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Students put products to the eco-friendly test, find suprising results

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VCT class studies sustainability of products, companies

By Asia Rapai Reporter

Kleenex disposable towels are less wasteful than they appear, or so students in a Visual Communication Technology topics class discovered this semester.

The class, VCT 4800 Sustainability: Printing and Packaging, displayed projects which showed the sustainability of product packaging, ranging from gum wrappers to computer boxes in the Technology Building Monday.

Seniors Jeni Hartman and Brandy Jarrett researched two different prod-

ucts — Kleenex disposable hand towels and Chewy Granola Bars “rip-n-go” packaging.

They were both surprised by the sustainability of their products.

Hartman said she thought the granola bar packaging, which uses less cardboard than the original packaging, was a cool new idea.

Jarrett had the opposite original impression for her product.

“I thought it was a wasteful product and wondered why they were market-

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Jefferson Starship guitarist plays during a 1975 concert.

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Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler sings during the 1974 concert.

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Anderson Arena has rich history of musical performances; Stroh Center to take its place recent history.

Construction for Memorial Hall was completed in 1960, The House that Roars will soon and the building received its grow silent with the opening of name in tribute to 78 University the Stroh Center next fall, but students who lost their lives in the echoes of shows past will the two World Wars and the continue to define the build- Korean War. The building’s ing that has housed some of basketball court was officially music’s most popular artists in dedicated Anderson Arena

By Troy Chamberlain Reporter

DRINK UP: Seniors Kelsey Cook and Levi Wonder talk with staff member Kim Strickland during their sustainability presentation on the Great Lakes Brewing Company.

in 1963, named for former University basketball coach, athletic director and professor, Harold Anderson. The building has served as venue to the majority of all large-act

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Jimmy John’s CEO shares insights to success as a young entrepreneur Collegiate Entrepreneurship Organization hosts “Jimmy John Liataud” in the Union Ballroom as part of this year’s lecture series

By Jess James Senior Reporter

Freshman Tim Coulter didn’t take his uncle too seriously when he said he knew “Jimmy John Liautaud,” founder and CEO of Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches.

“When my uncle told me last summer he was a personal friend of Jimmy John’s, I thought he was joking,” Coulter said. “I really thought it was funny when he told me, ‘You should get Jimmy to come speak at Bowling Green.’”

Coulter, whose uncle Jamie is the CEO of Lone Star Steakhouse and Saloon, worked to bring Liautaud to the University.

And Monday night, more than

375 audience members gathered in the Union Ballroom to listen to Liautaud’s story of self-made entrepreneurship.

“At age 19, I was given $25,000 to start a business and decided to open a sandwich shop,” Liautaud said.

“Within a year, the first ‘Jimmy John’s’ opened in Charleston, Ill. in 1983.

When I turned 30, I had more than 20 stores opened in Chicago and I made my first million.”

The event, titled “From Student to CEO: An Entrepreneur Story,” was part of the 2010 lecture series and hosted by the Collegiate Entrepreneurship Organization. ”Our organization is open to students of all majors to share their ideas

and creative endeavors,” said senior Hannah Simon, president of CEO. “Every semester, students in CEO recruit successful entrepreneurs to speak at the University so students can hear firsthand what it takes to be a good businessman.”

“It wasn’t always easy,” Liautaud said. “I rented a building that was basically a garage for $14,000,” Liautaud said. “The first day the shop opened, no one came in. So I started passing out samples and suddenly, I’m feeding every student at [Eastern] Illinois University. After that, you could say things started to look up.”

In 27 years, Jimmy John’s has grown to occupy 38 states at 1,100 different locations nationwide. It was

also recognized as the fourth fastest growing business in the sandwich sector. Compared to other sandwich shops, Jimmy John’s has several unique features that set them apart from the competition.

“The best idea I ever had was delivery,” Liautaud said. “Between that and adding a drive-through window, profits increased over $40,000 a year.

It’s all about being creative and finding something that works for your business.”

Coulter said he hopes the lecture helped inspire students who are

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BUSINESS MAN: “Jimmy John Liautaud” opened his first sandwich shop when he was 20.

City Council awards Black Swamp Arts Festival for annual work

By Christine Talbert Reporter

The Black Swamp A rts Festiva l Organization Committee was g iven t he Huma n Relat ions C om m i s sion Honor Rol l award at Monday night’s cit y council meeting.

The award is given quarterly to deserving individuals or groups recognized by their significant

CAMPUS On top of spaghetti

Phi Gamma Delta fraternity hosted a spaghetti dinner benefit at the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority house Monday for cancer awareness | Page 3

“We’ve worked so hard at establishing such a strong foundation and really we’ve got the process down to a science ...”

efforts to further the betterment of human relations in the community, as well as promote respect for diversity through educational efforts and advocacy, according to the Human Relations Commission.

Kelli Kling | Black Swamp Arts Festival Chair This year, the Black Swamp Arts Festival Chair Kelli Kling accept- such a prestigious award.

Festival Organization was given the award for its work and success ed the award and said she was See AWARD | Page 2 with this years’ festival. pleased and honored to accept

FORUM Date others responsively

Columnist Jeff Klein lists the various rules and guidelines for dating, in order to ensure success in meeting significant others | Page 4

SPORTS Swim team makes a splash

In its last meet of the semester, the BG swim team scored 604 points to finish fourth at the Eastern Michigan Invitational this past weekend in Ypsilanti, Mich. | Page 6

CAMPUS BRIEF

Associate professor of legal studies Brent Nicholson, 56, died Saturday at Hospice of Northwest Ohio after suffering a heart attack.

Nicholson, who taught at the University since 1989, was the Hamilton Endowed Professor of Entrepreneurship and a founder of the College of Business Administration‘s entrenpreneurship program.

The viewing is today from 2-9 p.m. at Witzler-Shank Funeral Home in Perrysburg, and the funeral service is Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Zion United Methodist Church in Toledo, according to a University e-mail.

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DERIC HUMPHREY Sophomore, Apparel Merchandising

“The Lean Mean Sandwich Machine.” | Page 4

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FROM THE FRONT

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BLOTTER FRI., DEC. 3 1:15 A.M.

