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After months of discussion and confusion surrounding the internationalfeewaiversituationatthe University, the Undergraduate Student Government decided to take action and voted on a resolution during an emergency meeting this past Monday night.

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Hopes for studentfriendly conclusion to waiver problem situation and the University, USG President John Waynick said.

“We wanted to reach a decision that would be fair,” Waynick said.

The issue surrounding the fee

waiver stems from over the summer when several international students were told their fee waivers would no longer be upheld for the upcoming academic year.

“This whole situation has created a sense of panic and confusion,” said Tyler Deitsch, USG senator and one of the authors of the resolution.

USG decided this was a matter they should investigate after they were presented with a petition from faculty and students.

“We [USG] deemed this was a worthy issue to look into,” Waynick said.

USG investigated by listening to international student testimonials, holding open forum meetings with the Center for International Programs and researching how other area universities handle their international student funds.

The process took place for three weeks, after which a resolution regarding the matter was

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The votes have been counted, the results are in and sophomore Nikki Harris still needs your help.

Harris earned enough votes in October to continue on to the final round of the Athlon Sports Sideline Spirit Contest.

Earlier in the year, Harris was selected from over 500 cheerleaders and dancers from across the country to represent the University and the MidAmerican Conference. Sideline Spirit Contest’s purpose is to allow schools to compete against each other to show their school spirit and support their representatives.

The contest, Harris said, consisted of four rounds of candidates competing for the most votes from their university and conference. She said the winners in each round and conference were chosen to compete in the final. Harris earned 82,000 votes in her round, the most votes earned by any non-BCS school.

Harris said she is excited to move on to the final round and appreciates the support from the students and alumni.

“I’m still in a state of shock that I got all that support,” she said.

But Harris said she still has a lot more work to do and more votes to get to win. The current leader is from the University of West Virginia and has 50,000 votes, she said. Harris only has about 5,000.

Her coach Anne Marie King said Harris and the squad have been doing all they can to inform students about the contest.

“We basically have been contacting everybody we know to go and vote,” she said.

King said the University has already received some good attention because of the contest. She said the support Harris is receiving reflects well on the students and the University.

“It has definitely given our squad and school the

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“There were points during our meeting where it got a little heated, but we passed the resolution with a vote of 21 senators supporting the resolution and three abstaining,” Waynick said.

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Drivers and pedestrians in downtown Bowling Green are being watched by more than just their fellow travelers.

Downtown is also being monitored by four security cameras, which were installed at the intersection of Main and Wooster streets three weeks ago, said Bowling Green Police Department Administrative Lt. Tony Hetrick.

The cameras are part of an upgrade and renovation project for the BGPD Dispatch Center, and will be used to give the police extra eyes in one of the busiest parts of town, Hetrick said. “[They will be used] to have a better look at traffic issues and downtown security,” he said. “It will help us do our job a little better. We can’t be everywhere at once.”

Other than three cameras surrounding the Police Division, Hetrick said the cameras at Main and Wooster streets are the only security cameras installed by the BGPD in Bowling Green. They will be monitored, along with the

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EXTRA HELP: The Bowling Green Police Department recently installed traffic cameras at the Main and Wooster intersection downtown. They hope the cameras will ease traffic and security issues.

other three cameras, from the Dispatch Center.

With the installation of cameras comes the question of whether or not the privacy of Bowling Green residents will be invaded.

Hetrick said privacy is not really an issue because other businesses, such as banks and TV stations, already have security cameras.

“There are cameras everywhere anyway,” Hetrick said.

“The intent is to provide for bet-

ter security, not invade anyone’s privacy.”

Freshman Mitchell Boeing said if the cameras are just used for security purposes he has no problem with them.

“I don’t think whoever installed them had any other intention than that,” Boeing said.

There are always people on the streets, Boeing said, so one more

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A new nameless pizza shop now occupies the formerly vacant restaurant known as Night Flight Pizza. And it’s going to be up to the Bowling Green community to give the anonymous shop a memorable name.

“Name Our Pizza Shop Contest” is serving as the temporary name for the shop located on the corner of East Wooster and South Mercer for the time being.

At least that’s how employees answer the phones, Co-owner Carey Momphere said.

“Our hope is to get the community involved and come up with something people will remember,” Momphere said.

Momphere’s 12-year-old son suggested they host the contest after the original name for the shop — BG Pisa Pizza — had to be changed.

“Our original name had to be changed after an issue with another local pizza shop [interfered],” Momphere said.

The franchise owner of a pizza shop with a similar name sent his lawyer over to inform the owners of the nameless shop their projected name infringed on the

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PICK-UP OR DELIVERY: Owner Shawn Frederick writes down a call-in order on yesterday night. Frederick said their two specialties are a hot wing pizza and a chicken alfredo pizza.

brand name of the clients store, she said.

But Momphere and her brother, Co-owner Shawn Frederick — who have both been in the business for 15 years — decided to turn their unfortunate luck into something more positive by creating a fun contest designed to come up with a unique name.

Whoever wins the contest will receive one free pizza every

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Committee meeting the next day, said USG Senator Tim Delnay, who is also an author of the resolution.

“We wanted the faculty senate executive committee to have time to look at this resolution since it is an important situation,” Delnay said. “Ultimately, in this resolution, we wanted to reach a compromise that would be fair to each side.”

By each side, Delnay is referring to the international students affected and the Center for International Programs. As of now, the number of students on fee waivers has been reduced from 227 students in 2006 to 42 for the Spring 2009 semester.

Since the CIP faces a 2.5 mil-

MONDAY, DEC. 1 Joshua Matuska, 20, of Bowling Green, was cited for operating a vehicle under the influence.

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Jewell Brown, 21, of Bowling Green, was charged with theft after she concealed $33.47 of merchandise in her purse and attempted to leave Wal-Mart without paying.

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Scott Vestal, 36, of Weston, Ohio, was arrested for violation of protection order, domestice violence, criminal trespassing and aggrevated menacing after getting into an argument with his ex-girlfriend Criselda Reyes at a residence on Colony Lane and punching a hole in the wall. Reyes, 33, of Bowling Green, was arrested for violation of protection order after picking up Vestal and transporting him to the residence even though the two have an active protection order with each other.

lion dollar deficit, it is not in a position to continue awarding full fee waivers for international students, Delnay said.

Even though this issue has touched everyone differently, Diestch said he believes it is important to not place the blame on any one party.

“I personally feel that the guilt can be placed on both sides, which is why I felt it was important to reach a compromise,” Deitsch said.

Despite the outcome of the situation with Faculty Senate’s decision, Delnay said USG will assist international students on campus in any way they can help.

“USG wants to keep an eye on the situation and hopefully come up with a solution of some kind no matter what,” Delnay said.

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Elon Gerberg, 23, of Bowling Green, was cited for possession of marijuana and drug paraphanalia after being found with a marijuana blunt and plastic seperator.

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NEW NAME, FREE PIZZA: The sign above of what was formally Night Flight Pizza will glow blankly for the next two weeks, when a new name will be chosen for the pizza shop.

Whoever submits the winning name will win a year worth of pizza.

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eye will not make much of a difference.

Senior Molly Ocker agreed with Boeing.

“It’s on a public street so it’s not in someone’s privacy,” Ocker said. “If you’re out on the street you’re going to be seen by people anyway.”

month for a year, as well as the opportunity to name the partner’s other Woodville restaurant, Momphere said.

“It’s a really good way to help market their business,” Graduate Student Abi Chandra said.

Chandra said she believes the contest might help the shop attract steady business by having a recognizable name and involving the community.

