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Fair lessens pre-graduation stress Today’s Grad Fair allows seniors to purchase necessary items for graduation | Page 3
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Evictions offer few options for students The BG News staff editorial discusses the last-minute announcement forcing students in two fraternities to find new homes | Page 4
University uses ‘due diligence’ to combat fraud By Gina Potthoff Editor-in-chief
While the University may or may not be out $15 million from a fraudulent investment announced earlier this year, it is working to protect current assets with its new investment consultant. Hammond Associates out of St. Louis, Mo., began handling the University’s investments after the University pannounced the $15 million invested with Westridge Capital Management Inc. could
be lost after the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed enforcement actions against Westridge in federal court. At that time, a federal district court in New York ordered all Westridge assets be frozen and appointed a receiver to assume control of Westridge’s assets and funds to take actions to protect Westridge clients. Chris Adkerson, Hammond Associates senior consultant, said his company manages
roughly $50 million in assets and consults more than 200 clients, including Michigan State University. Specializing in institutions, Adkerson said Hammond Associates has 23 people researching different investment opportunities for clients. “Higher ed is our niche,” he said. “We’ve got a pretty wellrounded amount of people in research. That’s a big plus for us.” Meanwhile, the temporary receiver, Robb Evans and
City Editor Ella Fowler urges people to reduce their carbon footprint and improve their health by skipping meat weekly | Page 4
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Denise Van De Walle becomes the first BG coach to reach 500 career wins after an intense game against Toledo | Page 5-6
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GET UP N’ GO: Alexandra Harrison from Oregon, Ohio, prepares a cup of coffee for a customer at “The Flying Joe.” Newly renamed from “The Flying Bean”, this shop is a popular coffee spot located in Perrysburg.
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Basketball falls to Xavier The Xavier Musketeers crushed the Falcons 57 - 101 in the heartbreaking second game of the season | Page 5
Volleyball owns the court Check out highlights of last night’s volleyball game against Toledo in the Sports photo spread | Page 10
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ANDREA MARCHI | THE BG NEWS
The Apparel Merchandising and Project Development major has students learning what’s in and what’s out in the fashion business By Allison Borgelt Reporter
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some assets for proportional distribution among all clients, some investors are not on board with the idea. “There’s a lot of jostling for who gets in line,” Stoll said. Dave Kielmeyer, senior director of communications at the University, said one of the biggest and time-consuming duties the receiver has is deciding how far to “claw back”, or retrieve funds involved in the fraud.
‘The Flying Joe’ takes off with new name
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What’s one thing you would change about fashion?
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“I would do away with the Ugg industry.” | Page 4
Associates LLC, is determining what the lost assets are, who is entitled to them, and what the proportional distribution between the 30 to 40 institution investors affected by the fraud should be. University Chief Financial Officer Sherideen Stoll said she expects it will be three to six years before they know what portion of the $15 million the University will get back. She said while the receiver has requested the court authorize select investors pay back
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PUSH PIN: Sophomore Alyssa Phillips pins back a French seam in her AMPD 2510 Assembly and Fit class
University students looking to dress up their educational experience may want to consider a major in Apparel Merchandising and Product Development. Around 250 students are in the AMPD program, one of the largest majors in the School of Family and Consumer Sciences, said Jean Hines, AMPD associate professor. Hines said before the AMPD program changed in the mid-90s, its emphasis was on the history of fashion and fashion design. She said Diane Frey, AMPD coordinator and associate professor, played a big role in shifting the program’s focus to apparel merchandising and product development to reflect changes in the industry. “It’s really looking more at the retail side of the industry and then product development ... coming up with ideas of what the product’s going to be and then deciding how it’s going to be made and where it’s going to be made,” Hines said.
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Coffee and airplanes may seem like an odd combination, but to John Ohm and his wife Becky, the pairing is all too natural. “They go hand-in-hand,” said Ohm, who is a pilot. “If we could hook it up through an IV, then we’d probably do that.” Aside from keeping the Ohms alert during long flights, coffee has become a business for the couple, who are currently serving as pilots in the International Guard and running their own coffee shop, “The Flying Joe.” Nestled in Levis Commons, an outdoor mall in Perrysburg, this aviation-themed coffee shop first opened its doors in 2007. Initially named “The Flying Bean,” the shop features an airplane-inspired mural, propellers as wall hangings and many more flight decorations speckled here and there. The Ohms were recently forced to change the name of their company, due to an outof-state coffee roasting company of the same name. “We got a call from a coffee roaster in the state of Oregon,
“In the end, it’s kind of like renaming one of your children, though” John Ohm | Coffee shop owner and they were called, ‘The Flying Bean,’” John Ohm said. In response, the Ohms opened up a re-naming contest to all of their customers, and ultimately decided on “The Flying Joe,” because they wanted to keep the flying theme. “It was a lot of fun and we had a lot of great names,” Ohm said. “In the end, it’s kind of like renaming one of your children, though.” Although the big sign out front still reads, “The Flying Bean,” the menus, merchandise and a new wall mural all bear the new name. “Hopefully by the end of the year everything will be reestablished as ‘The Flying Joe,’” Ohm said.
