive writings of Dwight Eisenhower to see this clearly. “Patton” may have been a good movie, but it didn’t represent the American soldier then or now. If Saunders thinks the States has a poverty draft, I suggest that he take the time to talk to the University students in ROTC. They are among the best and brightest of the student body and they are not volunteers because of poverty. Their clear-headed patriotism stands in stark contrast to the warmed-over pablum from the ‘60s that is Saunders’ offering. I didn’t serve in Vietnam, even though I could have. The blood of the millions of South Vietnamese who died after the doves got their way is on my hands, and the hands of those of my generation who bought the line Saunders is still peddling. Most of the real civilian casualties in Afghanistan
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Youth culture needs to not focus on the ‘cool’ MIKE THURAU COLUMNIST My generation, Generation Y, is a subject which occupies my thoughts pretty frequently. For this reason, I pay attention to what I hear people say about young people as far as what we want, how we see the world and how we see ourselves. America, nay, the world, is very different than it was 20 years ago. The proliferation of social media, unprecedented globalization and many other things unique to our generation are coloring our priorities and opinions in ways that are not yet understood. And while people have talked about “kids these days” since the beginning of time, the same old laundry list of lamentations is a little different from yesteryear. Fundamentally, the laundry list is still the same. All those fun things that come with being free of major responsibilities are as fun as they’ve ever been, but how Gen Y responds to that is something that is yet to be determined. America is at a crossroads. I’m not saying we are living in special times, because America has
always been at a crossroads. But I’m not just talking about politics. Culturally, we have more freedom than at any other time in history, but we are severely underequipped to use it. There really aren’t any more lines to cross in terms of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Indeed, all three of these are more acceptable than they’ve ever been, and in my opinion, that’s great. However, with freedom comes responsibility, and that is where I feel youth culture today can use some improvement. What American culture is like is a slippery subject and I’ll spare you my fumbling attempts at an explanation. In Bowling Green, Christianity, “traditional values” and all the other trappings of the ossified and stifling culture young people have been responding to since the days of Allen Ginsberg are still relatively safe. But let’s face it, we are still a small town in a corn field, and the majority of BG’s citizenry is much closer to America’s past than its future. My gripe is that the people who choose to live outside such confines frequently do so in the most shallow and intellectually bankrupt ways possible. I’m talking about
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in the animal kingdom argue. Animals clash over matters of survival, like food, territory and the right to mate. In this health care bill, many passions have come to surface and people are fighting and debating. Some are mature about it and work within the social framework of decency and courtesy; others quickly turn to violence. This isn’t new to democracy; violence is as human as speech. Violence speaks to an ancient animal like fury that’s rag-
THURAU From Page 4 the hipster in your art class or the jerk in your sociology class who has an answer for everything. Today, we use the word “culture” to describe lifestyle as opposed to a way of life. However, our culture is far more than our aesthetic preferences or “style.” Not only does this definition of culture degenerate our identity into a series of consumer choices, it also prevents us from adapting to our environment. Young people more than anyone else view themselves as “individuals,” but nothing could be further from the truth. We certainly have all the superficial trappings of individuality: piercings, tattoos, cool threads and a Facebook profile page that reads
LETTERS From Page 4 are directly the result of their use by the Taliban as human shields in violation of the Geneva Conventions. C’mon. Admit it. You just don’t like your country very much. There is nothing we could do to satisfy you except quit being America. Maybe you’d like life in Iran better. Lots of faculty positions are open there, now that the universities have been purged by the mullahs. By Nick Batt. This letter is in response to Pat Saunders’ March 30 column, “Current administration merely continues the age-old practice of imperialism.” Respond at thenews@bgnews.com
Government-run business can not work For the last hundred years, the Brooklyn Bridge has been the icon that trumps
ing within every one of us. The important thing is to keep those tendencies in check. Democracy is an art form. At its best, it can achieve so much for a society, but at its worst, it can greatly polarize a people. Learning to be accepting of opposing opinions while being patient enough to analyze the opposition’s debate is at the heart of what makes a good participant in the democratic dance. Extremists exist in every system; the only good thing is they are always the minority. The extremist reacts in the most violent way possible. He attempts to affect change
either by threatening violence or being violent. His calls should never be listened to, for the day people heed the call of extremists is the day democracy loses. People should continue to debate, but do so in a healthy manner. Ultimately, French political thinker Alexis de Tocqueville summed it up nicely when he said, “The genius of democracies is seen not only in the great number of new words introduced, but even more in the new ideas they express.”