The nameless pizza shop offers an assortment of foods not commonly available at most pizza restaurants in Bowling Green.

“We sell pizza in several sizes,” Momphere said. “10 inch small, 12 inch medium, 16 inch large, which is 33 percent larger than their competitors, and a 20 inch party pizza.”

The shop also sells subs, salads, foldovers and a variety of dinners.

Specialty pizzas, such as hot wing or chicken alfredo pizza, are also offered.

Best of all, everything is homemade and fresh, from the pizza sauce to the dough, buns and even the dinners, Momphere said.

“We buy all of our ingredients from local providers,” she said. “It is part of why our food is so good.”

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exposure I think it deserves,” she said. “It really shows how much school spirit we have here.”

Harris’ teammate, Junior Jesse Showalter, said Harris is a great representative of the University because she has a good work ethic and is always positive. He said he hopes students will remember to take time to vote for her because she needs support from everyone at the University.

According to Momphere, everything tastes better at the familyorientated shop because they use a baker’s pride oven, which means the oven is lined with stone slabs to ensure a better pizza. Most pizza shops just place their pizza on a conveyor belt that comes out the other end finished, she said.

“With the baker’s pride oven, you actually have to watch the pizza to ensure that it does not burn or under cook,” Momphere said.

Employee Jim Mosier agreed with Momphere, saying the shop definitely has the best pizza offered in Bowling Green.

According to Mosier, he overheard an older gentleman inside the mall mention to a friend how he thought it was the best pizza he had ever eaten.

“This is a family owned and operated business,” Momphere said. “Overall we have a competitive taste and an excellent product.”

The pizza shop opened its doors on Nov. 1, and business hours are Monday through Wednesday 10 a.m. to midnight, Thursday through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 a.m., Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 a.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to midnight.

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“It’s going to take the entire campus to win this competition,” he said. “Nikki needs the whole school behind her to get enough votes and that’s what the girl from [the University of] West Virginia has right now.”

The final round of voting started on Sunday and runs through Dec. 12. Students can vote up to 20 times a day and vote 10 more times on Facebook with the Sideline Spirit Facebook application. To register and begin voting for Harris, students can go to athlonsports.com/spirit.

Harris said she believes she can win the contest even though she comes from a smaller school.

“I think I have as much of a chance as any of the other bigger schools,” Harris said. “I just have to get people to vote.”

Republican wins delayed U.S. Senate runoff for Georgia seat

By Shannon McCaffrey The Associated Press

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ATLANTA — Georgia Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss handed the GOP a firewall against Democrats eager to flex their newfound political muscle in Washington, winning a bruising runoff battle last night that had captured the national limelight.

Chambliss’ victory thwarted Democrats’ hopes of winning a 60 seat filibusterproof majority in the Senate.

It came after a bitter month long runoff against Democrat Jim Martin that drew political luminaries from both parties to the state and flooded the airwaves with fresh attack ads weeks after campaigns elsewhere had ended.

Minnesota — where a recount is under way — now remains the only unresolved Senate contest in the country.

But the stakes there are signif-

icantly lower now that Georgia has put a 60-seat Democratic supermajority out of reach.

With 70 percent of the precincts reporting, Chambliss captured 60 percent to Martin’s 40 percent. Chambliss’ win is a rare bright spot for Republicans in a year where they lost the White House as well as seats in the House and the Senate.

“It’s been a hard and tough four weeks,” Chambliss said at a victory party in Cobb County. “We had a hardcore campaign on both sides and while things look good right now, we’re going to continue to follow the returns as they come in.”

Chambliss’ mantra on the runoff campaign trail was simple: His re-election was critical to prevent Democrats in Washington from having a blank check. Chambliss, 65, had angered some conservatives with his vote for the $700 billion bailout of the finan-

cial services industry and his early support in 2007 for the guest worker provision in President Bush’s immigration bill. But fearful of unchecked Democratic dominance, some came back into the GOP fold yesterday.

Martin made the economy the centerpiece of his bid, casting himself as a champion for the neglected middle class. He also linked himself at every opportunity to Barack Obama and his message of change. The Democratic president elect was a no show on the campaign trail in Georgia but did record a radio ad and automated phone calls for Martin.

In the end, Martin, a 63year-old former state lawmaker from Atlanta, wasn’t able to get Obama voters back to the polls in large enough numbers to overcome the Republican advantage in Georgia, which has become an increasingly a reliable red state since 2002.

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GEORGIA GOES RED: U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga, right, and wife Julianne, left, applaud remarks made by Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Chambliss and Democratic challenger Jim Martin were in a runoff yesterday that shaped Democrats’ hold on power in Washington.

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A mix of young and old gathered in front of the courthouse on High Street Monday night for a candlelight vigil recognizing the 20th year of World AIDS Day. Though it was a struggle to keep the candles lit in the strong wind, attendants huddled close to show support for those who suffer from HIV or AIDS and their families.

Many in attendance had friends or families that were affected by HIV or AIDS. “One of my friends died of AIDS, but my first encounter with it was while working with a women’s charity in Calcutta, India. There were many prostitutes there that could not afford treatment or medication,” said Sohinee Roy, a doctoral student in West Virginia University’s English department.

Several other attendants, like Jessie Winter, a graduate student, were volunteers from WVU’s School of Pharmacy.

“I volunteered to come down for the school because I have had friends of my family that were affected by AIDS,” Winter said.

The vigil, organized by the Caritas House, began as a procession from the Mountainlair and ended in front of the courthouse.

Sharon Wood, executive director of the Caritas House, said there was free rapid testing at the Caritas House Monday.

In 1981, the first case of AIDS was found and since then AIDS has been known as an infectious disease that attacks the body’s immune system.

“Even though it’s been around for 25 years, we still have a lot of work to do,” Wood said.

The Caritas House is a community residence where people with HIV and AIDS can live on a reasonable budget.

They have housing and utility assistance, and they help 125 people in 25 different counties in West Virginia.

The House runs a food pantry where people with HIV and

AIDS can come and get food once a month for free, as well as nutritional supplements such as Ensure – a nutritional drink used as a supplement in their diets.

Ashley Lewis, a third year pharmacymajor,saidshehelped with a benefit that the Academy of Student Pharmacists and Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity put together for the Caritas House.

The benefit was on Nov. 3 U-WIRE PHOTO at the Vintage Room. Health VIGIL: A young lady is one of many who congregated in support of World AIDS Day. Science students were charged at $15 admission to the event “The better informed people about twice a week. and $2,643 was raised for the John Guilfoose, assistant proare, the better choices they Caritas House.

“They were pleasantly sur- make. Education is the key,” fessor at WVU in infectious diseases, said there is no prerequiWood added. prised,” Lewis said.

Sue Turnbull, clinical site for getting tested.

Wood said that with money, He said there is a campaign they can reimburse patients nurse educator, said stufor medical care, gas money to dents need to be tested for at WVU, “Are you positive that you’re negative?” doctor’s appointments and pre- HIV early and often.

Approximately 25 percent of “Routine testing is where we scriptions. people in West Virginia ages 20 She added that they can need to be,” Turnbull said.

But that’s not the case to 29 have HIV, Guilfoose said. provide safe sex supplies to There are great treatments anyone who requests them, right now.

She said that they get two or available, especially to patients in addition to free, public three students for AIDS testing in the U.S.. prevention education.

IT’S THE COCOA TIME OF THE SEASON

Out-of-state enrollment sees significant increase at UC Berkeley “His primary objective in increasing the number of international and out-of-state freshmen was to broaden the student experience...”