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Waitlisting leaves students’ schedules in limbo Jessica Hanna Reporter
Even after registering for the spring semester, many students are still unsure what their class schedule will be. With no way to know when and if they will be admitted to some classes, some students have no choice but to wait. Laura Waggoner, director of registration and scheduling for the office of Registration and Records, said individual departments can offer waitlists for full classes. When enrolled students drop a class, the vacated seats are reserved for
students on the waitlist. On a nightly basis, students from the list are automatically enrolled by the system in the order they signed up. Students can lose their place on a waitlist if they don’t meet the prerequisites or have scheduling conflicts, Waggoner said. Departments also have the opportunity to change the waitlist order. “It’s possible that they may have somebody up for graduation who desperately needs that class,” Waggoner said.
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FRIDAY, NOV. 13 2:38 A.M.
William Brees, of Arcadia, Ohio, and Nathaniel Watkins, of Tiffin, Ohio, were cited for possession of criminal tools in Lot 12. 11:39 P.M.
Sean Willford, of Euclid, Ohio, was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia at McDonald West Hall. Michael George, of Perrysburg, was cited for underage under the influence and urinating in public in Lot E.
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Jason Thayer, of Bowling Green, was cited for underage consumption, disorderly conduct with persistence and criminal mischief at Conklin. Nicholas Grzebienik, of Oxford, Mich., was cited for underage under the influence at Conklin. 11:54 P.M.
Bangich Bol, of Portland, Maine, was cited for underage consumption on Troup Street.
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Complainant reported unknown subject(s) entered his unlocked car and took a pair of 10-inch Kenwood speakers, miscellaneous clothes and a Prada coat within the 2000th block of E. Napoleon Road. The total value of the missing items was estimated at $800.
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Hines and AMPD Instructor Phyllis Henry said students in the major have completed required co-ops for stores in Bowling Green and around the country, including Diversity Boutique in downtown Bowling Green, Wal-Mart’s corporate headquarters in Bentonville, Ark. and other companies in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Wisconsin. “We have a lot of students, of course, who will do sales associate kinds of positions, entry level positions,� Hines said, describing the work AMPD majors perform during co-ops. “[Students] have been in corporate headquarters in product development, in buying, we have some who have been in quality assurance.� Bridgett Betka, a junior in AMPD, completed a co-op with American Eagle Outfitters at The Shops at Fallen Timbers over the summer and is continuing it this semester. “I am basically like a seller,� Betka said. “I work in the fitting rooms mostly and I’m just starting to do stock, so I’ll start learning how the stock comes in, how to process and control it.� Betka said her dream job is working in the Big Apple.
FRAUD From Page 1 Keilmeyer said there is some good news, however. “There are assets there,� Kielmeyer said. “It looks like we will recover something. We don’t know how much yet.� Stoll said she is comfortable working with Hammond Associates, which employs in-person interviews, on-site interviews, lengthy questionnaires and exhaustive reference checks before recommending potential investments. The consultants also made a good impression with the joint investment committee, which
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“I want to go to New York,� she said. “Everyone wants to go to New York, but I really want to go to New York and either be a buyer or a fashion forecaster for a company. “I can’t stand being [in Bowling Green],� Betka said. “It’s too small and quiet ... I’m a really busy person, so the city that never sleeps is definitely where I want to be.� Betka’s wish may be granted through her work with American Eagle Outfitters; she’s been talking to her manager about transferring to the store’s new location in New York City. “She said she would put in a good word for me,� Betka said. “I’m so excited, because it would be fun to transfer over there and then become a manager and do stuff with American Eagle.� reviews and makes recommendations to the University and the Foundations Boards pertaining to investments. (The next meeting is Dec. 2.) “One of the questions we asked them was, ‘Have you ever had a client that invested in a fund you recommended that ever got involved with a fraud?’ And they said ‘no’,� Stoll said. Stoll said the University also relies on the financial expertise of its Foundation Board and Board of Trustee members to make solid investment decisions. Although Adkerson could not comment on the University’s past investment firm relationship, he said his firm’s research
AMPD COURSES: Students in AMPD do much more than look at clothing. AMPD majors take classes in: â– â– â– â– â–
Apparel and Textile Industry Consumer Analysis in Fashion Global Issues in Apparel and Textiles Product Development Studio Assembly and Fit (an apparel studio) Sources: AMPD brochure
is always key. “When it comes to due diligence, you have to do quite a bit of it,� he said. Adkerson said while he is confident in his company’s investment suggestions, it is ultimately the client’s decision of whether or not to invest. “We don’t really have any free rein,� he said. “This is objective investment advice. At the end of the day, it is the joint investment committee’s choice what they do.� As for future safeguards, Kielmeyer said even the smartest financial advisors can only do so much. “There’s really no protection against outright fraud,� he said.
