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USG responds to possible tuition increase This week, USG discussed their response to the possible tuition increase that University President Carol Cartwright supports | Page 3

By D’Erra Jackson Reporter

According to a Pew poll, 53 percent of the country says the United States is making progress on discrimination against minorities. Locally, Emily Monago, interim director for diversity education and scholarship in the Office of Multicultural Affairs, said the University is making

progress too, although it could do more. Monago’s research on diversity education found 127 students out of about 200 in the Freshmen Development Program believed the OMA was doing a good job for minority students, who accounted for 19.2 percent, or 3,670 of the student body in 2008. “We intend to improve in areas identified as needing improve-

ment, such as developing more theory-based diversity education programs that uses the input of diverse student populations in its development,” she said. The OMA is in collaboration with Residence Life for the Diversity Peer Educators program, a program started in 2007 that allows students to participate in a year long course to learn about diversity, intercul-

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New changes for Ohio Turnpike

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Floods in the Southeast turn deadly Three motorists were killed after their cars were swept off the road during the third day of intense floods in the Southeast | Page 5

SPORTS

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City law forces cyclists to take it to the streets Some cyclists concerned about safety in the downtown area By Josh Whetherholt Reporter

The streets of downtown Bowling Green are not just for cars. With the Share the Road law, if people wish to ride a bicycle downtown, they can no longer ride on the sidewalk, but must ride on the street with the other traffic. The law, which has been enforced for

several years now, is a ticketable offense that is treated the same as speeding or any other traffic violation, said Bowling Green Police Division Lt. Tony Hetrick. This law came into effect mostly to protect pedestrians walking in and out of storefronts downtown, he said.

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tural and interpersonal interactions. “We offered full-room scholarships to incoming minority freshmen who met the requirements of the program,” Monago said. The selection process was based on GPA and a series of questions focused on diversity

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SPORTS BRIEF

Get tickets in advance Due to an expected near-full or full-capacity crowd, advance ticket pick-up is being required for all University students wishing to attend the BG - Boise State home football game Saturday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. at Doyt Perry Stadium. Students are still being admitted for free, but both a ticket and a BGSU Student I.D. will be required for entry at the gate on game day. Only one ticket can be picked up per student. Tickets can be picked up at the Union Information Desk from 8 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. today through Friday.

By Tim Naida Reporter

Columnist Marisha Pietrowski notes some issues with the new implementation of E-ZPass on the Ohio Turnpike | Page 4

On a scale of one to 10, how serious of an issue do you think discrimination is?

KATIE WITHERELL Junior, Art

“Six or 7. There is discrimination, but a lot of people try to prevent it and it isn’t as drastic.” | Page 4

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International students upset by insurance requirement

Columnist Andrew Dehnoff explores how the bad economy can actually be a benefit in disguise | Page 4

The Falcons’ loss to Marshall University has forced the football team to address weak spots in their offense and defense | Page 6

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MILITARY MAN: Lt. Col. Richard Freeborn discusses current enrollment in the military with Napoleon High School students interested in a military career. “To me the academy is an outstanding education to train leaders for the future.” Freeborn said.

“In the recent past, it has been our experience that international students who purchase The University has implemented health insurance coverage changes for international stu- through outside carriers have dent health coverage, and some often found themselves [understudents are not happy with the insured] when they needed the coverage the most,” she said changes. Last Spring, the Health Service via e-mail. “Health care in the Advisory Committee passed a United States is very expensive requirement that international and we have seen firsthand how students must purchase the devastating the lack of insurance University-sponsored health can be. The University feels that insurance plan. The require- this new policy is crucial to the health, wellness and success of ment became effective Aug. 1. According to Student our international students.” The plan being offered to Insurance Specialist Ann Cromley, the change has been international students is the implemented because of a lack See HEALTH | Page 2 of adequate insurance for international students.

A search for better results on University Web site By Michelle Olmstead Reporter

Search engines are designed to facilitate users in their quest for information and the University’s Web search tool is no exception. However, the search process can be aggravating to users who neither have the knowledge of its inner-workings, nor the methods of effectively entering search criteria. The BGSU Web search is powered by a Google appliance that was last upgraded in July 2009, said Cindy Fuller, communication coordinator at the Office of the Chief Information, in an e-mail. “In order to provide information, the BGSU search engine uses a ‘continuous crawl’ approach to gather and maintain information about content on the BGSU servers,” Fuller said. “This means that it is visiting all the servers defined to it on a continuous basis, looking for new content, changed content or removed content and updating its database of known content accordingly.” Collecting and organizing data is no small task, as there are currently 96,640 indexed pages in the database. On any given day, over 9,000 additions, updates or removals of content are processed. Fuller said this represents over 80 gigabytes of content. With all of this information at the tips of students’ fingertips, finding specific details may seem like a daunting task. Yet, the recurring sentiment is that students are able to find what they’re looking for, but only after sifting through frivo-

“If there are known issues, users are invited to report them ...” Cindy Fuller | Comm. Coordinator lous search results. “I’m usually able to find what I’m looking for, but only after wading through a whole bunch of links that have absolutely nothing to do with my search,” senior Erica Morrison said. During the handful of times senior Jonmarc Grodi has utilized the University’s Web search, he had issues finding precisely what he was looking for. “I kind of had to play around with it a bit,” he said. While some students believe there is room for improvement, part of the problem could be they are not reporting their issues. “I have not been able to document instances where difficulty in using the BGSU Web search have been reported,” Fuller said. The University’s Web search is maintained by Information Technology Services, which is responsible for maintaining the physical equipment, network connectivity as well as the included software. The “look and feel” of the search engine is maintained by the Web development group within ITS. “If there are known issues, users are invited to report them by contacting the Technology

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