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HOT SENSATIONS: Sophomore Tiffany Bumpus serves two medium hot chocolates during her afternoon shift at Tim Hortons yesterday.

Bumpus, a Medical Technology major, started working at Tim Hortons exactly two years ago yesterday.

Fate of NYU Coca-Cola ban in limbo

By Arielle Milkman U-Wire

The New York University Senate has delayed a vote on whether to overturn a threeyear ban on Coca-Cola products on campus until the spring semester, according to university officials.

Although Washginton Square News previously reported that a vote could happen as early as this week, new information from Arthur Tannenbaum, chair of the Public Affairs Committee for the University Senate, points to a vote in February 2009.

According to Tannenbaum, senate members will consider information from the International Labor Office, as well as from the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke, a New York-based organization that has led the campaign against Coke products.

The ban, enacted in December 2005, prohibits the sale of CocaCola products on campus until the company agrees to an independent assessment of its labor practices in Colombia following allegations that it sponsored the murder of several union leaders at its Colombian bottling plant.

“My obligation is to present to the Senate all the various opinions,” Tannenbaum said.

“The resolution only calls for Coca-Cola to agree to an investigation; since it was timely

that the ILO report was made, we think that maybe it’s time to review this.”

The ILO report concluded that though Coca-Cola has enforced child labor laws and has encouraged equality and nondiscrimination in the workplace, not all of its workers have benefited.

Since the company outsources many of its positions to subcontractors in Colombia, not all workers share the same rights as direct Coca-Cola employees.

Ray Rogers, director of the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke, found the ILO report to be a biased look at Coca-Cola’s labor practices.

Rogersquestionedtheinvolvement of Edward E. Potter, Coke’s director of global labor relations and workplace accountability, in the ILO report.

Duncan Meisel, president of Students Creating Radical Change, agreed with Rogers’ sentiments.

“NYU requested an investigation into Coke’s human rights abuses,” Meisel said. “The ILO report does not contain the words ‘investigation’ or ‘human rights’ anywhere.”

SCRC, along with other campus groups that support the Coke ban, want an investigation into the company’s human rights practices to be administered by The Workers Rights Consortium, an

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“NYU requested an investigation into Coke’s human rights abuses.”

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However, Hampton Williams, the president of NYU College Republicans, believes the softdrink manufacturer should be allowed back on campus because it has cooperated with all of NYU’s demands.

Though UC Berkeley increased the number of admitted international students by threefold this year, the university hopes to attract even more international and out-of-state students, partially to reach a higher tuition target during budget constraints.

This year’s enrollment of international students has already jumped from 118 students admitted in fall 2007 to 360 this fall.

The increase in international students this fall resulted in almost $5 million more in fees for the campus. The difference in educational and registration fees for an out-of-state student versus a California resident for one school year is almost $20,000.

UC spokesperson Ricardo Vazquez said in light of the state’s almost $11 billion budget deficit, the university issued a directive last year regarding non-resident tuition goals, threatening campuses that did not reach their individual targets with budget cuts. As a whole, the university was 1,000 students short of its target.

The governor recently proposed a $65.5 million cut to the university, in addition to the $33 million cut it has already incurred. This decrease in state spending has so far resulted in a $5 million shortfall in UC Berkeley’s budget.

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interaction primarily with international students,” said campus spokesperson Marie Felde. “He also pointed out as a revenue source, it’s pretty small. Five thousand dollars to $6,000 for 200 students-it’s not a big number.”

At UC Berkeley, 12 percent of this year’s freshman class comes from out-of-state, a number likely to increase next year, according to administrators. Eight percent of the undergraduate population as a whole comes from out-of-state.

Carlo de la Cruz, ASUC Academic Affairs Vice President, said despite the financial hardship, it is important that the university maintains its commitment to being a public institution.

“I think it’s necessary to make sure that California is accurately reflected in the student body,” he said. “Increasing the number of out-of-state and international students won’t be a complete detriment, but it will change the socioeconomic background of the student body in that those students would have to be able to afford the increased tuition fees.”

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of students enrolled in order to accommodate the additional international and out-of-state students. As a result, it would not decrease the number of spots allotted to California residents, Vazquez said.

“The university’s position has always been focused on serving California high school graduates. Our admission policies are designed to favor in-state students,” he said. “As a whole, the UC enrolls a very small proportion of out-of-state students -only about five percent. The combined enrollment rate for international and out-of-state students is eight percent.”

But in a statement issued last month to the state legislature, the UC Board of Regents said they would be forced to cut enrollment if state funding continues to be inadequate.

UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau stressed that his main goal was to increase diversity on campus.

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— Bowling Green Police Lt. Tony Hetrick, explaining why new security cameras installed on downtown lamp posts are not an invasion of privacy [see CAMERAS, pg. 1].

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Where would you like to place a hidden camera?

“The kitchen of Wendy’s so you can see if they are really sanitary.”

“Outside my dorm so I can see who comes by pounding on my door at night.”

“The girls bathroom.”

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MIKE BORON, Freshman, Business

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“The boys bathroom.”

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Stepping off the curb can be life-risking for campus pedestrians ANDREA WADSWORTH COLUMNIST With all of the talk recently on the driving situation on campus, I, of course, have felt the need to put my two cents in. As a frequent commuter to and from campus, as well as having once lived on campus, I have experienced both sides of the coin. I believe that some attention must be paid to this issue, for the safety of both the commuters, as well as the walking students.

When I lived on campus, I stayed in Harshman-Chapman, which resulted in a good long walk across campus everyday. I crossed several roads through campus frequently, both to classes, and to the parking lot to get to my car.

At times, it took quite awhile to get across the road, due to a large amount of cars zooming carelessly by. As a matter of fact, it was difficult to even choose where to cross the road, as there are hardly any crosswalks on campus. It often felt like crossing the street was an “every man for himself” affair, with a good amount of sprinting, praying that cars would see me and shrieking when one came barreling around a corner. When you think about it, crossing the roads in Bowling Green is like being in a giant game of Frogger.

I don’t think I ever had any close calls with a car, but I have to admit that I was always nervous that a driver who was late for class or busy texting on the phone, would look down for a moment, zip around a corner and clip me. Although I drive myself to class now, I still get anxious walking from the commuter lot to classes.

From the other side of the story, any drive I take on campus during normal class hours becomes a nerve-wracking affair. Due to the lack of crosswalks and appointed road crossings on campus, students end up crossing the roads at all points, whenever and wherever they feel like it. Also, delivery

trucks often park in the roads, taking up an entire lane. My view is often blocked by these trucks, and I’ve nearly run into multiple students crossing directly in front of them. It seems to me that students don’t even look both ways before crossing the road, something that my mother constantly instructed me to do every time I went out to play as a child.

I understand that pedestrians have the right of way, but shouldn’t that be at designated crossings, not anywhere they decide to cross the road? I don’t know how many times I have been driving down the road, slowly, I might add, made eye contact with a pedestrian and watched with utter horror as they proceeded to walk directly in front of me. Isn’t it common sense to wait a moment for a car to go by?

Also, the main roads bordering campus, such as East Wooster, are a problem as well. I see people crossing illegally every day, even going so far as to stand in the middle of the road, waiting for a chance to get across. I generally slow down and let these people cross, as I don’t want to see anyone get hurt, but should this be necessary?

As I said earlier, I truly feel that this is an important situation, one that should be looked at by administration as well as student government. I think that every student here would like to feel safe on their way to classes, both drivers and walkers.