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Hines said majors in the AMPD program are required to either complete a marketing minor or spend a year at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, where they study either advertising and communications or textile development and marketing. “In addition to getting knowledge about that industry, the fashion apparel industry, they also have a strong background in business,� Hines said. Madeleine Revis, a senior who switched from accounting to the AMPD major, is completing the marketing minor. She has worked at Old Navy for three years and hopes to eventually own her own company. “AMPD is a lot of fun,� she said. “I really feel at home.�
In Monday’s article titled “Don’t stop believing,� the names of Disc Jockey Paul MacDonald and Uptown/Downtown Owner Jeff Hobbie were misspelled. Also, MacDonald has been a disc jockey for 22 years and an ‘80s night disc jockey for three years.
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BEAN From Page 1 Offering the traditional coffee house line-up of mochas and espresso-based drinks along with frozen and iced coffee beverages, this coffee shop also provides free Wi-Fi internet and a shelf of books for customers’ reading pleasure. The Flying Joe is also stocked with a variety of pastries, including scones, muffins and bagels as well as locally hailed carrot cake, cookies and buckeyes that tend to fly off the shelves, Ohm said. Manager Nyssa Neel has been working at The Flying Joe since it opened nearly three years ago. Although she has worked at a number of coffee shops in the past, Neel said the shop’s commitment to community is what sets it apart from the rest. OnmostFridaysandSaturdays, the coffee shop features free live music consisting of local musicians, and one wall in the shop is dedicated to local artists who
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Sophomore Kari Basing was waitlisted for a theater and film class due to high demand this semester. She said the professor told her she was going to be taken off the waitlist because priority was being given to students in the major. Basing was eventually admitted to the class after several students failed to show up, but she said the waitlist process was stressful. “When I was a freshman, this didn’t seem to happen as much, but now it’s like there’s [fewer] classes or something because there’s always waitlists,� Basing said. “Unless you schedule the day of scheduling, there’s always a lot of trouble getting into your classes.� Assistant professor in the School of Human Movement, Sport and Leisure Studies, David Tobar, had several students on the waitlist for his sports management class this semester. Several of them, including seniors, were unable to get in. Departments determine the maximum capacity, or cap, on a class wait list. In the past,
want to showcase their work. “It’s really nice to be working for a place that’s so involved in the community,� she said. Kevin Moore is an engineering student at the University of Toledo, and also a regular Flying Joe customer. Although there are many other coffee shops in Levis Commons, Moore returns to Ohm’s shop about five times per week. “I’m working on my own novel, actually,� Moore said. “A buddy of mine, who I met here actually, we come here and work on our stuff together.� Aside from inspiring productivity, Moore said the product and goals of The Flying Joe keep him coming back for more. “This place has a lot better coffee, but there’s also a good community thing going on here,� he said. “The other coffee shops are built on efficiency, you know, ‘We want to get you your drink, and then we kind of want you to leave,’� he said. “They don’t encourage you to stay a while.� Tobar said, departments placed enrollment caps for each course slightly below the classroom capacity, allowing the instructor some discretion for filling those slots. This enabled instructors to accommodate seniors in their last semester of coursework, he said, and then students were selected from the waitlist to fill any vacant spots. But with the new system, the caps have been increased to classroom capacity, Tobar said, so instructors no longer have the ability to accommodate senior students. Despite this frustration, Tobar said the waitlist system is necessary to ensure classes are completely filled. He said if enough students have waitlisted for a course to fill another class, the department will offer another class section if possible. “In these tough economic times the University, I think, and each of the departments and divisions, have to make effective use of their resources,� Tobar said. “If we put out a bunch of different sections, which may only fill up to say, 15 or 20, then that’s not effectively using the resources when we can take it up to 30 or 35 [students].�
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Graduates able to make final purchases at Grad fair “Students will be able to purchase all the necessities they need for graduation at The Grad Fair,” Oler said. “There will also For many seniors, the last few be several BGSU organizations weeks of the fall 2009 semes- with tables set up so students ter will be their final days on will be able to find information campus. And with December about graduate programs.” Among the organizations commencement approaching quickly, many graduates have will be Dance Marathon, The a few last minute purchases to University Alumni Department and the University Grad College. make Today from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Most of the products at the event The Grad Fair will take place in will come from the company the Union Multipurpose room. Balfour, the University’s supThe event will display a num- plier of class rings and memober of products for sale, rang- rabilia since 2001. Rose Mary Whaling, the ing from caps and gowns, class rings, announcements and vice president of marketing at Balfour, said several company Bowling Green memorabilia. Pam Oler, the general trade sales representatives will be on supervisor at the bookstore, is campus with a number of difthe chief coordinator behind ferent products. “There will be representatives the event. By Jess James Reporter
on campus pretty much all day,” she said. “We really want to bring a lot of merchandise so students can see firsthand what we are selling. Several of the products will be available for purchase at the event, but custom orders will be discussed.” Eviytte Zapata is a Belfour employee. She will be on campus for The Fair, answering questions students may have about commencement. “A lot of students really don’t know how to size their gown or what size ring to buy,” Zapata said. “Belfour wants to make sure every customer leaves happy and satisfied with their purchases. The Grad Fair is a great chance for students to take care of everything they need for graduation all at once.”