Spencer Berk, of London, Ontario, was cited for assault at Kreischer-Ashley Hall.

3:39 A.M.

Rashawn Carter, of Euclid, Ohio, was cited for disorderly conduct with persistence, obstructing official business and resisting arrest at HarshmanBromfield Hall.

Kierra McDade, of Mentor, Ohio, and Germanie Patterson, of Bowie, Md., were cited for obstructing official business at Harshman-Bromfield.

Teen arrested in Oregon car bomb plot led 2 lives

sion at Kohl Hall.

Mohamed Osman Mohamud gave no hints of his plot to kill thousands at tree lighting ceremony SUN., DEC. 5

By Jeff Barnard and Nigel Duara

12:04 A.M.

Austin Maynard, of Lansing, Mich., was cited for trafficking in drugs after a traffic stop on East Wooster Street.

12:54 A.M.

Ronald Shelton, of Columbus, was cited for possession of marijuana at Offenhauer West.

3:17 A.M.

Justin Salaz, of Portage, Ohio, was cited for operating a vehicle impaired on High Street.

11:19 P.M.

Jacon Salaz, of Portage, Ohio, Paul Havel, of Mentor, Ohio, was cited for underage conwas cited for criminal mischief at sumption on High Street. the Pi Kappa Alpha house.

11:38 P.M.

Ronald Agin, of Bucyrus, Ohio, was cited for underage posses-

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interested in starting a business took something useful away from Jimmy’s speech. I From Page 1 would like to thank my uncle interested in owning a busi- Jaime for making this event a reality. Without him none ness.

“Overall, the event exceed- of this would have been posed my expectations,” Coulter sible.” said. “I hope students who are

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Police: Father buried 1 child in Miss., other in Ala., bodies still missing Dad charged with child abuse, corpse abuse

By Brian Skoloff The Associated Press

MOBILE, Ala. — A father whose missing children are believed to be dead told investigators he buried one of his young children in Mississippi in March, then buried the other in Alabama in June, police said Monday.

John DeBlase, 27, of Mobile, was being held on $206,000 bond. He is charged with child abuse and corpse abuse. The children’s stepmother, Heather Leavell-

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Keaton, is jailed in Louisville, Ky., on child abuse charges.

She will soon be extradited back to Alabama. The couple had been together since 2008 but they were not legally married.

Mobile police said Deblase has admitted burying his two children — 5-year-old Natalie and 3-year-old Chase — but claims Leavell-Keaton killed them. She is pointing the finger at him.

The children were last seen this summer, Mobile Officer Chris Levy said.

DeBlase has been trying to help investigators find the bodies, which led to searches over the weekend in rural areas of Alabama and Mississippi, but nothing was found, Levy said.

“He’s placing the blame on Heather and Heather’s placing the blame on him,” he said. “Both of them are ultimately responsible for the deaths.”

Levy said DeBlase has had difficulty remembering the exact locations because the children were buried at two different times.

He said the father told investigators he buried the boy’s body around the end of March in Mississippi, and later disposed of his daughter’s body near the end of June in Alabama.

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born Muslim with a grudge against the West, ready to kill and maim thousands at a busy Portland Christmas tree lighting ceremony.

But while the FBI describes Mohamed Osman Mohamud

as a would-be terrorist, there were few hints of that hidden life to Mohamud’s friends, who knew him as “Mo,” a quiet, suburban teen who liked to drink gin and play video games.

The teen who allegedly thought he was going to kill thousands of people the day after Thanksgiving is the same one who, three days earlier, wrote and read a Kwanzaa poem about unity.

saw visits from national and world-renowned acts such as Chicago, the Temptations, Jethro Tull and Steve Miller Band, according to articles pulled from The BG News archives. Approaching the decade’s midway point, hugely popular band Aerosmith played at Anderson in 1974, and folk-rock legends Crosby and Nash serenaded students with a concert in 1975.

Jefferson Starship, formerly Jefferson Airplane, performed the same year.

The University’s concert success and the unabated appetite of its student body during this time even compelled the University in 1975 to try its hand in the large music festival business.

The now-infamous Poe Ditch Festival was held in 1975 at Doyt Perry Stadium and brought a crowd of 33,000 fans, according to the University’s centennial website.

Intense traffic congestion, widespread drug use and littering, however, caused thenUniversity President Hollis Moore to declare the event a “first time-last time” occurrence, and Anderson Arena received future shows.

The festival mishap did not slow the coming of more legendary artists to

the University, though. Jazz guitar great George Benson stepped onto Anderson’s stage in 1977. That year also saw performances by the Doobie Brothers and Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band. In 1979, fiddle connoisseur Charlie Daniels lit up an enthusiastic crowd of cowboy hat-wearing country fanatics.

The 1977 Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band show featured the soon-to-be-successful British-American rock band, Foreigner, as the event’s opener and, according to an e-mail from University Activities Organization President Natalie Jovich, the show was Foreigner’s first ever live appearance in the United States. The band would go on to sell millions of albums worldwide.

Weston, Ohio, resident Rick Cocke, 58, formerly of Bowling Green, said he attended a long list of concerts at Anderson Arena during this time.

“We’re going back a long time here, but I’d have to guess it was at least 20,” he recalled. “They used to have concerts there all the time.”

Cocke pointed to shows by J. Geils Band, Yes, Bob Seger and several performances by Jethro Tull as the most memorable concerts he attended at Anderson. He was 20 years

old when Tull first took the Arena’s stage in 1972 and he continues to cite the concert as one of the best the venue has held.

“It was all general admission back then and everyone crowded to get to the front,” he said. “They were a very entertaining rock ‘n’ roll band at the time and Ian Anderson playing the flute was especially entertaining.”

Cocke said he believes both the quantity and quality of the arena’s concerts during this time are attributable to the overall popularity of music during the era and the acts it produced.

But the Arena’s concert days will soon come to a close.