My solution? Implementation of crosswalks and designated crossing areas at regular intervals around campus would help everyone involved. Campus drivers would know exactly where to slow down and expect walkers, while students could cross the roads with a greater since of security. Painting some crosswalks on the road, and putting forth an effort to enforce them, is a pretty cost-effective way of increasing campus health and safety for all.

While we could all use a little bit more exercise, I don’t think sprinting across the road is the way to do it.

“When you think about it, crossing the roads in Bowling Green is like being in a giant game of Frogger.”

— Respond to Andrea at thenews@bgnews.com.

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The University is far from perfect ... very far LORI WEBER COLUMNIST

Bowling Green students are owed some explanations.

Whether you know it or not, disorder is the new norm at the University: a battle between teachers and administrators, a possible gun brought on campus, roads in disrepair and school spirit is at an all-time low.

We, as students, need to know that our second home, the place where our dorm mates become life long friends, where we connect and understand our professors beyond what the syllabus says, where the lessons learned not only educate but enlighten, is going to be there so we can show our children where we went to college.

The Faculty Senate has been in an uproar for almost a year since Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Shirley Baugher has cut programs, fired faculty and installed positions under her jurisdiction. Included in their plight are possible salary cuts, despite the fact University professors are ranked some of the lowest paid positions in the state per position and credentials according to a report by the Flexible Compensation Benefits Committee on

Regional Campus Salaries.

In the report (which included Ohio State University, University of Akron, University of Cincinnati, Kent State University, Miami University, Ohio University, Wright State University, Cleveland State University, Shawnee State University, University of Toledo and Youngstown State University), BGSU has not placed higher than eighth out of twelve between 2001 and 2007. The average salary for a professor (not including associate or assistant professors) here is $91,999, while at Ohio State University, that same professor could earn $121,552.

The overall salary average for all faculty members places the University in 11th place, at $62,541; which is $4,591 less than the tenth place Youngstown State University.

Over 80 faculty members came together and signed a petition demanding that the administration give them satisfactory answers concerning all these changes, including disregarding the academic charter that gives the Faculty Senate control over creating “ad-hoc” committees to control certain tasks, and handle important issues as the need arises.

In a style reminiscent of a current but soon to be displaced U.S. President, Baugher and administrators are usurping the power of the faculty, and reversing the goals of former BGSU President Ribeau.

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Then there is the severe issue of the supposed gunman on campus. I’m not going to delve into how ineffective the AlertBG text message system was in regards to this situation. The University dropped the ball.

While the campus and city police have placed the case in an “inactive file,” effectively closing the case, many people are still trying to get answers about what happened. Why? It is the University’s job to not only educate us, but to protect us. What can they offer students if after only two weeks and no answers, the solution is to put all the questions and insecurities students have stuffed in a cold, dusty file cabinet?

If the University is having trouble with the big things, like security and retaining faculty, how can we expect the not-soobvious issues to not slip through the cracks?

Roads may seem to be a miniscule matter compared to the others, but no less devastating in the long run. Ridge Street is full of pot holes; some smaller than others, but through time and erosion, they will get worse.

Last winter, salt trucks ripped off many of the newer patches in order to remove the snow, and make roads passable. However, in doing so, those trucks caused more damage. The road will only get worse this winter because meteorologists and climatologists are expecting this to be not only a very cold winter, but a precipitous one as well. More snow equals more potholes equals new shocks on your car.

The cars we drive to and from school, as well as our wallets, are affected by this negligence.

Once again, the University is so worried about its internal problems that the basic amenities

are being overlooked in order to secure a black number in the ledger, rather than red.

Next issue on the block, school spirit: the orange and brown.

Former football head coach Gregg Brandon made it clear after the Buffalo game’s miserable turnout: support for the home team is lacking. A fellow writer for the BG News said that it was because of the team’s performance that fans waned.

It’s a reciprocal effect: Real fans, or should I say, true BG students, do not leave their team when support is needed the most.

Players need fans, and needless to say, where would fans be without players?

We are BG. We are the Falcons.

How can we expect our athletes to feel that their school supports them if we don’t prove it to them?

I used to play sports, and I can relate to those athletes. Knowing that there are people behind you, rooting for you, wanting you to play your best, coming out dressed in your colors and cheering you name: makes all the difference.

The University is crumbling before us. As students, are we going to let the “powers that be” continue on this downward spiral without intervention? Are we going to let administrators place our concerns in an ‘inactive file’ and hope that over time we will forget about them rather than putting in the effort to resolve our worries?

Do not resign yourselves to become a cold, dusty problem, hidden away in a file cabinet with all the other unmentionables the University is keeping from students.

— Respond to Lori at thenews@bgnews.com.

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Thompson’s departure comes as no surprise

By Jason Jones Reporter

of those players transferred, some quit and some were kicked off the team.

There were at least six incidents over the past five years where a men’s soccer player made an appearance in the blotter as well. The most recent incidents happened this past year, when Cameron Hepple was cited for operating under the influence.

The team also seemed to

Fred Thompson’s resignation on Monday afternoon did not come as a huge shock.

He had just finished up his fifth season as the men’s soccer head coach with a final record of 4-13-2, to push his career record at BG to 18-69-8.

After having only eight wins in his first three years as head coach, Thompson’s team looked to be turning things around late in the 2007 season when they finished with three straight regular season wins to give them six on the year.

Then came the 2008 season, the Falcons won four games and the team looked to be in disarray.

Aside from horrible performances in games, things also began getting ugly off the field. Players began complaining about Thompson’s style of coaching. During a four game stretch where BG didn’t score a single goal, one player let slip that Thompson wasn’t practicing offense or running plays during practice. Aside from just that incident, several players confessed to not even being on the same page as Thompson half of the time.

Players not getting along with Thompson has been something that’s been going on for a while now though. Over the course of his five years at BG, over 20 players have left the program via transfer, or just plain leaving the team.

One former player, George Davis, never succeeded in Bowling Green under Thompson. He transferred after his sophomore season and later became a national player of the week with the Kentucky Wildcats.

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BASKETBALL Women’s basketball to face Detroit BG’s women’s basketball team will be facing Detroit-Mercy tonight at Anderson Arena.

The Falcons are currently on a four game winning streak and will play four straight home games including three before break. The game starts at 7 p.m. BG is 5-4 all-time at home against Detroit.

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SCHEDULE TODAY Women’s basketball: vs. Detroit-Mercy; 7 p.m.

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OUR CALL Today in Sports History 1968—Pitcher’s mound is lowered by five inches and strikezone size reduced.

1956—Wilt Chamberlain scores 52 points in his first collegiate game.

1950—Cleveland Browns beat Philadelphia without throwing a pass.

1933—Quarterback Joe Lilliard is the last black football player until 1946.

The List BG football coach Gregg Brandon had a lot of good moments in his tenure with the team. Here at five of his brightest moments with the program:

1. 2003 season: Brandon went 11-3 in his first year as head coach while winning a MAC West Title and winning the Motor City Bowl.

2. 2004 season: In his second season, Brandon went 9-3 and won the GMAC Bowl.

3. 2007 season: Brandon turned a 4-8 team into an 8-5 team while sharing the MAC East crown and going to the GMAC Bowl.

4. Pittsburgh: To open the 2008 season, Brandon’s squad defeated then No. 25 Pittsburgh 27-17.

5. ESPN Gameday: In 2003, ESPN Gameday came to BG for the No. 23 BG vs.

No. 12 Northern Illinois game.

BG won the game 34-17.