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College students receive the benefits of H1N1 vaccination from the health center provide students with a number of vaccinations, including twelve international travel vaccines. Depending on insurance covA little girl goes to the doctor to erage, some immunizations may get her yearly shot. Her mom holds her shaking require an extra fee. Hoffman hand as the girl clenches her said students should check with teeth and closes her eyes. The their insurance provider to be doctor approaches with a long better informed on coverage needle to administer the vac- restrictions. At the end of September, sophcination. A poke, an ouch, and a bandage later, the girl is frown- omore Ashley Horvath got a seaing, but fine. She receives a sonal flu vaccine at the Student sticker for her bravery and goes Health Center. Horvath said she on with her day as if nothing wasn’t in the waiting room long. “The staff was friendly to me ... I happened. College students may not get a just wasn’t thrilled about getting sticker after their immunization poked in the arm,” Horvath said. Horvath said she has gone to shots, but they can still receive the Student Health Center before the other benefits. “[Vaccines] work by helping and received kind and helpful the body to produce antibod- service from the staff, and she ies to fight diseases,” said Barb plans on going there for future Hoffman, Assistant Director of immunizations if they are covClinical Services at the Student ered by her insurance. She said she is considering getHealth Center. The Student Health Center can ting the H1N1 vaccine because
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“I can’t stand being [in Bowling Green]. It’s too small and quiet ... I’m a really busy person, so the city that never sleeps is definitely where I want to be..” — Bridgett Betka, junior, on wanting to move to New York to do fashion [see story, pg. 1].
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What’s one thing you would change about current fashion?
“I would make it more skimpy, for both girls and guys.”
“Don’t change anything. Everybody should just create their own fashion statement.”
“I would do away with clothes entirely.”
BRYAN GOMEZ, Senior, Supply Chain Management
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University mishandled eviction of Greek students The University is making way for new housing at the expense of approximately 60 University students. In accordance with the Residence Life and Dining Services Master Plan, the University notified the Sigma Phi Epsilon and Phi Kappa Tau fraternities they have to vacate their residences by the end of the semester to accommodate demolition of the two buildings, along with Rodgers Quadrangle, in April or May of 2010. The University notified the president of each fraternity last Thursday (during week 12 of a 16week semester), giving them little time to prepare or even pack their bags. In an effort to appease the fraternity brothers left scrambling for spring housing, the University offered them first choice for the future Greek Village. But the new village won’t be completed for at least another five years, so the current residents will not get to enjoy the luxuries unless they extend their stay at the University. Members of both houses are rightfully upset. Some understand the need to rush construction, but not the time frame the University is giving them to relocate. Moving is never fun, and doing so with about four weeks notice is more than inconvenient for fraternity brothers with final exams coming up. According to Residence Life Director Michael Griffel, temporary housing will be available for the spring, and potential options will be presented to the displaced residents sometime next week. But one of the biggest incentives in joining a
Greek organization is the camaraderie created with the living experience. If fraternity brothers are split up into separate residence halls or other Greek houses, they are going to lose that connection (not to mention the mounting resentment they’ll have toward the University landlord that kicked them out). While we understand it’s important for the University to build and update residence halls to entice future students, it should not be at the expense of ones who have already paid their tuition. Construction on the Rodgers site, which will add over 400 beds, is a move the University chose to make, but the new residence halls will not open until August 2011. University construction should accommodate the students who pay to live here, and waiting another semester to allow the fraternity brothers to finish the year together and giving them more time to prepare doesn’t seem like that much to ask. The University has obviously been seriously considering this possibility for a while now. (We highly doubt they made the decision impulsively on Thursday and called the fraternity presidents right away with the news.) So why wasn’t there more communication? Why weren’t the two fraternities given a say in the decision, or at least a more advanced notice? But the decision has already been made. So, if nothing else, hopefully this experience teaches the University to better communicate with students before planning to take their homes away.