All large concerts will move from Anderson Arena to the new Stroh Center upon its opening next fall, according to University head of marketing, Dave Kielmeyer. Official plans for the old arena are yet undecided, he said, but plans are being considered for possible classrooms and select athletic events, gymnastics being a likely candidate.

Improved acoustics and layout will give the Stroh Center a technical advantage, but looking back at its predecessor’s history, the new venue has some large shoes to fill.

video on the best sustainable resources they found.”

The students discovered myths about recycling and sustainability, Trautman said.

She said she was excited to see students and employees at the event from various departments on campus because it shows how interested people are in sustainability at the University.

Director of the Environment and Sustainability department Gary Silverman went to the event to learn about the students’ findings.

“It’s very neat to see people in technology getting involved with sustainability,” he said.

Silverman has been active in getting the sustainability minor approved at the University, and it was officially approved last month, he said.

“It’s good to see what different majors have to offer so we can bring people together and combine complementary talents,” he said.

Silverman said looking at the idea of sustainability through different people’s eyes shows that it is not just about certain materials, energy used or even people’s behavior.

He said sustainability is a real challenge for people everywhere and the students’ displays show all the linkages involved in creating sustainable products.

Seniors Kelsey Cook and Levi Wonder worked together on a project that researched the sustainability of the Great Lakes Brewing Company’s product Burning River Pale Ale. Wonder said he knew the company was making efforts to be sustainable, but his group was surprised to see how much the company was really doing, from its manufacturing and distribution to the fueling of machinery to its community involvement.

As an example, the students pointed out the company uses cooking oil to fuel some of its

machinery. Great Lakes also uses excess beer from production as an ingredient in certain products, including soap and ice cream, Wonder said.

“They’re striving to be a zero-waste brewing company,” Cook said.

She said once she and Wonder started researching, they were surprised by the amount of effort involved in making the company more sustainable.

“They’re going above and beyond,” Cook said.

Both students said they learned to think more about the products they are buying.

“I never really look at what I’m eating or drinking and think about if it’s sustainable,” Cook said. “This research made me more aware of what I’m buying.”

“I also feel more aware,” Wonder said. “It encourages me to go buy more from this company. It also helps that the beer is delicious.”

award,” Kling said. “It is nice Kling said the Black Swamp that all of our hard work is Arts Festival Organization being recognized, and to be Committee is made up From Page 1 in the ranks of such great entirely of volunteers.

“These people come togeth“I am very flattered that we other entities in our commuer and they benefit the comwere even considered for this nity.” munity with all they do,” she said. “When you think about the attention our small town gets from this festival — it’s astonishing.”

Kling said the Festival brings in approximately 60,000 people and thinks it is a good representation of the city’s community because it shows diversity is many different ways between art (Regularly $31) and music.

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“I am just one of the many

volunteers that make it such a fun and enjoyable event,” she said. “We’ve worked so hard at establishing such a strong foundation and really we’ve got the process down to a science and it runs like clockwork.”

This will the be 19th year the festival takes place.

Chair of the Human Relations Commission Barbara Keller said the Black Swamp Arts Festival Organization Committee is the “crown jewel” of the city.

“This award is long overdue, I think,” Keller said. “I thank them so much for all of their efforts.”

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Many may be familiar with some of the more recent acts to play the venue. Ohiogrown rockers O.A.R. played in Anderson Arena twice during the 2000s, with their first show in 2002 occurring just as the band was beginning to receive mainstream attention.

Other acts to take the stage during the past decade include Green Day, Dashboard Confessional, Third Eye Blind and the Black Eyed Peas, as well as popular rappers Ludacris, Soulja Boy and Kid Cudi. At the start of the decade in 2001, the arena hosted a major double-bill event with popular alternative band Bush and electronic mastermind Moby teaming up as part of an MTV College Tour.

The ‘70s saw many of the era’s most influential acts come to the University to feed a generation with an insatiable hunger for live music. A glance over the list of acts that performed during this time feels something like reading over the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame roster.

The early half of the decade

SUSTAIN From Page 1 ing it as a good thing,” Jarrett said about the hand towels.

“My product is actually more sustainable than [Hartman’s].”

Hartman said they learned how sustainable a product really could be.

Donna Trautman, associate professor for VCT-Tech Education, said the students were working on their projects since the beginning of the semester.

“They took a package and reverse engineered it by finding out how it was made,” she said.

Trautman said the students researched everything that went into the packaging of products, from the more obvious materials used for wrappers or in boxes to the ink and glue on the packaging.

“It’s been really exciting,” she said. “They even produced a

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Pasta party provides hope for patients Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, commonly known as FIJI, put on their first benefit dinner at the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority house to raise money for cancer awareness PHOTOS BY NATE ELEKONICH | THE BG NEWS

LEFT: Junior FIJI President Nate Pytel passes out brownies and smiles at Monday night’s spaghetti dinner.

RIGHT: Freshman Nick Wheeler refills the spaghetti sauce pot for the hungry students waiting in line.

BOTTOM: The boys of FIJI had a large turn out at the Kappa Kappa Gamma House for their first annual FIJI cancer awareness benefit dinner.

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“We’re going back a long time here, but I’d have to guess it was at least 20.”

— Rick Cocke, former Bowling Green resident, on the number of concerts he attended at Anderson Arena during the 1970s. [see story, pg. 1].

PEOPLE ON THE STREET

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If you started a sandwich franchise, what would you call it?

“Big Nate’s Big Tasty Sandwiches.”

“3 Stacks.”

“Burger of Life.”

NATHAN TONKIN, Freshman, Telecommunications

TAYLOR REYNOLDS, Sophomore, Communications

“Tan Man’s.”

JAMARI BROOKS, Sophomore, Accounting

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TANNER FINK, Junior, Sport Management

Single prospects should learn to play the dating game by the unofficial rules

By Jeff Klein Columnist

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FALCON SCREECH It really makes me mad that they close all the doors at the Union except the main ones. When I go to the Union for a hot cup of coffee at Starbucks, I want to get inside fast and get out of the freezing cold weather, so I can enjoy my coffee quicker. I understand that the people inside do not want that icy cold blast of air, but I would rather be blasted with cold air for a few seconds while I’m in a heated building, than have to walk twice as far to get inside and be warm.