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Another one bites the dust

By Jason Jones Reporter

At 4 p.m. on Monday, Fred Thompson stepped down as the head coach of the men’s soccer team, effectively ending his five year run in Bowling Green.

The move wasn’t a shocking one, as there had been talk about the possibility of his departure since the season ended on November 13.

“They gave me a great opportunity here, my first head coaching position, and it’s been a pleasure,” Thompson said.

Thompson, the university’s first ever African-American head coach, was hired in 2004 after Mel Mahler was fired.

Paul Krebs, the athletic director at the time, said he wanted to replace Mahler with a coach

Men’s soccer APRs The 2006-07 Academic Progress Rates of Mid-American Conference men’s soccer teams.

The average Division I soccer APR is 954.

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“There were a lot of things that needed to be fixed, and I think we set a good foundation, academically.”

Fred Thompson | Former coach

Western Michigan: 968 Hartwick: 955 Northern Illinois: 951 Florida Atlantic: 946 Akron: 932 Buffalo: 927 BG: 895

ished 18-69-8. It’s obvious that on the field, he wasn’t able to get the job done.

“There are people who are just going to look at wins and losses, and they’re entitled to do that. But we did a lot of good that would be a disciplinarian things here for a lot of players,” and one that would improve the Thompson said.

Thompson might want to student in student athlete.

Krebs also said wins and rephrase that to a few students. losses were taken out of the First, a look at how Thompson equation when Mahler was didn’t live up to the billing as a fired. Mahler left BG with a disciplinarian.

Over 20 players have left the career record of 111-76-13.

Thompson departs having fin- team in the last five years. Some

There’s more to Brandon than a tirade and losing 52-35 drubbing of Memphis in the GMAC Bowl along with a brief stay at the No. 25 spot in Quick, what do you think of the AP poll. when you hear the name Gregg In 2005, Brandon helped engiBrandon? neer a 70-7 win over Temple for Given the recent events that Homecoming and had a hardhave taken place, I wouldn’t fought battle with Toledo which be surprised if the majority of ultimately saw BG fall 44-41 in answers would be “he got fired” double-overtime. The next seaor “he lashed out at fans,” but son was a transition year for to a lesser extent, “he brought Brandon as he was starting a lot of good memories to BG many of the players who started football.” this season for their first time Sure he only provided fans leading to 4-8 record. with one home win, lashed out But with low expectations in at them following a double-over- 2007, Brandon and the Falcons time loss to Buffalo and allowed wouldn’t listen to the nay-sayseveral players to run rampant ers that predicted them to finagainst the law ish fifth in the and in the classconference as room this past they started year, but lost in the season the middle of with an upset all the controof Minnesota versy is the fact and continued Brandon leaves to win. In the BG with a winend, Brandon ning record had a share of and some great the MAC East moments in crown and the program’s clinched his history. third bowl bid, So, put aside which ended those recent with a 63-7 loss incidents and take a moment to Tulsa, but helped him earn to remember the great things the most bowl bids out of any Brandon did while he was with 2008 MAC coach. the Falcons.

And don’t forget about the In his first season with BG, upset of No. 25 Pittsburgh to Brandon posted an 11-3 record, open the 2008 season or the frena Mid-American Conference zied atmosphere that reigned West title and beat the Big Ten’s supreme throughout Doyt Perry Northwestern 28-24 in the Stadium when Minnesota came Motor City Bowl, all the while to town in week two. finishing with a squad ranked That all happened on No. 23 in the nation.

Brandon’s watch.

Brandon also coached the A man whose watch saw him team to a 34-18 win in front go 44-30 (.595) during his six of an ESPN College Gameday years. A man who ended the crowd over then No. 12 season as the winningest coach Northern Illinois. of all 2008 MAC head coaches, The next season, Brandon did much of the same leading the See BRANDON | Page 7 Falcons to a 9-3 record and a

By Andrew Harner Assistant Sports Editor

“So, put aside those recent incidents and take a moment to remember the great things Brandon did while he was with the Falcons.”

JIM MOORE | AP PHOTO

PEACE BE WITH YOU: Minnesota Vikings defensive tackles Kevin (93) and Pat Williams (94) were suspended by the NFL.

Six NFL players suspended for steroids NEW YORK (AP) — Six players, including the heart of the Minnesota Vikings’ stout defensive line, were suspended for four games without pay by the NFL yesterday for violating the league’s anti-doping policy.

All six were punished for using a diuretic, which can serve as a masking agent for steroids.

The suspended players were running back Deuce McAllister and defensive linemen Charles Grant and Will Smith of New Orleans; defensive linemen Kevin and Pat Williams of Minnesota; and long snapper Bryan Pittman of Houston.

A seventh player, Atlanta’s Grady Jackson, was not suspended. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said league chief counsel Jeff Pash had asked for additional information from Jackson.

The punishment is an especially harsh blow to Minnesota, which leads the NFC North and relies heavily on the two Williamses in its run defense, which ranks second in the league.

Angelo Wright, the agent for

NFL PLAYERS SUSPENDED FOR STEROID USE Six NFL players were suspended yesterday for violating the league’s antidoping policy. The six players were suspended after taking a weight-loss pill that included Bumetanide, a substance banned by the NFL. Atlanta’s Grady Jackson is under investigation.

Player Deuce McAllister Charles Grant Will Smith Kevin Williams Pat Williams Bryan Pittman

Team New Orleans New Orleans New Orleans

Position Running back Defensive lineman Defensive lineman Minnesota Vikings Defensive lineman Minnesota Vikings Defensive lineman Houston Texans Long snapper

Pat and Kevin Williams, said he would file a motion in federal court Wednesday morning, presumably to put off the suspensions.

If a player’s team makes the playoffs, the player will be eligible to return to the active roster on Dec. 29.

Asked about the late scheduling of the suspensions, Adolpho Birch, the NFL’s vice president of law and labor policy, said the timing was “a function of a lot of factors.”

“I think if you ask most coaches, every game is important. I don’t

think they’d differentiate between the first and the last,” Birch said in a conference call. “We do have things in place to get them done as quickly as possible. But we had to deal with the number of players involved and adjust travel schedules. We have to fit it around the players’ ability to attend.”

David Cornwell, the lawyer for the three Saints, called the decisions “inconsistent with the objectives of the steroid policy.”

“Deuce, Will, and Charles did

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Fred Thompson

COLUMN From Page 6 Other players have left the team because of academic problems, such as Matt Klancic, who sat out the entire 2008 season after failing to meet the academic standards.

Examples such as that of Klancic, are examples that show a lack of discipline.

When BG was looking for a coach after Mel Mahler was fired back in 2004, the athletic department stated the new coach needed to have discipline. That, as it turns out, was something Thompson lacked.

At least six times over the course of Thompson’s career, a men’s soccer player turned up in the blotter. The most recently came in the past year, when Cameron Hepple was cited for operating under the influence.

What’s more, T h o m p s o n ’s recruiting has also taken a hit. BG once ruled the state of Ohio. The state’s best recruits went to the state’s best soccer team, which, under Mahler was 11176-13. In Mahler’s tenure, BG consistently dominated the Mid-American Conference, and even appeared in eight conference championship games.

Thompson, meanwhile, has appeared in zero. Nowadays, Akron rules the state. They’ve won two consecutive conference championships, and made as high as No. 2 in the nation this past season.

Now instead of finding the best recruits in the state, and building a close to home fan base, they now have to go to different regions of

Had a 18-69-8 record with the Falcons both the country and planet to find talent.

