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PULSE: A look at Bowling Green’s haunted history | See Page 5
SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
ESTABLISHED 1920
Volume 104, Issue 25
A daily independent student press serving the campus and surrounding community
Daily e-mail system set in place for students
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University hopes to keep students informed through Campus Notes By Jason Henry Reporter
The University has started a mass e-mail service, called Campus Notes, to keep students aware of campus events and news. Campus Notes, which are sent daily to all University students, is a modified version of the Campus Updates section of Blackboard. The first note was sent on Sept. 9. The updates contain user submitted events, activities, and information. Bonnie Blankinship, the editor of Campus Updates, said the updates used to be sent through e-mail but were discontinued because students did not like receiving the messages in their inbox. However, after switching to just displaying the messages on Blackboard, the University felt that perhaps students were not seeing the updates enough and decided to return to the old system. “The number of submissions from students had
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Many students indifferent on upcoming legislation for credit card restrictions
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Services, demonstrating how credit card companies can trap some students into purchasing more than they can handle. “[Credit card companies] are just trying to get See CREDIT | Page 2
Bowling Green Police Division and CSX Railroad Special Agents will be monitoring the city railroad tracks in a “Trespass Enforcement Blitz” tomorrow night from 4 p.m. to 3 a.m. CSX police and BGPD are working in a joint effort to reduce trespassing at the railroad tracks in town. CSX Police Commander John Harris said CSX agents and BGPD will be issuing violators warnings or citations if necessary. The “Trespass Enforcement Blitz” is part of a national safety program, Operation Lifesaver, that teaches the three E’s: education, enforcement and engineering. The blitz is this weekend in order to educate University students who may be out because of the Boise State football contest. “It’s against the law to trespass,” he said. “I don’t want to flood the Bowling Green court with citations. But we do have the authority to issue tickets.”
By Matt Nye Reporter
“Campus Corners was the one place on campus students could come together and have a nice meal.”
Some students may be wondering what happened to Campus Corners, a restaurant that was attached to McDonald Hall. Senior Director of Dining Services Caitlin Blake | Senior Nancy Joseph said Campus Corners was once a popular place to eat on campus until it closed two years majority of campus. ago. It was the only restaurant-like “The most popular item that drew in service provided at the University students were Campus Corners’ frobesides the Greenery in the Union. zen non-alchoholic drinks, served in a Campus Corners offered a full hurricane glass, topped with whipped menu with service that would wait See CORNERS | Page 2 on students, as opposed to the cafeteria-style dining services on the
City police, CSX to work on railroad tracks trespassing tomorrow night
Local sub shop turned restaurant changes location
Plans remain unclear for closed restaurant on campus By Michele Wysocki Reporter
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MID-DAY CHIT CHAT: Shana Hinton (left) a hairstylist at the salon Mirage in Bowling Green, enjoys a luncheon at DiBenedettos with her friend Marcela Frite (right).
offers not just subs but a lot of other Italian foods. Their lunch hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., then “Welcome to our little piece of they re-open at 4:30 for the evethe Tuscan countryside.” This is ning hours.They also deliver, Mon.the slogan for the newly located Fri. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. “Hours at lunch are sort of limited, DiBenedetto’s Italian Bistro. DiBenedetto’s moved from its but basically the same menu [as previous location on East Wooster the previous sub shop], but more St to 121 South Main St. in down- expanded now,” DiBenedetto said. “The help is always right there, town Bowling Green. “We’ve been a sub shop for 30 don’t have to wait, and the owner years, my parents opened the sub is a good friend of my children,” shop in 1978, then formed a res- customer Tammy Premo said. Sarah Champion, a waitress at taurant,” said Chris DiBenedetto, the owner. “My parents wanted to DiBenedetto’s, agreed that this is retire so I controlled both places, See BISTRO | Page 2 now just the one restaurant.” DiBenedetto’s Italian Bistro
SPORTS
CAMPUS A time for service
FORUM Biking in the fast lane
Hard work pays off
USG is hosting an event tomorrow where student leaders will be giving back to the Bowling Green community by volunteering in various places | Page 3
Columnist Levi Joseph Wonder is finding it hard to ride his bike in some congested areas on campus, so he’s proposing the University install bike lanes | Page 4
Junior James Schneider finally gets his chance to start as linebacker for Falcon football, after years of hard work and love of the game | Page 7
PEOPLE ON THE STREET If Freddie Falcon and Buster Bronco got in a fight, who would win? WILLIAM PARCH Sophomore, Apparel Merchandising
“Freddie, because he’s got daggers to cut the Bronco up.” | Page 4
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