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USG discusses possible education increase as state budgets decline By Max Filby Reporter
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Mock Trial members must alter appearances for higher scores By Danielle Rice Reporter
Appearance matters, at least in the court of law. And the University’s Mock Trial Team must adhere to a dress code when competing in tournaments or risk lower scores from judges. The Mock Trial Team is complied of a group of students who learn more about the American legal system by receiving cases and competing against other universities. Each team receives a case and after practice and preparation, the teams go to court and are judged on their performance. The players are not only judged on performance, but their appearance as well. Mock Trial coach Neil Browne said he thinks it’s unfair that some judges expect women players to wear skirts
instead of pants. “Judges expect certain things out of an attorney. If the women wear pants, it’s more likely that some judges will score them differently,” he said. “Judges expect for men to be in suits and women to be in skirts, although I don’t think that this is fair.” Browne said some players choose to wear what the judges want to see because they want to have the best scores possible. “If one player messes up, the whole team knows who it is because each player receives an individual score,” Browne said. “And although it’s unfair that the women get scored differently if they wear pants, more choose to wear skirts because they don’t want pants to hurt their score.” Senior Kate Cook said the women on the team, in addition to wearing skirts, sometimes make the choice to wear wigs and hair extensions.
“I’ve personally worn a wig by my own choosing,” Cook said. “At one point my hair reached the middle of my back and, to some judges, this appeared unprofessional. So I wore a a wig and my scores went up accordingly.” Wigs can also help witnesses to get into character, Cook said. “Sometimes being a witness calls for dressing up and changing our hairstyles, so that we can fully encompass the role,” Cook said. Cook said some players might alter their appearances because they know it will help their score. “The judges want the women to come in looking professional and sometimes as attorneys we make the decision to slightly alter our appearance to get a better score,” Cook
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Student vote legitimacy questioned by city Residents voice opinions, raise doubts as to student voters’ integrity in election By Christine Talbert Reporter
Mayor John Quinn expressed his shock at Monday night’s city council meeting at the recent letters to the Sentinel-Tribune newspaper regarding the integrity of student voters. “I am surprised and appalled that people are questioning the integrity of student voters,” Quinn said. “It is important for our community to have them be represented in the vote.” Quinn said he has personally worked with students, especially freshman, to know their rights and responsibilities as a members of the community while they are attending the University. “There should be equal rights and responsibilities that apply to students just like they do the other resi-
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dents of the community,” he said. “I am very agitated that their vote is being questioned.” A complete ballot count was called after ordinances 7905 and 7906 were too close to call Election Night. Soon after, letters were printed in the Sentinel-Tribune about how the University votes should not be counted because a student’s vote is not a valid one. Ordinances 7905 and 7906 were discrimination ordinances that, if passed, would allow certain rights to those who are gay, lesbian or transgendered, among other groups. A complete count means the city has to count the votes that were cast during walk-in registrations and absentee ballots. The complete count will be completed by Nov. 23. If the vote is still off by a half of a percentage or less, than there will be a re-count for the ordinances 7905
The men’s and women’s basketball teams were greeted by fans, mascots and cheers as the home openers kicked off their seasons | Page 3
and 7906. Crystal Thompson, spokesperson for the opposition to ordinances 7905 and 7906, has been quoted as saying college kids “got brainwashed,” according to resident Wally Pretzer. “The intent of the opposition with signs of ‘NO’ followed by the smaller letters of ‘discrimination,’ was to brainwash many voters into thinking that they were against discrimination when their very actions showed that they wanted to discriminate against certain people living in Bowling Green,” Pretzer said. University student Jared Hite wrote to the newspaper saying he had researched both sides of the ordinances and he resents being referred to as brainwashed.