The biggest flop has to be Vuk Krkeljic. The freshman came in from Serbia with a load of promise. Thompson and assistant coach Ken White both expressed their excitement about him, and each said they expected him to score a lot of goals in his career with BG. Instead, Krkeljic finished the season with zero goals, zero assists, and saw his playing time diminish after he began having problems off the field.

It’s no doubt that the men’s soccer team has a deep hole it needs to climb out of. With Thompson stepping down, the healing might be able to begin.

However, with this team, it seems the only way to turn things around is to level everything and start over from scratch. Bring in a fresh set of newcomers next season, without putting lofty expectations on them.

Then provide them with veteran leadership, such as that offered by Jacob Lawrence.

One thing that needs to be expected from here is that the team isn’t going to change things overnight. A new coach is not going to come in and suddenly make this a winning team, or even a .500 team.

What BG needs now is a coach who can find a way to match Mahler’s win totals with a whole new approach both on and off the field.

“However, with this team, it seems the only way to turn things around is to level everything and start over from scratch.”

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STEROIDS From Page 6

edging Toledo’s Tom Amstutz (58-41, .585) who has been coaching since 2001 (he was 3931 from 2003-2008 for .534, and Western Michigan’s Bill Cubit has gone 29-19 (.604) but in four years as head coach).

I can hear it now, “Everything from 2003 to 2005 was done with Urban Meyer’s players.” That is probably a legitimate argument.

But, whose players did Brandon use for the 2007 run? His own.

Whose players did Brandon use to turn a 4-8 team into an 8-5 team? His own.

Now am I trying to defend Brandon’s action towards the fans and make piddle out of the fact he went 1-4 at home this season by dwelling on past achievements? No. Am I trying to paint Brandon as a great coach who has done so much for a program that we should be indebted to him for as long as we are BG fans? No. But with so much negative attention on his tantrum, lack of playbook variety and the season he let slip away, fans have lost track of the fact Brandon had more good moments in his six years than bad ones.

So let’s all try to remember Brandon for the tenured coach he was and the national attention he brought the University, not for one slip of the tongue and a season of high expectations that slowly spiraled down the kitchen sink.

not try to enhance their performance with steroids, nor did they knowingly expose themselves to the adverse health risks of a diuretic,” Cornwell said in an e-mail. “They took a weight loss supplement that they had every reason to believe was safe.”

In their appeals, some players said the banned substance Bumetanide was not listed as an ingredient in StarCaps, an overthe-counter weight-loss pill.

In fact, Jackson filed suit against StarCaps in Alameda County Superior Court in California last month, seeking restitution for any lost salary and damages for “false advertising and unfair business practices.”

But in issuing the suspensions, the league reiterated the section of its policy that reads: “You and you alone are responsible for what goes into your body. Claiming that you used only legally available nutritional supplements will not help you in an appeal. ... Even if they are bought over-the-counter from a known establishment, there is currently no way to be sure that they contain the ingredients listed on the packaging or have not been tainted with prohibited substances ...

“If you take these products, you do so AT YOUR OWN RISK! For your own health and success in the league, we strongly encourage you to avoid the use of supplements altogether, or at

FRED From Page 6 lack discipline on the playing field as well. There were several incidents this season where players on the bench would be screaming and laughing while the team got shutout. There was even an incident where Thomas McLean began screaming at his own teammates, telling Thompson to take them off the field, to which McLean was removed from the game, for a few minutes.

“There were a lot of things that needed to be fixed, and I think we set a good foundation, academically,” Thompson said.

In the words of Lee Corso, “Not so fast my friend.”

In five years, the men’s soccer teams saw very few incoming freshman go on to later graduate. Yesterday The BG News reported that the latest APR was hurting the football team. If that is indeed the case, then it’s killing the men’s soccer team. Men’s soccer received a .895, and is the only team being penalized at BG. Matt Klancic was a letter winner for the Falcons in 2007. In 2008, he never got the chance to suit up because of academic ineligibility rules.

Instances such as this, as well as those created when so many players leave the program, lose scholarships and points in the APR. There are also other possible reasons for his departure though. BG once dominated in state recruiting but now, Akron dominates in state recruiting. In effect, Akron now rules the MidAmerican Conference, while BG has become the cellar dweller.

As a result of this, Thompson began recruiting in other regions of the country and the planet. The problem with that of course is that it’s harder to establish a fan base for players no one in the state has ever heard of before, and when players such as Vuk Krkeljic

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fall flat on their faces, it makes it even worse.

Krkeljic was the team’s prized recruit coming into the 2008 season.

“We see him scoring a lot of goals,” assistant coach Ken White said earlier this season.

Instead of that coming to fruition, Krkeljic didn’t get a goal, or even an assist, but instead got less and less playing time as the year went on.

Once he started having troubles off the field as well, one teammate called him the worst player he’s ever seen at BG. So, through a tough mix of disciplinary, academic and recruiting problems, along with the fact that he won 18 games in five seasons, Thompson is no more at BG. One player said just two weeks ago that as long as Thompson was the head coach, the Falcons would never be winners.

Athletic director Greg Christopher was out of his office yesterday and couldn’t be reached for a comment on why he thought Thompson resigned, or whether or not Thompson may have been pressured into the move.

On Monday he did say that the search for a replacement would begin immediately, and that no one was being considered just yet.

One thing that is certain is the men’s soccer team is in the middle of a very dark period.

One player even called the program a “joke”.

The old cliché goes, the night is always darkest just before the dawn. For the men’s soccer team, it seems as though it’s been dark for a very long time.

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Deuce McAllister Has 317 rushing yards and four touchdowns the very least to be extremely careful about what you choose to to take.”

The NFL also said it sent two notifications about StarCaps on Dec. 19, 2006 — one to NFL club presidents, general managers and head athletic trainers and the second to NFLPA executive Stacy Robinson, who oversees the steroid policy for the union.

That letter, according to the league, advised that StarCaps had been added to the list of prohibited dietary supplement companies.

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WHAT’S NEXT?: An anti-government protester reacts to the news that Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat’s ruling People’s Power Party must disband at Suvarnabhumi Airport Tuesday, yesterday in Bangkok Thailand. Somchai says he has accepted a court ruling to step down because of electoral fraud committed by his political party.

Thailand prime minister steps down

By Ambika Ahuja The Associated Press

BANGKOK, Thailand — Thailand’s prime minister was ousted yesterday after weeks of protests closed the capital’s airports, stranding 300,000 travelers. Protesters promised to lift their siege, and international flights were expected to resume Friday.

The government of Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat was doomed when the nation’s Constitutional Court dissolved Thailand’s top three ruling parties for electoral fraud in the 2007 vote that brought them to power.

Somchai was banned from politics for five years.

Somchai did not formally resign, as the protesters had demanded for months, but accepted the ruling. “It is not a problem. I was not working for myself. Now I will be a full-time citizen,� he told reporters in Chiang Mai, the northern city where his paralyzed administration has been forced to govern since Wednesday.

Protest leaders said the airport seizures would end

“My heart is happy. My friends are very happy.�

Pailin Jampapong | Participant Wednesday.

With the waning of the political crisis, the official in charge of Thailand’s airports said Suvarnabhumi international airport will resume operations on Friday. “Please have confidence in us,� said Vudhibhandhu Vichairatana, the chairman of the Airports of Thailand.

He called the flights a birthday gift for Thailand’s revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who turns 81 on Dec. 5. The airport reopened to cargo flights yesterday.

Officials had earlier said the airport would not reopen for commercial flights before Dec. 15, but Vudhibhandhu said he brought forward the date because an inspection revealed the airport had suffered no damage and could become operational more quickly.