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Skip meat for just one day a week ELLA FOWLER CITY EDITOR
It is time for more college students to join the Meatless Monday movement. It gives students a chance to improve their personal health while also improving their environment, encouraging people across the globe to forego meat once a week — on Mondays of course. The movement does not ask you to completely give up the double bacon cheeseburger you get from Wendy’s. What it does ask is that you give up meat once a week and go for healthier vegetarian options on and off campus. The concept of Meatless Mondays has been around since World War I, when the U.S. Food Administration asked families to reduce consumption to aid the war effort. “Food will win the war” became the slogan as the government petitioned Americans to follow the concept of “Meatless Mondays” and “Wheatless Wednesdays.” Some 10 million families, 7,000 hotels
and nearly 435,000 food dealers pledged to the cause, according to Meatless Monday’s Web site. But why meatless, you may ask? The concept is simple, but the benefits of giving up meat once a week is beneficial for all. The health benefits include reduced risk of heart disease due to the decrease in your intake of saturated fats. It helps you maintain a healthy weight and improves your overall quality of diet, according to the Web site. But, let’s take a step back and look at the bigger picture. Foregoing meat once a week can benefit all involved through the environment. The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization estimates the meat industry generates nearly one-fifth of man-made greenhouse gas emissions, far more than transportation. Eating meat less during your week reduces your carbon emissions while at the same time making the planet a better place to live. If reducing your carbon footprint isn’t enough to convince you, think about this. Waterborne illness is the second largest killer of children under five worldwide. Now,
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if you commit to eating vegetables one day a week instead of meat you can reduce water usage. The need for water with regard to livestock is tremendous, far above a head of broccoli or lettuce. Between 1,800 and 2,500 gallons of water go into one pound of beef, whereas soy tofu produced in California only needs 220 gallons of water per pound, according to the Meatless Monday Web site. Health and the environment aside, what if eating less meat affected your pocketbook? On average, beef per pound costs $4, but if you bought vegetables instead of meat it costs significantly less. A head of lettuce can cost around $1.05, green peppers around 50 cents; reducing your meat consumption can mean more money for those nights on the town. However, if you feel you can’t rid yourself of a double bacon cheeseburger or a 5-pound steak that is okay. Hopefully, there are enough people in the world for this movement to truly make a difference. So, the concept is simple. I am not here asking you to become vegetarian or vegan. What I am asking is for you to simply forgo meat once a week and join the Meatless Monday Movement. Respond to Ella at thenews@bgnews.com
KYLE SCHMIDLIN FORUM EDITOR
Visions of the Apocalypse flashed by the eyes of thousands of Americans yesterday morning. Their Web browsers informed them “This URL cannot be found.” Thankfully, the hard work of Internet technicians restored service quickly after a fiber-optic cable was somehow broken. According to periscopeit.com, a UK Web site devoted to informing businesses and others when their sites’ service has gone, the cables are resistant to moisture, heat and cold, but not necessarily trenching equipment and others hazards. Like squirrels and other rodents. How sad it is that human beings, supposedly the most evolved creatures on Earth (one might also make a case for the dolphin — tell me a species that’s just as smart as people and yet doesn’t have to get a job hasn’t figured life out) can be so at the mercy of rodentia. Our day-today lives are crippled by the loss of Internet access. Working at a newspaper is particularly frightening when Internet goes out. Pulling Associated Press stories becomes impossible, and I have no way to check my e-mail for new columns. Doing research is also made nearly impossible — sure, there’s the library, but it’s cold out and that’s on the other end of campus. It also doesn’t include the most up-to-date poll results.
All kinds of complications can arise in human life from the loss of the Internet. But while I am only 22 years old, I have vivid memories of a world where the Internet didn’t even exist. One 1997 episode of The Simpsons, “You Only Move Twice,” features a joke which has become the most dated in the series. Bart and Lisa go to a school that advertises its Web address on its sign. At the time, the very concept of a school having a Web site was supposed to be funny, or at least convey some kind of ultra-modernity. Now it is commonplace, and the joke is only 13 years old. Many jokes have been made of our dependence on the Internet. An Oct. 2003 article in“The Onion” featured the headline, “48-Hour Internet Outage Plunges Nation Into Productivity.” Unfortunately, the situation has deteriorated to the point where the nation appears to lose its productivity as it loses the Internet. The solution to the problem of our Internet dependency ought to be simple. It wouldn’t make much sense for, say, the Associated Press to send every one of their stories each day in hard-copy to all their subscribing newspapers, merely in the event of an Internet calamity. Using the Internet more sparingly also seems out of the question. So what is there to be done when the Internet is gone and work still needs to be done? The answer: nothing. Whether businesses and other forces driving our fast-paced capitalism want to admit it or not, losing a business day is not going to bring the entire system to its knees. If