FORUM Don’t forget the turkey
Columnist Bryan Warrick explores the lost reasoning behind Thanksgiving and emphasizes the importance of this American holiday | Page 4
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Sheri Stoll
Although the administration has not yet made a decision, students may see tuition a increase again in order for the University to make up for a potential loss of funding for the 2012 fiscal year. The Undergraduate Student Government met with Chief Financial Officer Sheri Stoll to discuss the upcoming budget issues that could result in the increase or other cuts. The University may lose between $12.5 million and $25 million in funding from July 2011 through June 20, 2012. The money that could be cut is funding from state federal stimulus dollars, said Dave Kielmeyer, University senior director of communications. “Times are tough and students definitely feel the burden of the tough economy,” said Kevin Basch, USG president. “Ultimately, we just want to do what’s best for the students and this institution.” Whether or not the University will continue to receive the stimu-
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lus funding depends on Governor Kasich’s budget. “It’s always challenging to make dramatic budget reductions,” Stoll said. “The last two years in Ohio have been the most fiscally challenging years since World War II.” While the previous limit for a tuition increase was 3.5 percent, the limit may change when the University finds out the amount of state funding it will receive. “It’s not a case where there are a lot of options,” Kielmeyer said. “We could be facing some budget problems, but the picture on that will not be clear until late spring.” The administration will find out what cuts they will be receiving in funding between the end of January and the end of March 2011. Members of the administra-
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Students hit the books for mandatory study sessions
Organizations enforce study tables to improve grades By Danae King Reporter
Study tables are a way for students to study without the myriad distractions that come with being a college student. Some University organizations require students involved to spend a specific amount of time studying. Since this command isn’t always easy to follow with all the distractions of living in a residence hall, study tables provide a time and place for students to get their studying done. Student athletes and President’s Leadership Academy students flock to the second floor of University Hall, one of many locations, to study. Ashley Baker, director for StudentAthlete Services, said the study facility at University Hall has a computer lab and a reading room. StudentAthlete Services also reserves the classrooms across the hall from their office when it is available. Student-Athlete Services employs
seven students who help monitor study tables during operating hours and there are 35 tutors who work with the student-athletes, Baker said. During the first semester, studentathletes, whether they are transfer students or freshmen, have to attend six hours of study tables per week, Baker said. “Really, the main point is it gives them six hours, at least, each week where we know they’re going to sit down, kind of block out everything, and get some work done,” Baker said. After the first semester, attendance at study tables depends on GPA. Baker said the minimum GPA requirement is a 2.5. If students have lower than a 2.5 GPA, they must attend study tables for a minimum of six hours. However, depending on the sport, the minimum GPA could be higher.
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TYLER STABILE | THE BG NEWS
STUDY TIME: Freshmen Megan Valentini and Jamie Applefield catch up on some schoolwork during their study tables session Monday evening in 206 University Hall.
SPORTS Falcons win home
Semior Lauren Prochaska played a big part in BG’s 79-53 win Monday night | Page 6
PEOPLE ON THE STREET What is your favorite reality show? SCHYLER GRAHAM Junior, Theater
“I hate those TV shows. It’s not real. It’s scripted.” | Page 4
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Ohioans who went missing Ethics panel begins with rescued girl may be dead deliberations in By Jeannie Nuss The Associated Press
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — It’s possible that three people still missing in central Ohio were killed, a sheriff conceded Monday, a day after the 13year-old girl who disappeared along with them was rescued from the home of a man later charged with kidnapping. Authorities want to remain optimistic that 32-year-old Tina Herrmann, her 10year-old son, Kody, and Herrmann’s friend, 41-yearold Stephanie Sprang, are
alive, Knox County Sheriff David Barber said at a news conference. Investigators searched a lake for signs of the three near a house where 13-year-old Sarah Maynard was found in the basement and where Matthew J. Hoffman, 30, was arrested. Maynard has been released from a hospital and is staying with relatives, the sheriff said. “She is a very brave little girl,” Barber said. “Under the circumstances, a 13-year-old girl being held captive for four days by a total stranger ...
“Under the circumstances, a 13-year-old girl being held captive for four days by a total stranger ... I would call her the epitome of bravery.” The shift in tone was owing to the amount of blood found at the home, the fact that only Maynard was found with the suspect and because apparently no one has seen her mother, brother and the other woman.