like an autobiography. However, at the end of the day, we all end up looking, acting and thinking in remarkably similar ways. I’m not saying you should forego your next tattoo or delete your Facebook page. But I am saying your septum piercing and Chuck Martens don’t matter at all. I promise you, the gothed-out raver punks you see at the club this weekend aren’t nearly as interesting as they look if you actually take the time to talk to them. Most of us aren’t looking for some kind of absolute truth or ideal. Indeed, most of us don’t even believe it exists. In a consumer culture, the customer is always right. Your choices and preferences are unique to you, and no one is a better judge of what is best for you than you. If someone else likes vanilla,
that’s good for them; if you like chocolate, that’s good for you. This kind of thinking is fine for the shopping mall, but it seems to have bled into our assumptions about life, morality and purpose as well. Some people can hook up and not deal with any emotional consequences whatsoever, but I believe most people are not so shallow as that. Some people can smoke pot every single day and still maintain a 4.0 GPA, but most of us cannot. As members of the second great baby boom, we have inherited the cultural victories of our hippie predecessors. It is our job to win the peace, and sometimes that ends up looking a little bit s-q-u-a-r-e.
outrageous business scams. For the last 200-plus years, our government has been involved in four major business enterprises: mail delivery (post office, 235 years); education (“free” public schools, 150 years); insurance annuities (Social Security, 75 years) and health insurance (Medicare/Medicaid, 50 years). In addition, the government regulates virtually every industry in the country and further directs their behavior and that of its citizens through the tax codes. One would think that after all this time, talent, treasure and management, they would get it right. But, yet, we have all of those enterprises consistently delivering poor and declining services at higher and higher costs with larger losses every year. When our regulators fail to regulate (banks/insurance companies) or over regulate (autos), they don’t admit error. They blame the businesses, and then raid our treasury to bail them out. The post office charges more and delivers less. Public schools
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Boys of spring in full swing Falcons hang on to avoid weekend sweep By Justin Onslow Reporter
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This weekend was not quite what the Falcons had hoped for, but they made some real progress toward turning their season around. The Falcons (8-14-1) dropped two of three games to Eastern Michigan University over the weekend, but got some strong pitching and defense from several players. Errors have plagued BG so far this season, but the team only committed four errors in three games over the weekend. The Falcons also had a 5.91 ERA during the series. In the first
The Falcon tennis team fell to Western Michigan 5-2 Friday afternoon at BG’s Keefe Courts. Christine Chiricosta (pictured) won in both singles and doubles play. Her doubles win was her 60th as a Falcon, moving her into a tie for 13th place on BG’s all-time list. Friday’s loss drops BG to 11-5 overall and 1-2 in the Mid-American Conference.
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However, with the weekday game, the Falcons will once again turn to a young pitcher not After another disappoint- in the weekend rotation to start ing series in Mid-American for them. Nick Bruns will get the start, Conference play, the Falcons take a one game break from his first since last Tuesday conference play and head to against Dayton. Bruns pitched well against East Lansing to take on the Michigan State Spartans this Dayton and he went five innings, only allowing three afternoon. The pitching for the Falcons earned runs. The Falcons will look for has gotten progressively better as the season has gone along, their offense to get back on with Brennan Smith, Michael track as they get deeper into Frank and Kevin Leady all See PREVIEW | Page 7 having strong starts over the weekend. By Ryan Satkowiak Reporter
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and third games against EMU, BG’s combined ERA was a muchimproved 3.94. However, the Falcons failed to match their defensive improvement with consistent hitting, BG hit .257 in the series — 55 points less than it has batted during the rest of the season. The Falcons are now hitting .304 as a team, while opponents are batting .312 against them. Senior center fielder T.J. Blanton continued his outstanding performance this season by extending his hitting streak to 17 games. He has overtaken freshman
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EYE ON THE BALL: T.J. Blanton prepares to swing in a game last season. Blanton extended his hitting streak to 17 games last weekend.