that were the case, it would only expose the fragility of the system and it would deserve to fall, to be replaced by something superior. In states where snow occurs, but is rare, such as Tennessee, people don’t even prepare for blizzards — if a town gets covered in snow, everyone just stays in. When the snow is gone, they resume their life. Yet their communities all continue unabated, despite the occasional complete shutdown. From 1978-1995, the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, killed three people and injured another 23 with bombs sent through the mail. He was protesting what he felt was increasing technological dependence and rigidity of daily life, at the expense of human freedom. Obviously, his tactics cannot be condoned by anybody, but his ideas have actually been highly influential and, in some circles, his writing commands some deal of respect. That a murderer like Kaczynski can come to have a fan following (and not just among the most depraved of society who regularly fascinate over murderers) reveals that, though his anarcho-primitivism is certainly an extreme view — one which advocates the dissolution of all technology and a complete return of humans to nature — it is appealing to some. Next time the Internet goes down, our reaction ought not to be panic. Just pull yourself away from the computer screen and take a look around. There is plenty to do. Respond to Kyle at thenews@bgnews.com
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Musketeers hand Falcons first loss of the season, 101-57 Otis Polk
By Sean Shapiro Assistant Sports Editor
For Thomas, it was his second straight game leading the team in scoring; he had 15 BG opened the season with a points in the season-opening 22-point margin of victory last win over Wayne State. Even though Polk was scorSaturday, but last night they were on the other end of the ing, he and his teammates spectrum, suffering a 101-57 still had struggles grabbing rebounds, as Xavier outloss to Xavier. “The score and the game rebounded the Falcons 43-36 pretty much speaks for itself,” in the contest, lead by Love with 12 boards. said BG coach Louis Orr. Xavier also killed the The Xavier Muskeeters were lead by Jordan Crawford, Brad Falcons from behind the Redford and Jason Love, who three-point arc, hitting 12-ofhad 48 of their team’s 101 19 shots from deep, while BG only made 5-of-13. points. “Offensively they played The loss was also the first meeting for Orr with his former very well, I’ve got to give them player Chris Mack. From 1990 credit,” Orr said. “We didn’t to 1992, Orr coached Mack as play well, so I don’t know how a teenager at Winthrow High much of it was us or them.” BG did pick up an early 2School in Cincinnati. Despite taking the loss, 0 lead on a basket by Marc Scott Thomas still had a strong Larson, but from then on, it night, leading the Falcons with was all Xavier as they domi13 points and six rebounds. nated the game on both ends
Had 11 points on 5-for-10 shooting in the loss.
Scott Thomas Lead the team in scoring for the second straight game of the court. Xavier’s initial 4-3 lead turned into a 51-28 lead at the half, as Jordan Crawford and sixth man Brad Redford combined for 27 points, one less then BG’s entire roster. The key to Xavier’s dominant
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SENT TO THE BENCH: Due to foul trouble, Otis Polk (center) was only able to play 18 minutes in the loss to Xavier.
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VAN DE WALLE MAKES HISTORY Coach reaches 500th career win in Falcons’ victory over Toledo
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VICTORY: Coach Denise Van De Walle celebrates her 500th win after the Falcons held off rival Toledo for a 3-2 victory.
With MAC East title almost out of the picture, football team focuses on potential fourth bowl bid this decade DOWN TO THE WIRE It hasn’t been often this season the Falcons have been able to take it easy in the fourth quarter. The game-winning score has come in the fourth quarter on six of the Falcons’ 10 games this season, and those exciting finishes are one of the reasons coach Dave Clawson believes the team can earn a bowl bid even if they are the fourth or fifth best team (record-wise) in the Mid-American Conference. Game-winning score Quarter Week Opponent Time 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Troy No. 25 Missouri Marshall No. 8 Boise State Ohio Kent State Ball State Central Michigan Buffalo Miami
Jerry Phillips 21-yard field goal Derrick Washington 1-yard rush Darius Marshall 80-yard rush Doug Martin 35-yard rush Theo Scott 68-yard rush Tyler Sheehan 6-yard rush Freddie Barnes 6-yard reception Antonio Brown 29-yard reception Freddie Barnes 18-yard reception Freddie Barnes 2-yard reception
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It doesn’t take much to knock the BG football team out of the Mid-American Conference East Division race. If either Temple or Ohio wins this weekend — even if BG wins the rest of their games and finish 6-2 in the MAC — BG will be out of the race and hopes of an automatic bowl bid will be dashed. But if BG does win out by beating Akron and Toledo the next two Fridays, they will still be 7-5 overall, making them bowl eligible for the third straight season. “When we were sitting at 3-4 (after beating Ball State), we said, ‘One of our goals is to have a win-
ning season and go to a bowl,’” said first-year coach Dave Clawson. “At that point we said, ‘If our goal is to be 7-5, we first have to be 4-5 and 5-5.’ And now our goal is to be 6-5.” However, even at 7-5, BG may only have the fourth or fifth best record in the MAC. In a typical year, that would mean the Falcons would have a slim chance of earning a bowl bid, but this team is different than a typical 7-5 team. With a high-powered offense led by seniors Tyler Sheehan and Freddie Barnes — who have both gained some national prominence this season — BG has more marketability than some other MAC teams.