Hobbled Dems, eager GOP back for lame-duck session Republicans prepare to take control of House, cut spending, block Obama-supported policies By Jim Abrams The Associated Press
called “job-killing policies” and the “spending binge.” “The American people are sick and tired of the WASHINGTON — Dejected Democrats and invigorated ‘Washington knows best’ menRepublicans returned to the tality. All the power in this town Capitol Monday to face a is on loan from the people,” he mountain of unfinished work told the group, which he noted and greet more than 100 main- includes seven farmers, six ly Republican freshmen-elect physicians, three car dealers, lawmakers determined to two funeral home directors, a former FBI agent, a pizzeria change how they do business. Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, owner, an NFL lineman, and in line to become speaker an airline pilot. On the other side of the when the new Republican-led Congress convenes in January, Capitol, Senate Republican told GOP newcomers Sunday leader Mitch McConnell met evening that they may spend 12 of the 13 newly elected their next two years doing just Republicans. He noted that two things: stopping what he two years ago there were only
two freshmen Republicans, and said the new class would bring a “huge improvement” to the Senate. First, though, lawmakers must slog through the postelection session that, as with past lame ducks, is expected to be unpopular and largely unproductive. Republicans are looking ahead to January, when they will take back control of the House; many Democratic lawmakers and staff are more focused on cleaning out their desks and looking for new jobs. Democrats also have the sad occasion of seeing one of
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their most venerable members go on trial on ethics charges. The House ethics committee opened the trial Monday of 80year-old Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., the former Ways and Means Committee chairman charged with 13 counts of financial and fundraising misconduct violating House rules. In an indication of how far the 20-term lawmaker has fallen, Rangel told the four Republicans and four Democrats on the jury that he had run out of money to pay his previous attorney and asked that the trial be postponed until he could get a new lawyer. His request was denied.
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mittee will hold a hearing on how he should be punished. The most likely sanction would be a House vote deploring his conduct. Rangel, a 20-term congressman representing New York’s famed Harlem neighborhood, implored the ethics panel for further delay, saying that “50 years of public service is on the line.” But the panel basically decided that the 2-yearold case had gone on long enough — and Congress had little time left to deal with it in the lame duck session that commenced Monday. Rangel said he had run out of money after paying his previous attorneys some $2 million and needed time to set up a legal defense fund to raise an additional $1 million. Until last spring, Rangel had wielded great influence as chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, a gravely voiced, outgoing figure who raised millions for fellow lawmakers’ campaigns. He relinquished that chairmanship in March after being admonished by the ethics committee for taking two corporate-paid trips to the Caribbean in violation of House rules.
WASHINGTON — Shortly after veteran Rep. Charles Rangel of New York walked out of his ethics trial in protest, a House panel began closeddoor deliberations Monday on 13 counts of alleged financial and fundraising misconduct that could bring formal condemnation. Only recently one of the most powerful members of Congress, Rangel was reduced to pleading in vain for colleagues to give him time to raise money for a lawyer before taking up the charges. The 80-year-old congressman left even before they said no, and the rare proceeding — only the second for this type of hearing in two decades — went on without him. An ethics committee panel of four Democrats and four Republicans was sitting as a jury in the case late Monday. The official acting as prosecutor said the facts were so clear there was no need to call witnesses, and panel members agreed. If the panel members decide Rangel violated any House rules, the full comThe rear passenger tail light cover of a vehicle within the 2000 block of E. Napoleon Road was shattered.
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HIGH SPIRITS Cheerleaders and mascots pump up the crowd at Monday night’s men’s and women’s basketball home openers in Anderson Arena
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ORANGE: Freshman Lindsay Moorehead pumps up the crowd during a timeout at last night’s basketball game.