They should open at least one more set of doors somewhere in the middle of the main sets. Just to have a happy medium in the cold winter months. And to the complaining people inside: wear a sweater! It is December, after all.

— BRRRR!!!

People need to stop putting their loose fitting jeans into Uggs or fitted boots. It is making your legs look short and it looks awful!

— Booty 911 Are evaluations really necessary? How many people actually fill them out based on how they feel about the professor and how many just fill in random bubbles? It doesn’t help the professor at all if people just fill in bubbles, so why give us bubble sheets? Do they even read them anyway? Probably not. Just get rid of them. They are a waste of time.

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I’ve decided to open up my own business. A publishing company, if you will.

What, you may ask, does this have to do with dating and relationships (the subject of this column)? Well, since you were nice enough to ask, I will share.

I was enjoying a peppermint mocha the other day and musing about the complexity of dating. Every individual is unique (that’s why we call them individuals, after all) and has been raised to expect different things in every aspect of their lives.

This is especially true in dating, where factors such as parental conditioning, friends, siblings, observation and experience all conspire to create a singularly unique combination that shapes who we are and what we expect when it comes to dating.

These are the rules.

The rules are those preconceptions we have created that serve as the template we hold our potential romantic interests against. The closer they match that template, the more likely we are to date them. The more they differ, the less likely we are to give them the time of day.

As if the fact that every-

one’s template is different isn’t complicated enough, our templates are always evolving. A prospect doesn’t exactly match the template (because they never do), so we make minor modifications so the template better matches the person we’re interested in.

Of course, this implies that we have control over whom we are interested in, which opens up an entirely new branch of discussion. If we can change our template so easily, what purpose does it really serve?

Our template, or our preconceptions, is nothing more than a filter. The questions that’s really going to cook your strudel is this: What are we filtering?

Well, we like to believe that we’re filtering out the bad seeds; people who will be bad for us, or people we simply won’t like. Aside from the pejorative nature of this judgment call, it’s just stupid.

Come on, think about it. How well has your filter worked for you? Be honest with yourself.

Even if you’ve been lucky enough to have good experiences (which isn’t necessarily the result of your filter as much as dumb luck), think about your friends,

family, and acquaintances.

How many of them have been in dysfunctional, abusive, painful, stressful and all around bad relationships in their past?

And how many of them seem doomed to repeat the cycle forever?

A large part of the problem is our filter. The filter is about nothing more than the superficial. It has nothing to do with who we are as people, but more with arbitrary roadblocks.

The problem is that we can end up spending months, and even years, with someone who has been lucky enough to not be stopped at our roadblocks before we realize what a douche they are.

What we need is an effective way to get past the filter and get straight to the heart of who our romantic prospects are, so we don’t waste too much time.

That’s where my business idea comes into play.

I am going to start publishing rules cards. Everyone will have their own individual card, and it will contain all of our rules.

— Don’t call for two days.

— Expect a kiss on the first date.

— Always go Dutch.

— Don’t use a corny pick-

up line on me, just say hi and start a conversation.

— I won’t respond, but that doesn’t mean I’m not interested. I just want to see how much you’re interested.

By the way, those are not my rules. They are actual rules of people I know.

So here’s the way rules cards work. When you’re interested in someone, you exchange rules cards with them. That way, you can determine (a) how you should approach them, and (b) whether that person is worth your time and energy in the first place.

If someone doesn’t follow your rules, even after seeing your rules card, that tells you something about them, too. If you want to date a jerk, you’re more than welcome. Just don’t say you weren’t warned.

Dating would become so much easier and more effective if we all began using rules cards. We would waste so much less time and have so much more success with our dating.

So keep your eyes open for “Rules Cards,” the cure to all your dating woes. Coming soon to a store near you.

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Donate money to charity or invest time in making crafty holiday gifts this year

By Jana Hoffman Arbiter Online Boise State University College News Network

Christmas paraphernalia went on sale right alongside discounted day-after Halloween loot. It’s like shoppers aren’t allowed to revel in the now. They are expected to obsess their way through Halloween and Thanksgiving for a morning when friends and relatives tear open gifts they mostly don’t need, and sometimes don’t even want.

Bah humbug is right.

In America, Christmas ‘tis the season for retailers to implant visions of cheap plastic and batteries into the brains of wee children. ‘Tis the season for people to buy loads of unnecessary atroci-

ties like “Snuggies” and the slippers that match them.

Retailers tell us that everybody needs a gift. Then they let us know that they have all the gifts we need to buy, and that — just in time for the holidays — they are on sale.

Then they strategically place random luxuries in spots that can’t be avoided, like the middle of aisles. These companies have mastered the art of seduction. Anyone who can leave a store during holiday shopping with only the items on his or her list is a Grand Master of Christmas.

It is obvious that Christmas spirit has little to do with the aforementioned. Individuals possessed by the great ghoul of the holidays do a great deal of good. They often give big-

ger tips, drop coinage in The Salvation Army can, and buy a couple “Toys for Tots.” This is all good stuff. It’s what the holidays are all about.

Yet, the materialistic pressure to buy, buy, buy taints it all. Enough is enough. There must be a better way.

‘Tis time to do something different, something really great that will make Christmas amazingly memorable.

Nothing says love like taking time to make a gift for someone else. Crafty ones save some money by investing thoughtfulness and time. The time factor is a deal breaker for a lot of people. Here’s a compromise.

Make gifts for friends, and purchase gifts for family, or

visa versa. Start working on the gifts well in advance, and the time investment won’t feel as daunting. Do a little at a time, all year round. An extra special touch would be to hand deliver the presents locally. Take some time to stop by and chat while enjoying a hot cup of cocoa.

Again, it takes time.

Instead of buying gifts for one another, pool your resources and donate to organizations that represent people or issues your family cares most about. For instance, Angel Tree provides gifts to children of incarcerated individuals. There’s nothing worse than having a parent away at Christmas, let alone not having any gifts under the tree.