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“Right now the bowls are about TV, ratings and selling tickets,” Clawson said. “One thing you can say about us is offensively we’re fun to watch. We throw the ball as well as almost anybody in the country.” Because of that, Barnes finds himself leading the nation in receptions (117) and second in the nation in receiving yards (1,285) and receiving touchdowns (12), while Sheehan is second in passing yards (3,189). And if those two aren’t enough, Clawson said because his team has played in a close game almost every week this season
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Van De Walle gets 500th win in dramatic fashion as BG ousts Toledo in five sets at MAC tournament crying. “It feels great,” she said. “I woke up this morning and forTOLEDO – If it didn’t happen got all about it. I came into last night, it wouldn’t have work today and coach Miller said to me, ‘Hey, good luck happened until 2010. In a win-or-go home situa- tonight. Get that 500th,’ and tion in the first round of the all of a sudden I felt sick to my Mid-American Conference stomach. “And when the match started, tournament, coach Denise Van De Walle, in her 27th season, it didn’t even cross my mind. won her 500th career match The only thing that was on my as a coach — making her the mind was the SeaGate Center.” And that’s exactly where the first BG coach to accomplish Falcons will be heading. this feat. After beating sixth seed The coach said she felt like By Chris Sojka Reporter
BG (3) vs. TOLEDO (2) IT WAS OVER WHEN... Corey Domek put down a kill in the fifth set, ending Toledo’s comeback hopes. FIRST STAR... Denise Van De Walle— While she didn’t get any digs or kills, the coach earned the 500th win of her career and was certainly the star of the night. SECOND STAR... Corey Domek— The senior posted a double-double for the Falcons, finishing the match with 20 kills and 17 digs. THIRD STAR... Sondra Payrs— In a losing effort the Rocket’s outside hitter had a monster night at the net, finishing with 23 kills.. STAT BOOK... With her 20 kills last night, Corey Domek became the first athlete in program history to have at least 300 kills in four straight seasons. UP NEXT... BG advances to play Miami at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the quarterfinals of the MAC tournament.
Toledo in five thrilling sets, the 11th seed Falcons will play Miami Friday at 1:30 at the SeaGate Center. Van De Walle wasn’t the only one with the record-breaking night though. Corey Domek ,senior, did something no player in BG volleyball program history has done. Needing six more kills to reach the 300-mark for the season, Domek wasted no time and got them in the first set, making her the first player to do that four times in a career. Domek, who had 20 kills on the night, was thrilled. “It’s awesome,” she said. “It feels really cool to leave a legacy behind, and to say I have a record is a pretty cool to say.” She was also thrilled to be a part of Van De Walle’s 500th career win. “It couldn’t have happened at a better time,” she said. “I know we were hoping it happened earlier in the season. What an exciting night — to go to the MAC tournament, beat Toledo and have her get her 500th win.”
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The Falcons looked somewhat nervous at the beginning of the first set, as they trailed 7-1 at one point. However, after getting within reach several times in the set, they were able to cut the deficit to within just two. BG tied the score at 20 and then took their first lead of the night at 21-20. It went back and forth for the next few points, and then a Domek kill ended the set, 26-24, in favor of the Falcons. After the first set win, the Falcons came out in the second set ready to go. With five tied scores and two lead changes in the set, BG finished off strong, winning 25-22. The Falcons hit just .174 in the set, while the Rockets hit .170. After the break, the Falcons came out of the locker room smiling ear to ear. Some of them were even dancing around to the music. But Toledo broke up their little celebration, winning the third set, 26-24. The Rockets hit .191 in the set, lead by Sondra Parys and Katie Westerfeld.
A Winning Tradition: The top five winningest coaches at BG 1. Danny Schmitz, 517 ... baseball 2. Denise Van De Walle, 500 ... volleyball 3. Penny Dean, 212 ... tennis 4. Curt Miller, 180 ... women’s basketball 5. Andy Richards, 98 ... women’s soccer Van De Walle thought being up 2-0 may have gotten to the teams’ head a bit. “We relaxed a little bit and it showed in our play,” she said. “We weren’t as aggressive on balls like we were early on. We made more service errors. We made more defensive errors. Nothing was as crisp as it was.” In the fourth set, the Falcons looked lost out on the floor. They were not in sync at all and, at times, ran into each other. BG hit .196, while UT hit .224. Close doesn’t even begin to explain the majority of the deciding fifth set. The set was tied seven times
and there were two lead changes. A gutsy kill attempt by Domek worked in the Falcons’ favor, as they won 15-12. She was scared. “I probably should have done what I did,” Domek said. “Mark [Hardaway] said if I would have hit that out, he would have killed me. It was a lucky shot.” Domek and Van De Walle were not the only two with big nights. Seniors Shari Luther and Kaitlin Jackson posted 11 kills, respectively, while Emily Kauth had 11 as well. Alex Zlabis had 31 digs on the night and Allison Kearney posted 46 assists.