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Julie Snyder, the director has study hours because of PLA, said PLA students members of the sorority attend study tables “because “have to maintain grades to From Page 1 it’s a successful practice for stay in the organization, so they give us mandatory “We do have coaches that student success.” PLA is a four-year program study hours.” set a higher standard; some All new members of of their students have to where students learn leadermaintain a 3.0 to not have ship skills, Snyder said. First Sigma Kappa have to any mandatory study table semester PLA students have attend study tables for to attend six hours of study their first semester, but time,” Baker said. One coach who raised tables per week and all other when the semester is over, the minimum GPA require- PLA students must attend if attendance will be based upon GPA, Collins said. ment for his athletes is Andy their GPA is below 2.5. Collins said there are Snyder said students Richards, head women’s in PLA who have a high various places available for soccer coach. Freshman soccer player enough GPA can still go to them to do their study, but everybody studies down Madeline Wideman said study tables. “A student can self-select in the dining area of the next semester she will have to get a 3.0 GPA or better in to sign up for study tables,” sorority house. Whether mandatory or order to not have to attend Snyder said. Students involved in Greek voluntary, study tables give study tables. She said that she thinks life may also be required to students a time and place to crack down on school work. the higher GPA require- attend study tables. A representative from ment is a good thing, Freshman Tim Coulter “because we’re supposed to Greek Life said each sorority comes to PL A study get good grades and focus and fraternity individually tables and said the condecides if they want to have centrated time helps him on our grades.” Wideman also said she study tables, but the office of be productive. might come to study tables Greek Life itself doesn’t have “It’s not the same for everyeven if she isn’t required to. a policy for study tables. body, but for me it definitely Brina Collins, a freshman helps,” he said. “It’s a place “I think that I’m still going to come just because in the Sigma Kappa sorority, where I can be focused and, I I get a lot of stuff done has to attend study tables for mean, it’s required for me so four hours each week. here,” she said. I might as well use the time Collins said Sigma Kappa to get my work done.” Student-athletes aren’t the only students who must attend study tables. Students involved in the President’s Leadership Academy, or PLA, must also attend. PLA students use the study area at University Hall for study tables as well. “Our office space is also used for Presidents Leadership Academy,” Baker said. “They have mandatory study tables for their students, and they use our facility, so they’re sort of incorporated with our student-athletes in that GREENBRIAR, INC. study table environment. (419) 352-0717 445 E. WOOSTER
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“The judges want the women to come in looking professional, and sometimes as attorneys we make the decision to slightly alter our appearance to get a better score.” — Senior Kate Cook on the Mock Trial team’s dress code [see pg. 1].
PEOPLE ON THE STREET “‘Bad Girls’ Club.’”
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“‘Kate Plus 8.’”
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FALCON SCREECH Don’t you just hate it when your classes are only worth three credit hours but they are way longer than three hours long? VCT classes are notorious for this. Labs are two hours and 50 minutes long and lectures are an hour and 15 minutes long. Does that not add up to over four hours a week? Case in point, if a class is four hours a week, it should be worth four credit hours. — ANGRY VCT STUDENT USG is a joke. Members of USG are just puppet leaders for the school and administration. They accomplish nothing and play politicians by day while drinking like washed-out politicians at night. We need real leadership instead of people who just bow down to the administration. — SNAPPLE APPLE Meal plan dollars should roll over year after year, or be refunded at the end of the year. Everything is already super expensive. We pay way too much for everything in college and any left over money we could potentially save on our meal plan is stolen by the University. It’s our money, we put it into the meal plan so we can eat on campus, and then if we don’t use it all, the University gets to keep it?! This is a ridiculous policy and another shameless University ploy to get money. At the end of the year, I will be desperately trying to waste my money on things I don’t need so the University doesn’t get money that is not theirs to keep. — WANTS A REFUND With all of this centennial celebrating, why have we students (and faculty) not gotten cake? It cannot be a real birthday celebration without some birthday cake. I know the school is cheap, but it is the least they could do after a year of putting us through this centennial hoopla. Maybe some complementary cupcakes? — BIRTHDAY BRAT OK, so the Bowling Green weather needs to pick a season and stick with it. And then, the weather needs to get together with the air conditioning and heating units in campus buildings and fill them in on what it’s going to feel like outside. Maybe then buildings will actually be warm when it’s cold out and cool when it’s hot. —COLD AND CONFUSED