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WORLD BRIEFS Polish parliament gets its 1st African lawmaker

Hotel serves as new Ivory Coast presidency

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s parliament is getting its first ever African lawmaker, a teacher and Christian pastor from Nigeria who has lived in Poland for 17 years and proven himself a popular local leader.

John Abraham Godson is a councilman in the central city of Lodz. The 40-year-old will fill a seat in the national parliament vacated by a fellow lawmaker from the Civic Platform party.

That lawmaker, Hanna Zdanowska, was elected mayor of Lodz on Sunday. Godson was her runner-up in the 2007 parliamentary elections.

He said Monday that he feels honored and believes it is a “historic moment” for Poland. As a lawmaker he plans to support technological innovation in Poland and bolster ties with Africa.

His swearing-in is expected in the coming weeks.

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — United Nations peacekeepers laid sandbags and rolled out miles of razor wire Monday to protect the aging hotel that has become the de facto presidency of the man who most of the world says won Ivory Coast’s presidential election.

A U.N. tank also took position on one side of the lagoon-facing hotel and armored personnel carriers were strategically guarding the parking lot as Alassane Ouattara held his first cabinet meeting inside a hotel room. Across town in the real presidential palace, incumbent Laurent Gbagbo continued to defy calls from the United States, France and the European Union to step down.

Last week, the United Nations certified the election results confirming that Ouattara won, and his victory has been recognized by numerous world powers including the United States and France. But that didn’t stop Gbagbo from going ahead with a shotgun inauguration over the weekend, where he warned foreign powers not to interfere.

— Rukmini Callimachi (AP)

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Honduras president wants ousted leader’s return

Gunmen kill 4 in attack on 2 Mexican rehab centers

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduran President Porfirio Lobo said he is seeking a legal solution for the safe return of ousted President Manuel Zelaya that would avoid Zelaya’s detention.

Lobo says he is working with prosecutors to find a way for Zelaya to return to the Central American country to face charges — but without taking him into police custody. Zelaya is accused of fraud, usurping powers and falsifying documents.

Lobo told Honduras Channel 5 on Monday he wants a solution that doesn’t violate the law. He didn’t elaborate.

Zelaya has said he won’t return to Honduras while there are arrest warrants pending against him. He was forced into exile in June 2009 after ignoring court orders to drop a referendum on changing the constitution. He is living in the Dominican Republic.

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — Armed commandos attacked two drug rehabilitation centers in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, killing four people and wounding five, authorities said.

Three men were killed in one center and one was killed in another in the Sunday attacks, said Ciudad Juarez police spokesman Adrian Sanchez.

Gangs have killed dozens in drug rehabilitation centers in the past two years across Mexico, including nine last summer in the northern state of Durango and 19 in Chihuahua city, capital of the state by the same name.

Chihuahua state is also home to the drug-plagued city of Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas, which warring cartels have turned into one of the world’s most dangerous cities.

Cartels sometimes operate the centers themselves, in order to recruit addicts, which leaves the centers open to attacks from rivals.

Norway convicts man of breaking Somalia embargo

Bombs kill 2 kids playing outside home in Iraq

OSLO, Norway — A court convicted a Somali-born Norwegian on Monday of breaking a U.N. arms embargo of Somalia, but found him not guilty of funding terrorism.

The Oslo District Court said it was the first time anyone has been convicted of breaking the embargo, even though the U.N. has documented many violations by all parties in the conflict.

The court fined the defendant 10,000 kroner ($1,650) which he will not have to pay because he has been in custody for 109 days.

The 40-year-old man could not be named because of Norway’s privacy laws.

The defendant was found innocent of funding terrorism in Somalia by transferring 200,000 kroner ($33,000) to leaders of an al-Qaida-linked Somali group.

The court said he collected the money in Norway and Sweden in 2007 and 2008, and sent it to alShabab militants in Somalia, but that he did not knowingly fund terrorist activities.

— Bjoern H. Amland (AP)

BAGHDAD — Two young children were killed and two of their siblings were hurt in eastern Iraq Monday when a bomb went off near the home their family had just reclaimed after fleeing it years ago under threat from alQaida, a police spokesman said.

The four children were playing outside the house when the bomb went off, Diyala province police spokesman Maj. Ghalib al-Karkhi said. A 6-year-old and an 8-year-old were killed and the two wounded children were 10 and 12.

The Shiite Muslim family returned in October to their home in Baqouba, 35 miles (60 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad. He said they were part of an exodus of Shiites who left in 2007 when Sunni extremists with al-Qaida in Iraq controlled the area and threatened to kill those who stayed.

“Al-Qaida used to send threatening letters to these families,” al-Karkhi said.

— Saad Abdul-Kadir (AP)

Italian boat finds remains of US balloonists Two bodies of experienced balloonists participating in a race were found by fishing boat in Adriatic Sea two months after a fierce storm

By Nicole Winfield The Associated Press

two months after the champions disappeared while competing in a race over the Adriatic Sea during a ROME — The bodies of two American balloonists and fierce storm.

The boat hauled in the their gondola were discovered in the net of an Italian balloon and its gondola with fishing boat on Monday, the bodies of the Americans

still inside while fishing 11 miles (17 kilometers) north of Vieste, said Port Cmdr.

Guido Limongelli in Vieste, a town on the spur of bootshaped Italy jutting into the Adriatic sea.

He said documents found

in the gondola confirmed the identities of Richard Abruzzo, 47, of Albuquerque, and Carol Rymer Davis, 65, of Denver.

The two had been participating in the 54th Gordon Bennett Gas Balloon Race when contact was lost

Sept. 29 as they flew over the Adriatic during a strong storm. They had taken off with some 20 other balloons from the English city of Bristol on Sept. 25.

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SOARING THROUGH THE AIR: Members of the Falcon swim team dive into the water earlier this season.

BG swimmers place fourth at Eastern Michigan Invite

By Matt Nye Reporter

The Invitational lasted two days and hosted 18 events.

Saturday morning, BG entered two swimmers and they ended up The BG swim team swam with confidence at the Eastern Michigan in second and third place, with both of them eclipsing the previous meet Invitational on Friday and Saturday.