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The List After another busy weekend for BG athletics, we take a look at the top five performances. 1. Chiricosta: Tennis player Christine Chiricosta won in singles and doubles play Friday against Western Michigan, giving her 122 overall wins in her career. 2. Blanton: T.J. Blanton extended his hitting streak to 17 games last weekend and leads the team in home runs (7) and RBI (23). 3. Berger: Freshman Paige Berger hit her teamhigh seventh home run last weekend and also leads the softball team in hits (15) and slugging percentage (.796). 4. Pitzulo: In BG’s 4-3 win against Eastern Michigan on Sunday, freshman Matthew Pitzulo went 2-for-4 at the plate with two RBI. 5. Smith: In Friday’s loss pitcher Brennan Smith tossed 7.2 innings with six strikeouts.
the meet with 225.5 points. With a team total of 140 points, BG finished 14.5 points behind The weather conditions in Eastern Michigan. Tatijana Jacobson won the Kalamazoo, Mich., were less than ideal on Saturday, but the high jump for the second straight field of four teams all competed week with a mark of 1.67 meters. Sabrina Forstein (3.05 meters) on an equal playing field. The BG track and field team was the only pole vaulter able to fought through cold rain and manage a height greater than windy conditions, and earned three meters in the poor weather a third-place finish at the Jack conditions. “Tatijana Jacobson and Sabrina Shaw Invite on Saturday. “The weather played a major Forstein showed a lot of compofactor in the times and marks sure and toughness to jump and that were possible, but the team vault in very difficult circumdid a great job of getting out and stances,” Wells said. Heather Conger recorded a competing hard despite the difficult conditions,” coach Cami personal outdoor best for the 800 meter run with a time of 2:14.6. Wells said. “I was especially pleased Two Falcons earned firstplace finishes, while the team with Heather Conger running recorded 10 top-three finishes See TRACK | Page 7 in 18 events. Western Michigan dominated By Brad Frank Reporter
Women’s golf takes to the greens in Nashport each set of nine holes. The teams will then reconvene in the afternoon for six individual singles After over a month off, the BG matches, with each match being women’s golf team will resume worth one point. In all, there are 12.5 points their spring schedule today in available. The first team to 6.5 Nashport, Ohio. The Falcons and the Ohio points walks away with the Cup. Golf enthusiasts know full Bobcats will go head-to-head at the Longaberger Golf Club, well how much excitement where they will battle each can be generated via this style other for the Longaberger Spring of play, which was a big reason why BG coach Stephanie Young Challenge Cup. The event will feature a match- and Ohio coach Kelly Ovington play format, which pits individu- selected it when they set out to al golfers against each other on a jointly host this event. “Coach Ovington and I were nine-hole basis. In the morning three teams from each school looking to create something that going against each other for nine would be a unique and special holes of alternate shot play and See GOLF | Page 7 nine more of best ball. Points will be awarded after By Christopher Rambo Reporter
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SWING: Karmen Coffey takes a swing in a game last spring. Coffey had an RBI on Saturday and is batting .238 this season.