After yesterday’s court deci-

sion, government spokesman Nattawut Sai-kau said the six-party governing coalition would step down.

Despite the appearance of a smooth political transition, the ruling is expected to widen the dangerous rift in Thai society that many fear could lead to more violence between pro- and anti-government groups.

Late Monday, an explosive device fired from an elevated highway fell among hundreds of protesters inside Don Muang airport, killing one person and wounding 22.

The death raised to seven the number of people killed in bomb attacks, clashes with police and street battles between government opponents and supporters.

On hearing the court’s decision, a cheer rose from thousands of members of the People’s Alliance for Democracy occupying the international airport. “My heart is happy. My friends are very happy,� said Pailin Jampapong, a 41-yearold Bangkok housekeeper choking back tears as she jumped up and down.

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BAGHDAD — The United Nations expressed concern yesterday about overcrowding and “grave human rights violations� of detainees in Iraqi custody — in one case, 123 men crammed into a single cell.

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De Mistura, the U.N.’s special representative in Iraq, estimated yesterday that there were now a total of 40,000 detainees, including some 15,800 being held by the U.S. military.

The report also renewed concern about the U.S. detention of suspects for prolonged periods without judicial review of their cases.

The U.N. urged the Iraqi government to speed up legal reforms and strengthen the judicial system as it asserts more control over its own affairs.

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PRISON LIFE: Detainees are seen outside their cell block at the U.S. detention facility at Camp Cropper in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday. The U.S. military is rushing to collect evidence against some 5,000 detainees deemed to be dangerous - including suspected members of al-Qaida in Iraq - in case it loses the right to hold prisoners indefinitely without charge at the end of the year.

‘Chemical Ali’ receives second death sentence

By Sameer Yacoub The Associated Press

BAGHDAD — Saddam Hussein’s notorious cousin “Chemical Ali�

Hassan al-Majid received a second death sentence yesterday — this time for crushing a Shiite uprising in the wake of Iraq’s defeat in the 1991 Gulf War. Al-Majid, once among the most feared members of Saddam’s regime, muttered “thanks be to God� as chief judge Mohammed Oreibi al-Khalifa declared him guilty and imposed the sentence at the end of the trial, which began in August 2007.

Al-Majid already faces the gallows after being convicted last year for his role in the killing of tens of thousands of Kurds in a crackdown in the late 1980s — in which chemical weapons were used against civilians. But legal wrangling has delayed that execution.

Another defendant, former Baath party official AbdulGhani Abdul-Ghafur, was also sentenced to death yesterday.

He shouted, “Down with the Persian-U.S. occupation!� and

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Reports of widespread mistreatment and torture of detainees also continue and need more thorough investigation, he said, adding that none has been prosecuted. “Grave human rights violations ... remain unaddressed,� the report said, citing “ongoing widespread ill-treatment and torture of detainees by Iraqi law enforcement authorities, amid pervasive impunity of current and past human rights abuses.�

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The trial was one of five convened so far against former leaders of Saddam’s regime, which was ousted in the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. Two are still ongoing and others are planned.

In the first trial, Saddam was convicted of crimes in the killing of more than 140 Shiites after an assassination attempt against him in Dujail.

He was hanged in December 2006.

Following Saddam’s defeat in the 1991 Gulf War, Shiites in southern Iraq and Kurds in the north rose up against his regime, seizing control of 14 of the country’s 18 provinces.

U.S. forces created a safe haven for the Kurds in three northern provinces, preventing Saddam from attacking.

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In this trial, four defendants received life sentences, six were sentenced to 15 years in prison and three were acquitted.

Among those who received a 15-year sentence was former Defense Minister Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai, who signed the cease-fire with U.S.-led forces that ended the 1991 war.

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Man who gave toddlers marijuana pleads guilty ecutor Darrell Davila told The Associated Press. “Now that the case has been resolved, justice has been served and the children can move into a better life.�

Polty’s attorney, Timmie White, did not immediately return calls seeking comment Tuesday.

Polty, 20, and Demetris McCoy, 18, were videotaped coaxing McCoy’s then 2- and 4-year-old nephews into smoking marijuana. Police found the tape while searching a house during a burglary investigation in 2007. Drug tests performed on the youngsters revealed they had marijuana

FORT WORTH, Texas — One of two men videotaped coaxing two toddlers into smoking marijuana pleaded guilty to reduced charges and was sentenced yesterday to up to seven years in prison.

Vanswan Polty pleaded guilty to two charges of causing injury to a child and three unrelated burglary charges before his trial began. He had faced from five years to life in prison if convicted of the charge he had faced, engaging in criminal activity. “It’s a sad case from any angle that you look at it,� pros-

and cocaine in their systems.

The children, now 4 and 6, are being adopted by another family after their mother terminated her parental rights late last year, said Marissa Gonzales, a Child Protective Services spokeswoman. The mother has claimed she was asleep in another room at the time and was not charged in the incident.

McCoy was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to injury to a child and burglary charges this summer and had agreed to testify against Polty. Davila said he could not comment on the juvenile who videotaped the incident but said his case had been resolved.

Professor fired over controversial comments, demands job back

By John Seewer The Associated Press

Dixon was punished for speaking her mind. Conservative talk show hosts and members of her church rallied around Dixon after she was fired. “It comes down to whether you’re speaking as an employee of the university or as a private citizen,� said Brian Rooney, a spokesman for Thomas More Law Center in Ann Arbor, Mich., which is representing Dixon. “If you’re speaking as a private citizen,

TOLEDO, Ohio — The firing of a college administrator over her criticism of gay rights has sparked a debate about free speech and whether universities have the right to regulate what employees say outside of their jobs.

Crystal Dixon filed a lawsuit Monday in federal court seeking to be reinstated to her University of Toledo job, which she lost after writing in a newspaper column that gay rights can’t be compared to civil rights because homosexuality is a choice. “I take great umbrage at the notion that those choosing the homosexual lifestyle are ‘civil rights victims,’� Dixon wrote in an online edition of the Toledo Free Press on April 18. “Here’s why. I cannot wake up tomorrow and not be a black woman.�

She also wrote: “There are consequences for each of our choices, including those who violate God’s divine order.�

Classified Ads Two weeks later, Dixon was fired as the school’s associate vice president for human resources. School officials The BG News will not knowingly accept advertisements that discriminate, or said her views contradicted encourage discrimination against any university policies, according individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, creed, religion, national origin, to the lawsuit. sexual orientation, disability, status as a veteran, or on the basis of any other legally Though Dixon’s attorneys protected status. say other school adminisThe BG News reserves the right to decline, trators were not punished discontinue or revise any advertisement such as those found to be defamatory, for expressing their opinlacking in factual basis, misleading or false ions, the public university in nature. All advertisements are subject to editing and approval. defends its actions. “We have asserted from the beginning that Ms. Dixon was in a position of special sensitivity as associate vice president for human resources and this issue is not about freedom of speech, but about her ability to perform that job given her statements,� university Personals spokesman Larry Burns said in a statement.

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By Ken Thomas and Tom Krisher Associated Press Writers

WASHINGTON — Ford Motor Co. is asking Congress for a $9 billion “stand-by line of credit” to stabilize its business, but says it doesn’t expect to tap it.

Unless one of Detroit’s other Big Three auto companies goes bust, Ford expects to have enough money to make it through next year without government help, it said in a plan that projected the firm will break even or turn a pretax profit in 2011.