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Every college student has had at least one large lecture course and knows the anonymity and potential boredom they entail. Karen Sirum from the biology department has chosen a unique and quite possibly more effective way. Sirum teaches two courses this fall: Introduction to Biology 1040 and Environment of Life 1010. Biology 1010 is a large lecture course, with 147 students in a lecture hall. Sirum wanted to find a way to better connect with each individual student, and her innovative approach is to break the class into five smaller groups of about 30 students. She assigns a “learning assistant,” or LA, to each group. LAs are undergraduates who have taken the class or biology graduate students. These smaller LA groups are broken down further into five groups of five to six students. These are the students’ permanent teams; they sit together during each class
hard days of the Civil War and the Great Depression. No other major holiday focuses that much on our own national history. And we should love it more because it cannot be commercialized. It really is the holiday that brings family and friends together for a big dinner. Nothing superficial, just a fun time with good food. What’s more American than that? Keep Christmas away for a little while longer and celebrate a holiday that means something to all of us as Americans and as members of a family. It’s a holiday that stretches back to Abe Lincoln, makes us believe that people of different backgrounds can come together and help each other like the feast at Plymouth Rock showed us, and makes us appreciate what we have, right before the Christmas season starts where we buy everything we don’t already have. So celebrate Turkey Day and don’t forget what the holiday is all about—being thankful for what you got. Respond to Bryan at thenews@bgnews.com
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nothing to do with. The holiday changed very little after that, with the exception of a date change implemented by President Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930s to try and stimulate the economy, but besides that Thanksgiving remained much the same. These days, Thanksgiving seems to be becoming the forgotten holiday, with stores and malls, and even radio stations, skipping it entirely, going from celebrating Halloween and straight through to Christmas. Some say it’s because the holidayisnotpoliticallycorrect. There are even protests against it by Indian rights groups who feel that Thanksgiving, along with holidays like Columbus Day, mark the beginning of the end of Indian culture and way of life. Others say it is not as popular because it cannot be commercialized. All you buy is food, that’s it. No presents, no costumes, nothing that advertisers can really push, so they ignore it. This simply isn’t right. Thanksgiving is important because it does focus on America’s past. And not just Pilgrims and Indians, but the
and discuss homework and in-class material. Students complete brief readings and homework questions prior to coming to class. As an LA, I help facilitate student discussions and witness firsthand the power of group brainstorming. This breakdown into LA groups and smaller teams seems to cause an increased interest in the material because it is a break from the normal lecture style. This back a nd for t h bet ween lect u re a nd sma ll tea ms a lso promotes da i ly lec t u re attendance because the students begin to rely upon each other to be in class for better discussion and problem solving activities. Finding a way to have a conversation with 147 students helps make the large lecture hall and sea of faces less anonymous and more personal, which suits Sirum’s teaching style and seems to suit the students too. Jennifer Benson jenbens@bgsu.edu
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Even though it’s still a week and a half away, Thanksgiving is a holiday of great importance to this nation and has a lot more history to it than people think. The day when Americans stuff their faces and get fat, at least more than they do on most days, is not just a holiday for eating. And it is not just a holiday for the pilgrims and Indians of Plymouth Rock. Both historically and traditionally, this holiday is one of the most meaningful. Most people associate Turkey Day with the landing of the Puritan Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock in 1620. It is a great image to see Europeans and Indians working together and coming together over a large feast. It is a great image for the early history of what would eventually become the United States. Though it helps to forget that within a hundred years, most of the Indian peoples in the area