The Falcons posted several top- record in the 100 breaststroke.

Sophomore Alexis Kain earned the three finishes and earned a respectsecond spot and set a new personal able fourth place overall finish.

They earned 604 points, which record, finishing in 1:03.86.

Junior Amanda Rom, who is the was only 45 points away from Ball State, who finished third. Michigan school record holder in the event ran away with the invitational by (1:03.03), placed third with a time of 1:03.95. The previous meet record scoring 865 points.

“It was a good indication of how they have responded to the training and I take this as a step forward.”

breaking her old record by over onehalf second.

Three of the six Falcon swimmers in the 100 butterfly finished in the top-10, with two placing in the topthree, scoring a much needed 40 points. Vicky Yu once again swam solidly and earned a second place Petra Martin | BG coach finish in the event. Senior Sarah Burston finished behind Yu in third and Carrie Enright placed 10th. was 1:03.97.

Kristina Roop finished seventh In the 100 backstroke, another personal record fell when sopho- and Katie Womack finished ninth in more Alexa Harris finished in 0:57.61, the 400 individual medley, earning

BG two more top 10 finishes.

The morning section of the invitational included two relays. In the morning session, the Falcons had 14 top-10 finishes; no team totaled more than 15. The night session posted another 13 top-10 finishes for a total of 27 during the second day of the meet. Only Michigan’s 29 exceeded BG’s total.

In the 200 free and the 400 medley

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Offense hurting BG in power rankings RYAN SATKOWIAK ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Now that the teams have played enough games for me to pass judgment, we will have weekly Central Collegiate Hockey Association power rankings.

1. Miami: The RedHawks are top in the CCHA standings with 27 points and they have the best goal differential in the league.

Despite splitting with Notre Dame last weekend, they are the No. 1 team in the conference until someone comes out and proves otherwise.

2. Notre Dame: The Irish are No. 2 in the standings and the power rankings after their aforementioned split with Miami last weekend. They trail the RedHawks by a point for the top spot, while holding a one point advantage on Michigan.

T.J. Tynan’s 14 points in 12 conference games have him as one of the early favorites for CCHA rookie of the year.

3. A laska: The Nanooks did not play anyone this we ekend, but they debut at No. 3 over Michigan due to the Wolverines’ lackluster weekend against a bad Ohio State team.

Scott Greenham is the only

Alaska goalie to see action so far this season (good or bad?

You be the judge), but he has been outstanding, posting a 1.97 goals-against average in conference games.

4. Michigan: The Wolverines debut at No. 4 despite being third in the conference standings — and a win and losses from Miami and ND away from being in the top spot. Sophomore Chris Brown (a CCHA-All Freshman last season) has yet to score a goal in 12 conference games.

Maybe an outdoor date with Sparty this weekend will get him going.

5. Ferris State: The Bulldogs are tied with Alaska and Northern Michigan for fourth in the standings, but beat out the Wildcats here by virtue of their -1 goal differential (Northern is -3).

Zach Redmond is the only member of this team to have been drafted and he has been their best skater with six points in seven CCHA games.

6. Northern Michigan: Goalie Reid Ellingson has been the glue for Northern this season, posting a 2.30 GAA and a .927 save percent on the season.

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We s t e r n Mich iga n : T he Broncos are tied w it h La ke Superior for seventh, but they get the advantage here due to having played two fewer games ... and the fact that Lake Superior needed a pair of shootouts to beat BG this past weekend.

8. Lake Superior: Brian MahoneyWilson used to be a stud between the pipes for the Lakers.

However, by virtue of a 4.30 GAA and .873 save percentage, he has given way to freshman Kevin Kapalka, who has a 1.59 GAA and .948 save percent in conference games.

9. Ohio State: The Buckeyes beat Michigan in OT on Friday, and then for all intents and purposes blew it in a loss on Saturday. They will take on BG this weekend at the BGSU Ice Arena.

10. Michigan State: The Spartans have been by far the most disappointing team in the CCHA this season. For points of comparison, I had them at No. 2 in my preseason media poll.

Despite the poor record, goalie Drew Palmisano has been superb, posting a 2.25 GAA and .919 save percentage in conference games.

Their four point weekend against Ferris last weekend is the only thing keeping them out of the basement here.

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Bow l i ng Green: The Falcons debut last in the power rankings, despite a mildly successful weekend against Lake Superior last weekend.

Nick Eno continues to play well for BG and Andrew Hammond is appearing to find the groove he had early in the season. If only the Falcons can find some offense, they could run off a string of wins.

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JUMPER: Lauren Prochaska puts up a 3-pointer against Youngstown State at the beginning of the season.

BASKETBALL BRIEF

Prochaska named MAC Player of the Week BG women’s basketball player Lauren Prochaska has been name the Mid-American Conference Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday afternoon.

This is Prochaska’s first MAC Player of the Week award this season and the 10th time in her Falcon career.

Last week the senior from Plain City, Ohio averaged 26 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 3.0 steals as BG went 2-0, defeating No. 23 Vanderbilt and Cal State Fullerton.

Against the nationally ranked Commodores, Prochaska scored a seasonhigh 31 points and was a perfect 10-for-10 from the free-throw line.

In the Falcons’ 40-point win three days later against Cal State Fullerton, she posted 21 points in 26 minutes of work and again was perfect from the charity stripe, going 8-for-8.

Against the Titans, Prochaska made her 61 consecutive free throw, breaking the Mid-American Conference record for most consecutive free throws made.

She is now six consecutive free throws away from breaking the NCAA Division I record.

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No. 6 OSU to meet No. 8 Arkansas in Sugar Bowl

By Brett Martel The Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — Three seasons after Bobby Petrino took over as Arkansas’ coach, the Razorbacks are going to their first BCS game.

The Sugar Bowl announced on Sunday that its Jan. 4 matchup would feature the eighth-ranked Razorbacks and No. 6 Ohio State in what also will be the first meeting of the teams. “In going to BCS game, it’s a tremendous accomplishment for our football team,�

Petrino said. “It’s something when we came here as staff three years ago that was one of our goals. “It’s exciting to be able to know you’re going to play a big bowl game against one of the top programs in the country.�

Arkansas (10-2) has been to five previous Sugar Bowls, all before the BCS era, going 1-4 in those games.