BG softball sweeps Central Michigan, drop both to EMU By Brett Wane Reporter
the hero of the second game, notching her first career home run in the bottom of the sixth The BG softball team split their to give the Falcons the lead for home-opening weekend, pick- good in a 3-2 victory. Junior Zada Lines started for ing up two wins against Central Michigan while dropping both the Falcons and allowed six hits during her 5.1 innings in games with Eastern Michigan. The long ball was the key the circle. Junior Melissa Bott pitched to success against Central Michigan, and freshman Paige all seven innings during the Berger stepped up when the first game, and relieved Lines in the second. Falcons needed her the most. Bott held CMU to zero earned Trailing 4-3 in the bottom of the seventh, Berger hit her team-lead- runs, as all four runs to cross the ing sixth homerun of the season plate were unearned, and six hits to earn the Falcons’ first home in the two games and improved and Mid-American Conference her record on the mound to 4-5. The Falcons had problems win of the 2010 season. Berger’s two-run homerun against Eastern Michigan on was part of a three-run sev- Saturday, falling 9-2 as both enth inning which defeated the teams had to battle 35 mile per Chippewas 6-4 in the first of a hour winds and rainfall. Freshman Hannah Fulk was doubleheader. Freshman Adrienne Dick was able to score the first run of the
game until EMU took the lead 2-1 in the third inning. In the bottom half of the inning senior Karmen Coffey tied the game at 2-2 but the Falcons couldn’t get back on track after the third. On Sunday, the Falcons were able to out-hit the Eagles 6-3 in a game where Berger hit her seventh homerun of the season, but still suffered a 5-2 loss . Berger recorded two of BG’s three hits in the game and scored both runs for the Falcons. Lines pitched all seven innings for the Falcons and held EMU scoreless in five out of the seven innings. Her pitching record dropped to 2-6 on the season. The Falcons fall to 6-12 on the
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Matthew Pitzulo again for the team lead in batting average. On the year, Blanton is hitting .425 with seven home runs, 23 RBI and an outstanding .775 slugging percentage. Pitzulo continues to establish himself as a solid contributor on a team in need of more than one spark. Pitzulo came through in the clutch during Sunday’s game when he singled up the middle, driving in two Falcons and sealing their 4-3 win. Senior Kevin Leady put together another strong performance on the mound during game three. He went seven and a third innings, allowing three earned runs while striking out 10 and walking only two. Leady notched his third win Sunday, and has a 3.68 ERA in his last two starts. Sophomore Ross Gerdeman notched his second save of the year in the win. He pitched a scoreless inning and two-thirds to cap off the win.
Game 1: EMU 4, BG 1 The Falcons and Eagles took the first game of the series scoreless into the sixth inning. In the top of the sixth. Blanton reached on a walk. With two outs, Blanton stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Third baseman Derek Spencer singled down the right field line to plate BG’s first run and give the Falcons the lead. Eastern Michigan answered back in the bottom of the sixth with a run of its own on two hits and a walk. Junior pitcher Brennan Smith managed to get out of the inning with only one run allowed as the Eagles stranded runners at first and third. The game remained tied until the bottom of the eighth when Eastern Michigan rallied for three runs, ultimately sealing the victory for the Eagles. All three of the Eagles’ runs in the eighth came with two outs. The Falcons left a total of 10 runners on base in the game. Smith took the tough loss for the Falcons after pitching seven and two-thirds innings, allowing two runs and striking out six. Spencer led the Falcons in hitting, going 2-for-3 with the team’s only RBI.
Game 2: EMU 9, BG 8
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BG got on the board first, scoring two runs with two outs in the second inning. The Falcons added two more runs in the third on a Mark Galvin home run, jumping out to a four-run lead. After the Eagles stranded two runners in the fourth, the Falcons added one more run in the fifth inning and were cruising ahead with a
Brennan Smith Pitched 7.2 innings on Friday, striking out six batters five-run lead until the bottom of the sixth. In the Eagles’ half of the sixth, freshman Michael Frank started to show signs of fatigue. He allowed the first three EMU batters to reach base and was credited with allowing all three of those runs. Charles Wooten relieved Frank and allowed two runs of his own in the sixth. With the game tied at five, BG took to the plate in the seventh and once again took the lead on a Blanton solo home run. That lead would not last long, however, as the Eagles tied the game again in the bottom of the eighth on a Bo Kinder solo shot. In the top of the ninth, sophomore Patrick Martin led off with his first career home run. The Falcons manufactured a second run in the inning to take an 8-6 lead into the bottom of the ninth. The Falcons’ late-inning hitting heroics would be for naught, however. Wooten gave up the final three of his six runs allowed on four Eagle hits, including a leadoff solo shot to designated hitter Andrew Marshall. Martin went 2-for-4 for the Falcons with three RBI while Galvin also added three RBI. Spencer and Blanton each drove a run in as well.