had been destroyed. But Hallmark images and Indian Wars aside, the actual history of the holiday is even more interesting and much more modern than people think. The tradition started, not in 1620, but in 1863 right in the middle of the American Civil War. And it had nothing to do with Pilgrims or Indians. Instead, it was a holiday proposed by President Abraham Lincoln to encourage the American people to give thanks and increase national morale. It was also in part to help the Americans celebrate the victories the Union army had won that year, especially thebattlesfoughtatGettysburg and Vicksburg. The holiday for giving thanks continued throughout the war and beyond, as people celebrated the return of the soldiers and the victory of the Union. As the years and decades went by, the holiday became more popular, especially when advertisements started to link Turkey Day to the pilgrims and the earlier days of the nation, something that the holiday originally had
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Falcons open first round of MAC Tournament much better than when they met EMU previously this season. Freshmen Paige Penrod and Danielle Tonyan have been an Although the BG volleyball team struggled to put together a lot of electric duo this season, but wins this season, the Falcons combined for only 15 kills in will have a big opportunity for a BG’s previous meeting with fresh start tonight as they take on Eastern Michigan. “[Penrod] and [Tonyan] have Eastern Michigan in the first round of the Mid-American Conference been a big part of our offense all year,” Van De Walle said. “[Tonight] Tournament at 7 p.m. BG enters the tournament as the will be no different. We’ll need a 12 seed, while EMU secured the fifth big night offensively from all our hitters. When we have double-digit seed by finishing 10-6 in MAC play. The Falcons finished 2-14 in con- kills from more than one hitter, we ference play, with both of those put ourselves in a position to win wins coming against the 17-15 the match.” The Eagles started the season Buffalo Bulls. The Falcons are no strangers strong, but lost four of their last to playing the role of under- five matches to end the regular dog. Last season, BG was the 11 season and missed out on an seed in the MAC Tournament, opportunity to secure a bye in the but upset Toledo in five sets in first round. They are paced offensively by the first round to prolong the sophomore Rachel Iaquaniello, team’s season. BG’s only match against EMU who is averaging 3.84 kills per set during the regular season ended in on the season. After battling through injuries a three-set BG loss, but the Falcons out-hit the Eagles 44-38 and matched to Tonyan and senior Noelle Spitler EMU with four blocks. See TOURNEY | Page 6 Coach Denise Van De Walle By Justin Onslow Reporter
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STRETCH: Freshman Laura Avila makes a play near the net against Akron earlier this season.
Five Falcons score in double-figures in 81-55 win over Ohio Dominican By Sean Shapiro Senior Reporter
The final home opener in Anderson Arena’s history ended as former men’s basketball coach Howard Anderson would have wanted it to — with a Falcon victory. Imploring a run-and-gun style offense, similar to the one Anderson was famous for in the 1930s and 40s, the Falcons (1-1, 0-0 Mid-American Conference) picked up their first win of the season, 81-55, against Ohio Dominican (0-2, 0-0 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference). While the man responsible for eight of the 17 men’s basketball banners hanging in the arena passed away in 1967, the arena with his namesake has lived on and affectionately earned the nickname “The House That Roars” for the tough environment it presented to visiting teams. Set to be replaced next season by the soon-to-be-finished Stroh Center, Anderson Arena was an especially tough place for opponents on opening night; since the Arena’s inaugural season in 1960, the Falcons had only lost four home openers and have now won 19 straight since a 79-68 setback to Findlay back on Nov. 22, 1991. That 19th and final victim in Anderson Arena home openers, Ohio
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COURT LEADER: Joe Jakubowski drives to the basket for two of his 12 points Monday night.
Dominican, didn’t go down right away as the Division II team held the lead for 4:22 of the first half. Facing the deficit, the Falcons responded with a jumper from Joe Jakubowski and a 3-pointer by Scott Thomas to regain the lead. Then, aided by turnovers from Ohio Dominican, they pushed their lead to 41-31 before half-time. In the second half, the Falcons found a shooting touch they’ve been looking for all season, reaching 80 points for the first time since a 87-70 win against Valparaiso last season.