Detroit’s automakers, making a second bid for $25 billion in funding, are presented Congress with plans yesterday to restructure their ailing companies and provide assurances that the funding will help them survive and thrive.

General Motors Corp., Ford and Chrysler LLC said they would refinance their companies’ debt, cut executive pay, seek concessions from workers and find other ways of reviving their staggering companies.

The Big Three executives also are offering a series of mostly symbolic moves to burnish their images, badly tattered after they arrived in Washington D.C. last month on three separate private jets to plead for a federal lifeline for their struggling companies.

All three companies offered separate plans for hearings that will be held Thursday and Friday.

That approach the auto executives took last month led Democratic congressional leaders to declare they didn’t come prepared to justify their pleas and they told them to go back home and ready a new plan.

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Mulally said he’d work for $1 per year if his firm had to take any government loan money. The company’s plan also says it will cancel all management employees’ 2009 bonuses, scrap merit increases for its North American salaried employees next year, and sell its five corporate aircraft.

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CARS: Milton Black secures a hood on a vehicle at the General Motors Assembly Plant in Texas. Detroit’s Big Three automakers pleaded to save the titans of the motor industry.

chiefs will skip the lavish travel arrangements. Mulally is coming by car from Detroit for this week’s second round of congressional hearings on government help for the Big Three. GM Chief Rick Wagoner will drive a Chevrolet Malibu hybrid sedan for the 520mile trek from Detroit to Capitol Hill, spokesman Tony Cervone said Tuesday. And Chrysler LLC CEO Robert Nardelli won’t travel by corporate jet, but a spokeswoman declined to elaborate on his travel plans, citing security reasons.

The unions were preparing to make sacrifices as well. United Auto Workers leaders summoned local union leaders from across the country to an emergency meeting today in Detroit to discuss concessions the union could make to help auto companies get government loans.

U.S. automakers are struggling to stay afloat heading into 2009 under the weight of an economic meltdown, the worst auto sales in decades and a tight credit market. General Motors, Ford and Chrysler went through nearly $18 billion in cash reserves during the last quarter, and GM and Chrysler have said they could collapse in weeks.

Meanwhile, the auto companies released new sales numbers that underlined the punishing business environment facing the Big Three. Ford said its November U.S. light vehicle sales tumbled 31 percent amid a continued slump in consumer spending and tight credit markets. Sales at Toyota, Japan’s No. 1 automaker, fell 34 percent despite its extension of zero-percent financing on a dozen vehicles.

Ford’s blueprint said it would

invest $14 billion over the next seven years to boost its vehicles’ fuel-efficiency, and improve the overall efficiency of its fleet by an average of 14 percent next year. And Ford is calling for a new partnership among automakers, parts suppliers and the government to develop new battery technologies domestically, so the U.S. doesn’t have to rely on foreign batteries to power its cars.

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia’s Republican chairman said yesterday that his remark tying Democrat Barack Obama to Osama bin Laden during the presidential campaign was stupid, but he refused to apologize.

During the campaign, GOP head Jeff Frederick told a small group of Republican volunteers that “both Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden have friends that have bombed the Pentagon.”

The remark, a reference to Obama’s ties years ago to 1960sera radical William Ayers, was condemned by Democrats and Republicans after it was published in Time magazine.

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Frederick was asked about the remark yesterday during a discussion of the 2008 Virginia presidential campaign with a group of newspaper editors.

Obama was the first Democratic presidential candidate to win Virginia in 44 years.

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Bush praises volunteer mentors

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GREENSBORO, N.C. — President George W. Bush, trying to emphasize the softer side of his policy record before leaving office, yesterday thanked volunteers who have served as mentors to children of prisoners.

“These youngsters have ambitions and goals,” Bush said after a private discussion with a few children and their mentors in North Carolina. “They want to go to college. They want to make a difference. And I suspect that the mentors will be anxiously following the career of someone they’ve been able to help.”

Bush popped into the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Greensboro — which has worked with Youth Focus Inc., a nonprofit agency — to match 220 children of prisoners with adult mentors. The program is part of a national initiative, championed by Bush, that has provided mentors to more than 110,000 children.

In support, the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded more than $175 million in grants to 320 organizations in all 50 states, the District of Colombia and Puerto Rico. Bush

encouraged anyone hearing about the mentoring program to consider taking part in it.

Making a difference, Bush said, “doesn’t take much. All it takes is time. It takes a little bit of extra love.”

The White House used the stop to emphasize Bush’s efforts to support community groups as partners in solving problems.

The president said people who help children also help their country, “one heart, one soul at a time.”

When Bush landed at Piedmont Triad International Airport, he greeted Donna Hudson Turner of High Point.

Bush gave Turner, 76, the President’s Volunteer Service Award, honoring 25,000 hours of volunteer service with Hospice of the Piedmont. Turner started her hospice work in 1983.

Turner, who came out to the tarmac in her wheelchair that she’s used since a stroke in 2003, stood to greet Bush. She said afterward that it was an honor to meet him and receive the award.

“I just stopped shaking,” she said a few hours after meeting the president. “I’m just a private person, and I don’t like attention. I just want to do my stuff."

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*AT&T also imposes monthly a Regulatory Cost Recovery Charge of up to $1.25 to help defray costs incurred in complying with State and Federal telecom regulation; State and Federal Universal Svc charges; and surcharges for customer-based and revenue-based state and local assessments on AT&T. These are not taxes or government-required charges.

Offer available on select phones. 3G not available in all areas. Limited-time offer. Other conditions & restrictions apply. See contract & rate plan brochure for details. Subscriber must live & have a mailing addr. within AT&T’s owned wireless network coverage area. Up to $36 activ. fee applies. Equipment price & avail may vary by mrk & may not be available from independent retailers.

Early Termination Fee: None if cancelled in the first 30 days, but up to $20 restocking fee may apply to equipment returns; thereafter up to $175. Some agents impose add’l fees. Unlimited voice services: Unltd voice svcs are provided solely for live dialog between two individuals. No additional discounts are available with unlimited plan. Offnet Usage: If your mins of use (including unltd svcs) on other carriers’ networks (“offnet usage”) during any two consecutive months exceed your offnet usage allowance, AT&T may at its option terminate your svc, deny your contd use of other carriers’ coverage, or change your plan to one imposing usage charges for offnet usage. Your offnet usage allowance is equal to the lesser of 750 mins or 40% of the Anytime mins incl’d with your plan (data offnet usage allowance is the lesser of 6 MB or 20% of the KB incl’d with your plan). AT&T Promotion Cards: Samsung a237 prices before AT&T Promotion Cards, MEdia™/ messaging feature purchase, & with 2-year svc agreement per phone are $49.99 per phone. Minimum $10.00 MEdia™/messaging feature purchase required. Pantech Slate price before AT&T Promotion Cards, unlimited messaging plan, & with 2-year svc agreement is $119.99. Minimum $20.00 unlimited messaging plan required. Samsung Propel prices before AT&T Promotion Cards, unlimited messaging plan, & with 2-year svc agreement per phone are $149.99 & $69.99, respectively. Minimum $20.00 unlimited messaging plan required. Allow 60 days for fulfillment. Card may be used only in the U.S. & is valid for 120 days after issuance date but is not redeemable for cash & cannot be used for cash withdrawal at ATMs or automated gasoline pumps. Card request must be postmarked by 02/03/2009 & you must be a customer for 30 consecutive days to receive card. Sales tax calculated based on price of activated equipment Service provided by AT&T Mobility. ©2008 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T, the AT&T logo, and all other marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.