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Taking a look back at 1959: Editor’s Note: This is a reprint from the Nov. 17, 1959 issue of The BG News. This is the eighth in a nine week series where we will republish the recaps from the undefeated 1959 Falcon football team.
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(chart on pg. 5) there are plenty of variables for a bowl committee to consider. “The one thing we can guarantee them, almost, is the game will go into the fourth quarter, and it will be exciting,” Clawson said. BG has engineered two come from behind, fourth quarter victories this season (36-35 against Kent State and 30-29 against Buffalo) and have had to battle through the fourth quarter to secure several other wins this season. But Barnes thinks the Falcons can earn a bid based
game and playing strong ““We can just sell them (a bowl committee) run defense. “We have a good shot,” said by winning the next two games. We played senior running back Chris Bullock. “If we can get the run some tough competition our first four game open to open up our powerful passing game … then I games and within the MAC. If we get these think we can be really successful.” next two games, I’m sure that they’ll want us The Falcons only allowed the RedHawks to gain 295 in one of their bowls.” total yards Thursday during
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on their strength of schedule, having played four of the top MAC teams as well as Boise State, Missouri and Troy during the nonconference schedule. “We can just sell them (a bowl committee) by winning the next two games,” Barnes said.
“We played some tough competition our first four games and within the MAC. If we get these next two games, I’m sure that they’ll want us in one of their bowls.” The team took two steps closer to that goal against Miami Thursday by opening up their
their fourth win in the past five games. “We’re a pretty hot team right now. We’re on a pretty good streak of winning,” said senior quarterback Tyler Sheehan. “One of the most impressive things the past couple games is how our defense has stepped up.”
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first half was a 18-3 run over the last 5:26, which pushed the score from an 8 to 23 point deficit. Half time proved to be only a minor distraction to the Musketeers, as they jumped out to an 8-1 run to start the half. That momentum continued the rest of the game, as Xavier cruised on to their second win of the season. Up next, the Falcons will head to Iowa on Thursday for a 9:05 p.m. match up with the Hawkeyes.
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John Bernard isn’t a typical cross country runner. But in a way he is. Bernard doesn’t like running. But at the end of a race, he loves the “runner’s high” — the sense of accomplishment a runner feels after completing a long run. Ontheotherhand,hedescribes himself as a typical runner on the men’s team: skinny and a little awkward with women. “We’re all sort of the same breed. It’s like we all come from the same gene pool,” Bernard said of himself and his teammates. “It’s a weird connection.” Bernard enjoyed his teammates as much as anything during his time on the team. The senior is the only runner who won’t be returning next season. “The team is great to work with,” he said. “No one on the team was negative. And I liked how easy it was to relate to one another.” Bernard didn’t intend to run cross country in college originally. Despite a very successful career in high school, Bernard wasn’t interested in running cross country in college as a result of an incident during his senior season at the state championship meet. Bernard was shoved into a large, metal light pole by an opponent and was unable to finish the race. Bernard admitted that he and the opponent were trash-talking up until that point in the race. He said the incident was his first negative experience in six years of running cross country. It turned him off to cross country and made him end up not responding to recruiting letters from college coaches. Two weeks into college, he
saw the men’s team running together. He said that made him miss being part of a team and running competitively, so he decided to schedule an appointment with coach Cami Wells to inquire about running for BG. Since the team was small, and because Wells liked his times from high school, she told him a tryout wasn’t necessary. The team had already run in one race. So Bernard was redshirted for the rest of the 2006 season to allow him time to adjust to the demands of academics and athletics, train on his own, and return to the type of shape he was in while in high school. Bernard had his best season in 2007 in his first season with the team. His time of 27:37 at the Falcon Invite remained his best 8K time of his career. He suffered a big setback last season when the training staff determined that he was bowlegged, which placed a lot of pressure on his knees. Last season he ran constantly to improve his place on team, but the additional training eventually set him back. In fact, Bernard was unsure whether he’d be able to return this season because of his knees. But he credits the training staff for his return this season. In 2009 he recorded a 5K personal best at the Toledo dual meet with a time of 16:59. But none of his 8K times would ever be nearly as low as 2007. “I didn’t feel held back. But I’m a firm believer that you build on the past, and I had less to build on,” Bernard said. “I don’t like to make excuses. I did what I could this year, and I’m happy with it.” In his final race for BG, he finished eighth on the team and 63rd overall with a time of 30:11 at the MAC Championships. Bernard was afforded the
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A NIGHT TO REMEMBER: BG’s volleyball team delivered their coach her 500th career victory yesterday. Left: Shari Luther goes up for a kill against the Rockets. Top Right: Alexis Zlabis literally jumps for joy as the Falcons celebrate a point late in the match. Bottom Right: Setter Emily Kauth gets one of her 46 assists from the match.
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