The Razorbacks’ last appearance came in 1980 with Lou Holtz as coach.

The Hogs were in the Southwest Conference then and lost to 1979 SEC and national champion Alabama and coach Bear Bryant.

Ohio State (11-1), which won a share of the Big Ten title this year, last played a postseason game in New Orleans in the Buckeyes’ BCS title game loss to LSU at the end of the 2007 season.

Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel, who was also celebrating his 58th birthday on Sunday, said he was excited about his return to the Big Easy with a roster featuring many players who weren’t with the program for the last trip. “You couldn’t have a better birthday than being invited to the Allstate Sugar Bowl,� Tressel said. “Eighty percent of our team hasn’t been there before and they know they’re going against a great football team. Any time you get to match up

“You couldn’t have a better birthday than being invited to the Allstate Sugar Bowl. Eighty percent of our team hasn’t been there before and they know they’re going against a great football team.�

Jim Tressel | Ohio State coach two teams in the top 10 you get excited about that opportunity.�

The Buckeyes have been in three previous Sugar Bowls, going 1-2.

Their last appearance came at the end of the 1998 season, when they defeated Texas A&M. Both teams feature talented and successful quarterbacks, albeit of different styles.

Arkansas’ Ryan Mallett and Ohio State’s Terrelle Pryor are finalists for the Manning Award, which the Sugar Bowl presents each year to the top quarterback in the country.

Mallett, who transferred to Arkansas from Ohio State’s archrival, Michigan, has thrown for 3,592 yards and 30 touchdowns for the Hogs this season.

He threw for 300 or more yards in a game nine times this season. “We’re very familiar with Ryan Mallett because, of course, we played against him when he was at the University of Michigan,�

Tressel said. “In fact, I was hoping we were done with him when he transferred and here we are getting him when he’s at the height of his career. “He’s a tremendous football player, lightning-quick release, smart as a whip, you can tell.�

P ryor has 2,551 yards passing and 25 touchdowns through the air. Unlike Mallett, Pryor is known for his scrambling ability and has rushed for 639 yards and four TDs this season.

Petrino said there are some similarities between Pryor and another quarterback that beat Arkansas earlier this season, Auburn’s Cam Newton. “Their size and strength and ability to run,� Petrino said. “They’re both tremendous football players, great leaders and had a lot of success in knowing how to win games.�

Arkansas, which finished second in the SEC West behind Auburn, averaged 489.25 yards per game and scored 30 or more points in 10 games.

Sophomore running back Knile Davis played a big role in that, gaining 1,183 yards on the ground.

Ohio State scored in bunches as well, with Pryor and firstteam All-Big Ten running back Dan Herron helping the Buckeyes average 39.4 points per game.

Petrino will have a bit of a scouting advantage against Ohio State, however. The Arkansas coach’s brother, Paul, is the offensive coordinator for Illinois, one of the Buckeyes’ Big Ten foes. “I really haven’t talked to Paul about them yet but I certainly will. Hopefully he can help me out a lot,� Petrino said. “We talk every week and we did throughout this season.They spent an entire week preparing for them and they also watched them throughout the year. “You learn a lot about a team from watching them play the other opponents you’re trying to prepare for. I’ll try to get him on the phone as long as I possibly can.�

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Bengals underachieving in 2010

By Joe Kay The Associated Press

CINCINNATI — Not only are the Cincinnati Bengals bad, they’re becoming historically bad.

The defending AFC North champions have lost nine in a row, the third time in the past 20 years that they’ve dropped so many consecutive games in one season. No other NFL team has more than two such streaks of futility during that time.

A 34-30 loss to New Orleans on Sunday left the Bengals (210) winless since Sept. 26.

They play in Pittsburgh next Sunday, when they’ll have a chance to match the franchise record for most consecutive losses in one season.

The 1993 Bengals under Dave Shula lost their first 10 games on their way to a 3-13 finish.

With this franchise, the losing sets them apart.

In the past 20 years, there have been 19 streaks of nine or more losses in the NFL, according to STATS LLC. The Lions, Rams, Colts and Chargers each have had two such streaks. The Bengals have done them one better.

The Bengals are tied with Buffalo and Detroit at 2-10, in position for one of the top picks in next year’s draft.

Carolina has the league’s worst record at 1-11.

It’s not just how many the Bengals are losing, it’s how they’re losing them.

They do things seldom seen around the league to fritter away games, doing a Wile E. Coyote imitation when everything’s at stake.

The anvil always lands on their heads. “They do expect to win,� coach Marvin Lewis said Monday. “And they expect

to make the plays at the end of the football game to win the football game.

And I don’t sense there is a lack of confidence that way at all.�

On Sunday, the anvil came in the form of an offside.

The Bengals seemed to be on the verge of a breakthrough when Clint Stitser’s field goal put them ahead 30-27 with 4:25 to go.

All they had to do was stop the Saints one time, then run out the clock. They couldn’t do it.

Drew Brees led New Orleans to a fourth-and-2 at the Cincinnati 7-yard line with 34 seconds left.

The Saints called timeout and decided to use one of their ploys called “NoBrainer Freeze.� They’d line up and try to draw the Bengals offside. The Bengals knew it was coming — Lewis had showed the team the play earlier in the week.

Didn’t matter. Pat Sims jumped. The Saints got a new set of downs. Brees threw a 3yard touchdown pass on the next play. “Hey, people make mistakes,� Sims said Monday. “I jumped offsides.

Something drew me off, but it was my fault.�

The Bengals weren’t done with the self-destruction.

Bernard Scott returned the kickoff to the Cincinnati 49yard line with 22 seconds to go.

Cincinnati had one timeout left and wanted to get closer before throwing it into the end zone. Carson Palmer completed a 14-yard pass to Brian Leonard, who was tackled. Palmer signaled for the offense to set up for a spike.