Game 3: BG 4, EMU 3 The Falcons went into the final game of the weekend series looking to avoid a sweep. Eastern Michigan took the first lead of the game in the fourth inning and carried that lead into the top of the sixth. In the sixth, Logan Meisler reached on a walk and scored on a Spencer double. Blanton was hit by a pitch, placing runners on first and second with no outs. Galvin executed a successful sacrifice bunt to move both runners into scoring position. Pitzulo took advantage of the opportunity and singled up the middle to plate two more runs for the Falcons. BG added one more insurance run in the seventh inning on a couple hits and some solid base running. It would prove to be a big run as EMU’s Ben Magsig hit a one-out solo home run in the bottom half of the seventh. The Falcons managed to shut EMU down in the eighth and ninth, however, avoiding the sweep with a 4-3 win. Pitzulo was the leading hitter for the Falcons, going 2-for-4 with two RBI. Leady improved to 3-1 on the year with the win and Gerdeman pitched well for his second save of the year.
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experience for these girls,” Young said. “This is a format can be a lot of fun to play, plus both teams have played in a lot of the same tournaments together and know each other pretty well, which should add an interesting dynamic.” The format is similar to that of the Ryder Cup, an international competition that pits the best American professional golfers against those from Europe. In addition to each other, the teams should also be quite familiar with the venue. Longaberger hosts the Mid-American Conference Championships every other year, and there are plenty of players on either side with prior experience on the scenic par72 that was rated by Golfweek as the Top-rated public course in Ohio in 2008. “We are certainly looking forward to playing on a golf course like Longaberger,” Young said.
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Susy Grunden Leads BG with an average of 79.06 strokes per round “It’s nice that we have a bunch of experience here, and this will give us another opportunity to play the course before next year’s MAC Championships.” Although the prospect of rust will almost certainly come to mind after a month off, Young is pleased with the amount of work her team was able to put in during the down time. “We were very fortunate to be able to get outside nearly every day and get a lot of holes under our belt,” Young said. “We are also in tremendous physical shape compared to previous years. This was the best overall winter for lifting and conditioning that we have had, and the difference has been noticeable. I’m confident that we are ready to go heading into the busy part of our schedule.”
17 game hit streak. The Spartans, 19-5 on the season, are led offensively by Jeff Holm, who sports a .425 batting average, with 25 the season. After having several hitters RBIs, 30 runs and nine extrahitting over .400 several weeks base hits. As a team, they hit .342 ago, only T.J. Blanton remains at that mark, hitting .425 on with 15 homers, and they get on base 42.5 percent of the season. After spending much of the the time. They also have an impresyear hitting ninth, Blanton, who also leads the team with sive 4.65 team earned-run seven homers, 23 RBIs, 22 runs, average. First pitch today is set for and 62 total bases, hit fourth, second and fifth over the 3:05 p.m., moved up two hours from the previously weekend against the Eagles. He is also riding a career-high scheduled start time.
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UP AND OVER: Sabrina Forstein competes in the pole vault earlier this season.
TRACK From Page 6 a personal best for the outdoor season in the 800 meter, and Brooke McCombs and Ashley Harris both throwing PRs in the hammer throw for the second consecutive week,” Wells said. With two meets underway in the outdoor season, the Falcons are looking to get into full stride over the next month to prepare
best for the Mid-American Conference Championships May 13-15. The Falcons are scheduled to compete ever y weekend until the conference championship. The next two weekends, the Falcons will compete in Athens, Ohio, in the Ohio University Women’s Team Challenge this Saturday, and in the two-day All-Ohio Championships starting the following Friday.
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The Fighting Irish are 266 overall and 5-0 in the Big East and are currently riding a two-game winning streak season and look to get back in — sweeping Rutgers in a twothe win column Wednesday, game series over the weekend. when they travel to South The last time BG and Notre Bend, Ind., to take on No. 24 Dame took the field against Notre Dame for a doubleheader each other was in 2006, when beginning at 4 p.m. the Falcons lost 1-0.