It seemed everything was falling for the Falcons, wide open layups, hand in the face 3-pointers, put-back lay-ups in traffic — it all worked, something that was unexpected after being held to 52 points in a loss to Howard three days earlier. “It was good to see the ball go in the basket… when we execute and get to the options we’re a better offensive team,” coach Louis Orr said. It worked so well the Falcons
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Swim team makes splash in Youngstown Emily Bennet
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by nearly two seconds. The team that set the record mark included Emily Bennet, Alexis Kain, The BG swim team got back on Vicky Yu and Brittany Szekely. BG the winning track as it defeat- beat the closest team of Youngstown ed Youngstown State Saturday at State by over 25 seconds. Bennet swept the backstroke events Beeghly Natatorium. Coming off a loss, it was up in in the 100 and the 200-yard events. In the 100-yard backstroke, she the air to see how the team would respond, but the Falcons showed was just one second off the record some determination and grit to get pace. No Youngstown State swimmer was closer than three seconds the win on the road. The Falcons won 10 of the day’s to Bennet in either event. Yu also had a very successful day, 14 events. The win started fast as the 400- winning all four of the events she yard medley relay team broke the swam in. She took part in the 400 medley former record at Beeghly Natatorium
Sophomore swept the 100 and 200-yard backstroke events relay team, won the individual 100 and 200 freestyle events and the 200 individual medley as well. In the 200 individual medley, she led an attack by the Falcons that resulted in taking the top three spots and four of the top five in the race. Yu See SPLASH | Page 6
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TOUGH SHOT: Lauren Prochaska had a game-high 21 points against Creighton Monday night.
Falcons use big second half to bury Creighton route to a 79-53 win Monday night. “That is a huge win for us,” said BG coach Curt Miller. “For us to With its new Mid-American come out with that result after the Conference championship rings, disappointing effort at Evansville, the BG women’s basketball team I’m a little bit speechless. I give watched as former Falcons Laura a lot of credit to our players for Bugher, Sarah Clapper and Tamika competing and really getting back Nurse unveiled the 2010 NCAA ban- to BG basketball. I saw a fight all ner hanging high above Anderson night long.” Leading 40-38 at the 15:10 Arena, the last time a banner would mark of the second half, BG went be unveiled at the arena. In the last home-opener before on a 16-0 run over the next 7:34 moving to the Stroh Center next to pull away. While the Falcons improved on fall, the Falcons made sure there would not be any letdown their shooting percentage in the second half, the biggest key was against Creighton. Tied 30-30 at the break, BG getting to the free-throw line. came out in the second half as the See HOOPS | Page 6 aggressor — attacking the basket and playing suffocating defense en By Paul Barney Sports Editor
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Freshman volleyball player Paige Penrod has been named the MAC East Offensive Player of the Week. In two games over the weekend, Penrod posted a combined 36 kills.
BG sophomore linebacker Dwayne Woods has been named the MAC East Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts against Miami. Woods had a game-high 13 tackles.
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HOOPS From Page 5 Making just seven trips to the line in the first half, BG drove to the basket in the second — getting to the free-throw line 22 times and converting 20 of them. For the game, BG made 26 of 29 free throws. “The huge story was able to get [to the free-throw line] but also make them,” Miller said. Senior Lauren Prochaska, one of the best free-throw shooters in the country, made 10 of 11 shots at the line to go with her game-high 21 points. While Prochaska wasn’t scoring, she was defending Creighton senior Sam Schuett, who led the Bluejays last season in points, threepointers, three-point percentage, rebounds per game, blocks and double-doubles and is a major contender this season for Missouri Valley Conference Player of
“I think we were just prepared well in practice, so I knew what was coming and what plays they were going to run for [Schuett] so I was able to get stops.” Lauren Prochaska | BG guard the Year. Prochaska held Schuett to just two points in 19 minutes before fouling out. Schuett played 27 minutes and was held to one shot attempt. “I think we were just prepared well in practice, so I knew what was coming and what plays they were going to run for [Schuett] so I was able to get stops,” Prochaska said. Miller addressed his team’s defense at the half and it delivered by limiting Creighton to 31 percent shooting in the second half while forcing 11 turnovers. “Overall, really good team
defense,” Miller said. “They handled the game plan, stuck to it and I can’t be more proud of the way that we came back and defended. [Creighton] shot well in the first half but we finally got them worn down in the second half.” Prochaska’s 21 points paced two other Falcons in double figures, as fellow senior Tracy Pontius finished with 20 points and freshman Chrissy Steffen added 11. Monday’s win was the Falcons’ first of the season and will look for their second Wednesday, when they host Youngstown State at 7 p.m.