Lewis is in charge of timeouts and decided to let the

Marvin Lewis Bengals’ coach led his team to the playoffs last season clock run instead of using the final one then.

The Bengals were slow to get into formation, forcing Palmer to angrily signal for a timeout with only 8 seconds left, then hold up his arms in disgust. The Bengals had wasted six seconds, leaving themselves time for only a long throw into the end zone. “I run the plays on the field and Marvin handles the timeouts,� Palmer said. “I just noticed it was taking a long time to get everybody set, so I went ahead and called that on my own.�

Managing the clock has been an issue repeatedly for the Bengals this season.

On Monday, Lewis defended his decision not to use the timeout after Leonard was tackled. He wanted a chance to get one more quick completion, call a timeout and then throw it into the end zone. “I would do it again that way,� Lewis said. “We didn’t do a very good job of getting set.�

They didn’t even get another pass off. Palmer was sacked on the next play, ending the game and leaving players stunned. “It’s not a lack of effort on anybody’s part,� receiver Terrell Owens said. “I don’t know if we’re getting outcoached or what the deal is.

At this point, I’m sitting here trying to fish for answers, but I don’t have any for you.

Again, this is beginning to get old for me.�

It’s like old times for everybody else.

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SWIM From Page 6 relays, the Falcons had two teams in both events. In the 200 free, the teams finished third and 10th. The 400 medley relay included a fourth place finish, which was just off the pool record and the second team placed eighth, respectively.

In the 50 freestyle, Brittany Szekely placed fourth with a time of 0:23.89, which posted one of BG’s top-10 of all-time personal bests. Sarah Reinink

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Finished second in the 100 backstroke in 1:03.86

finished after Szekely in fifth.

Coach Petra Martin was excited going into the Invitational and was happy with how her team raced. “This was a good meet for us,� Martin said. “It was a good indication of how they have responded to the training and I take this as a step forward.�

BG will now have more

than a month before the next dual meet which will feature the Falcons against Eastern Michigan at Cooper Pool beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Jan. 14. “After exams we will start our training camp, going for more intensity, yardage and more power in preparing for our next meet,� Martin said.

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Outbreak of toxic algae in western Ohio sparks ban on fertilizer under specific conditions off of animal manure into Ohio’s largest inland lake and other waters.

The committee’s decision on Monday means the COLUMBUS — A legislative committee says natu- Ohio Department of Natural ral resources officials can Resources can continue move forward with rules with plans to ban farmers in intended to control the run- areas with distressed waterBy Ann Sanner The Associated Press

sheds from applying manure to frozen land.

The rules stem from an outbreak of toxic algae at Grand Lake St. Marys in western Ohio this summer that led to water warnings and hurt tourism. The lake, midway between Toledo and Dayton,

is one of the state’s most polluted because of run-off of manure and fertilizer from nearby farms.

The Ohio Farm Bureau calls the rules “a reasonable approach” and plans to monitor how the department moves forward with the rules.

High court will review climate change lawsuits Power companies that emit large amounts of toxins are protected from accusations WASHINGTON (AP) — In a new case about climate change, the Supreme Court will hear an appeal from electric utilities that are trying to short-circuit an effort by states to force cuts in power plant emissions.

The court agreed Monday to consider ending a federal lawsuit by eight states, New York City and others that accuse the power companies of being among the largest emitters of carbon dioxide in the world. The suit asks a federal judge to order reductions in the emissions in plants in 20 states.

A federal judge initially threw out the case, but the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said it could continue.

The lawsuit said carbon

dioxide is one of the chief causes of global warming. The greenhouse gas is produced when coal, gasoline and other fossil fuels burn.

Similar lawsuits are pending in California and North Carolina.

Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power Co. and the other utilities do not want courts getting involved in the issue.

The companies argue that only the Environmental Protection Agency can set emissions standards.

The other utilities are Cinergy Co., Southern Co. Inc. of Georgia, Xcel Energy Inc. of Minnesota, and the federal Tennessee Valley Authority.

The Obama administration, representing the TVA, urged a middle course that would

have avoided a full-blown hearing at the high court.

The administration angered environmental groups with its position that the states should not be allowed to proceed in federal court because, among other reasons, the EPA already has begun to take actions to compel cuts in carbon dioxide emissions.

EPA regulation is a more efficient process than a federal lawsuit, the administration said.

In 2007, the court split 54 in its first global warming case in a ruling that declared that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are air pollutants under the Clean Air Act. The court said the EPA has the authority to regulate those emissions from new

cars and trucks under the landmark environment law.

The same reasoning applies to power plants.

The case will be argued in the spring.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who was on the 2nd Circuit panel that heard the case, is not taking part in the Supreme Court’s consideration of the issue.

The states in the lawsuit are: California, Connecticut, Iowa, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin. The Open Space Institute, the Open Space Conservancy and the Audubon Society of New Hampshire also are plaintiffs.

The case is American Electric Power Co. v.

Connecticut, 10-174.

Stepfather cycles in memory of late Ohio Marine

By Meredith Heagney The Columbus Dispatch

brand of bicycle racing where riders speed through a closedcircuit grass course.

“His reply was to give me a GROVEPORT, Ohio (AP) — In one of the last e-mail kick in the pants and say, ‘OK, exchanges J.D. Kimple shared you really have to do it, Dad,’” with his stepson, James, the Kimple said.

James Kimple, a lance 21-year-old Marine gave him corporal, was adventurous an order from Iraq.

Kimple had told his stepson, and a bit of a smart aleck, whom he had helped raise and he liked to tease his from the age of 2, that he was stepfather. But he didn’t thinking of taking up cyclo- have a chance to see him cross, the rough-and-tumble meet the challenge.

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STATE BRIEF

Camp Lejeune Marine from Ohio dies in Afghanistan PEEBLES, Ohio (AP) — The Department of Defense says a U.S. Marine from Ohio has died during combat operations in Afghanistan.

The government said

Monday that 20-year-old Lance Cpl. Lucas Scott of Peebles died on Friday in Helmand province.

He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.tions from the brotherhood.

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