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well. “In the overall scheme of things, I think providing consumers with uncontaminated whole business could be more healthy seafood [is] huge,” he successful, and the local econo- said. “There’s just no question about the health benefits of fish.” my would benefit as well. The bait industry uses aquaMcWhorter said farmers can diversify their businesses culture technology to produce by adding fish farming to their mass quantities of shiner minagenda of raising livestock and nows, small silver fish commonly used by fisherman as bait. crops. McWhorter conducts research “What we’re trying to do is develop this into a production attheBowlingGreenAquaculture strategy that existing livestock Satellite Center, a research facilfarmers can do,” he said. “So ity located a few miles outside [they are] not putting all their of Bowling Green on Middleton eggs in one basket to make Pike Road. The facility holds tanks filled with algae, which money.” Jeff Miner, associate professor produce rotifers that the fish eat. of biology at the University, said There are even larger tanks full farmers can utilize the ponds of minnows which McWhorter they already have to farm fish raises through his research and development process. He said and earn extra income. “A farmer has a pond that he he plans to use the minnows uses for a purpose; why doesn’t as a promotional instrument to he use it for an additional pur- spread the word about the benpose,” Miner said. “[Aquaculture efits of aquaculture. McWhorter said promoting specialists] might say [to farmers] ‘Why don’t you stock yellow aquaculture in Ohio is imporperch in there?’ If they grow fast tant for the local economy enough, for a little added dollars because baitfish is a huge indusmaybe we can figure out how to try in the area, due in part to the even harvest them, sell them to adamant tourist fishing in the the local economy and you can Great Lakes. “We figured why shouldn’t make some money out of it.’” McWhorter said the idea Ohio farmers be farming it behind farming perch and other instead of buying it from out of state,” he said. fish is pretty simple. Developing more efficient fish “People like to eat them, so, farming strategies also can help let’s grow them,” he said. Smith said the health benefits stop the spread of diseased fish of consuming fish have helped from state to state, McWhorter the aquaculture industry, as said. In 2006 the Great Lakes saw
a rapid spread of VHS, viral hemorrhagic septicemia, on several species of fish, according to an Oct. 24, 2006 press release from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Although humans are not susceptible to the disease, it affected species of baitfish, Coho salmon and catfish. APHIS prohibited the importing of some species of live fish from Canada and throughout the eight states bordering the Great Lakes to help stop the spread. Although the idea of aquaculture is pleasing to some, the capital investment required of farmers to branch out on an aquaculture endeavor can prove to be a difficult hurdle, McWhorter said. “It’s a very capital intensive business,” he said. “For somebody who wants to get into aquaculture, they’re going to need a large chunk of money to start.” Smith said while there’s a large investment involved, both indoor and outdoor ponds have great potential for success. If one can get a fish farm operation going, he said, it can be more efficient than raising cattle or chicken. He said this part of the country also offers benefits for potential fish harvesters. “We have a lot going for us in this country, especially in the Midwest where we have abundant water resources and our
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David Smith | Founder part of Ohio [Urbana] has always had great potential,” he said. Northwest Ohio is an ideal location for fish farming, McWhorter said, because of the clay soil, abundance of ponds and proximity to Lake Erie. McWhorter said there is a huge potential for farm fishing to take off as an industry, because it serves entertainment purposes, for people who like to catch the fish, or just eat them. “It’s kind of funny [that] people tend to spend more money on entertainment than they do on food, you know [they’ll say], ‘Well, we’ll go have fun and we’ll eat a little something on the way.’” McWhorter said trout farming was popular in the 1800s, but it’s been around since the Egyptians raised fish for food in their ponds. While fish farming is not a new development in Ohio, McWhorter said, it’s in the emerging stages and still has a way to go. “I’d say we’re in the log cabin phase of aquaculture in Ohio,” he said. “We’re coming on rapidly, the technology [is] being adopted.”
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