each finishing with 12 points. While the offense had a breakout game, the defense scored 19 straight points, quietly had a second pushing the score from 51- straight solid performance, 38 to 70-38, allowing Orr to forcing 23 turnovers and get some younger players, holding Ohio Dominican including Wiley Roberts and to a dismal 30 percent Jamers Erger, into their first effort from the field in the second half. career game. “We’ve been playing good “It felt like we we’re finally clicking all the shots we get defense about every time we up in practice … it was just step on the court … we held a matter of time before the them to 30 percent shooting shots would start falling, and in the second half, and it was tonight it did,” leading scorer a great defensive effort in the second half,” Orr said. Danny McElroy said. The Falcons will return McElroy and Jakubowski led the way for the Falcons, to Division I competition
“It felt like we we’re finally clicking all the shots we get up in practice.”
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Megan Bomicino swept the distance events, with Beatty winning the 500 freestyle From Page 5 and Bomicino winning the finished over seven seconds 1000 freestyle. Coach Petra Martin said ahead of the nearest Penguin she was satisfied with what racer. Four other Falcon swim- she saw from her team on mers won events in the dual the road. “We were able to switch meet. Amanda Rom won the people around to race dif100 breaststroke, Sarah ferent events and see who Burston won the 200 but- to race in each event going terfly and Jen Beatty and farther in the season,”
Danny McElroy | BG forward Thursday night when they head to Ann Arbor for a meeting with the Michigan Wolverines (1-0, 0-0 Big Ten) in the first round of the Legends Classic. Opening tip is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Martin said. “We raced hard, did a great job racing different events than they were used to, and to race tough even when we are in the middle of an intense two-week training period was awesome.” The Falcons (2-1, 1-1 MidAmerican Conference) take a break from the dual meets and will prepare for the Eastern Michigan Invitational Dec. 3 and 4.
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toward the end of the regular season, BG is back to full strength to begin the MAC Tournament. Tonyan is second on the team with 295 kills, while Spitler is third with 206. Spitler is also tied for the team lead in solo blocks (10) and service aces (23). With a Falcon win tonight, BG would go on to play the fourth-seeded Northern Illinois Huskies in the tournament quarterfinals. The Huskies earned a first-round bye after defeating Eastern Michigan over the weekend. They finished the regular season with an 11-5 conference mark. Van De Walle feels it will be important to improve on a few areas of their game for the Falcons to play their best volleyball and come away with a win tonight. “We need to show consistent ball control and cut down on our errors,” she said. “We need to serve tougher and finish each set with strong hitting.” The final three rounds of the MAC Tournament will be held at the SeaGate Center in Toledo beginning Friday, Nov. 19. Van De Walle said she is excited for the chance to return to the site of the final rounds. “I feel we match up with Eastern very well,” she said. “I’m looking forward to watching us compete for the opportunity to be back at the SeaGate Center. We’ve been there every year so far. We still feel like we have some unfinished business.”
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USG From Page 1 tion will then meet with the Board of Trustees in June to approve the budget for the 2012 fiscal year. “Even though we are still months off, we would really like to participate instead of letting it come down to the wire like you saw this summer,” said Dan Caldwell, USG vice president. “Unfortunately with
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trial is professional attorney attire, and for witnesses we create costumes to match From Page 1 their persona,” Walters said. The players on the mock said. “It’s all about playing the trial team are playing a role, game.” Freshman David Walters and in court judges expect said the coach does not give you to look a certain way, players a specific dress; the Cook said. “Although Dr. Browne does players just must look profesnot give us a certain dress sional. “The dress code for mock code, we know that we are
going into court and we have to play the part,” Cook said. But scores are not based solely upon appearances. Team members have to look the part, but they also have to play the part. “Scoring at tournaments is based largely on performance. However, likability is a key part of scoring too,” Walters said.
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“I did not make a snap judgment on the ordinances when I voted,” Hite said. “I did not do very much to counter this ‘brainwashing’ I have heard of. I did not see any ‘no’ volunteers on campus opposed to the ordinances, nor any fli-
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‘just kids’ who are not smart enough to make an informed decision,” Stewart said. After reading a letter in the Sentinel-Tribune, Stewart wrote back to the paper and said she believes young adults have the right to vote on issues that affect their lives when they go home after class.
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