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www.bgviews.comVolume 90, Issue 8
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PEOPLE ON THE STREETSPORTSFORUMCAMPUS
TONY RANDOFreshman, Statistics
If you had a lot of money or resources to donate, who or what would you give it to?
“A/C for Mac East.” | Page 4
Intramural teams formWhile registration fees for playing on intramural teams at the University to $35 a year, but students who wish to pay can still get involved | Page 3
Falcon football fires upAthletes’ egos tarnish sportsColumnist Bryan Warrick thinks modern sports figures such as LeBron James and Chad Ochocinco possess massive egos and are ruining their potential to be role models | Page 4
Redshirt freshman Matt Schilz has surpassed the competition and proved he has what it takes to be the starting quarter-back at Saturday’s season opener | Page 6
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Faculty pay-to-print causes confusion, guidelines unclear
As faculty face new printing rules, students may suffer
Lake High School eats up donations
from Commons closing
By Alissa WidmanReporter
After its first week, University fac-ulty members are giving “Print Responsibly” mixed reviews.
Opinions include indifference, praise, confusion and frustration, as the program affects not only students but teaching styles and classroom facilitation as well.
According to the University’s website, the program, initiated Aug. 19, is “a new, more cost-effective way to handle ‘everyday printing’ and other tasks” and could save the University as much as $1.5 million per year.
Despite those benefits, some, such as graduate student and part-time instructor Mike Carver, are also considering the negatives of the fledgling system.
“I was disappointed to find out about it,” he said. “What I loved about BGSU were the differences we had, like allowing students to print for free.”
The initiation of Print Responsibly was its biggest problem, Carver said, because it gave graduate-student instructors only a few days to pre-pare class materials, and it failed to make a distinction between gradu-ate faculty and students.
“On Friday, I received a message while printing my syllabi that said I had to pay to print,” Carver said. “I was so confused. I teach four large classes. I frantically took the papers to the departmental secretary, and she made copies so I didn’t have to pay.”
“I discovered later I could print for free at the graduate lab for our department, but it wasn’t opened at the time, and I had to find my own way of doing things.”
Free printing for all graduate-student teachers is not a guarantee, though. As stated on the University’s website: “... the policy for printing in relationship to a graduate stu-dent’s assistantship/research work will need to be addressed by each department.”
Now that the initial transition is over, Carver said instructors are adjusting, and many, including himself, “will try to teach classes where [students] don’t have to print out anything.”
“Some faculty members have written letters to call attention to the policy and to explore different options,” he said. “I can’t bad-mouth the University because any career I have I owe to this institution, but I just hope it doesn’t continue down this pathway and ultimately alienate potential students.”
For some instructors, however, especially full-time faculty, Print Responsibly is a less-contested issue.
“It has no effect at all on me,” said Andrea Schneider, a full-time his-tory instructor. “I never had to pay out of pocket and I still don’t. I’m sure there are some department budgets I will find out about later, but it was just implemented and
Students at a local high school will be able to eat hot food, thanks in part to the University.
Chris Wilson, director of food services at Lake Local School District, said she was
glad to be able to tell a student “yes, there will be hot food.”
Lake Local has been receiv-ing donations from places such as Toledo Public Schools, the Lowe’s store in Rossford and the University since a tornado
destroyed the school June 5.After Commons closed at the
University, Director of Dining Services Mike Paulus loaned the district equipment such as
USG proposes trustee selection reform“Last year GSS updated their
process, so USG should too.”
Joe Edens | USG Chairman
See LAKE | Page 5
feeding theneed
By Emily Tucker | Reporter
TYLER STABILE | THE BG NEWS
WITHIN GRASP: Junior Tommy Horn plans his next move while climbing a route on the rock wall Monday night, located at the Student Recreation Center. The wall is open Mondays-Wednesdays 5:30-9:45 p.m., Thursdays from 5:30-8 p.m. and Sunday from 5:30-8:45 p.m.
MOVING FOR THE SUMMIT
BG NEWS FILE PHOTOS
SEE STORY ON PAGE 3NEW INTRAMURAL FEES KICK IN
By Max FilbyReporter
The Undergraduate Student Government opened the school year by discussing its first resolution since passing the Print Responsibly resolution this summer.
The new resolution requests the University Board of Trustees update the process of selecting an undergraduate representative to the Board.
The current committee for selecting a member to the Board of Trustees consists of presidents of seven organizations, including USG president Kevin Basch, and members find the process to be too convoluted.
“It’s more of a housekeeping issue than anything,” Basch said. “We’ve let small things like this slip through the cracks in the past. We’re not
going to let that happen this year.”The new committee for select-
ing a Board member would pri-marily consist of USG members and one member of an under-graduate student organization.
If the resolution passes, USG vice president Dan Caldwell would become selection committee chair and choose senators and another organization representative to join the committee.
“It’s a narrowing down process,” Caldwell said. “It’s much more clear and concise.”
The Graduate Student Senate passed a similar resolution last year and recommended the resolution idea to USG. Although USG has been following a similar selection procedure for the past 20 years, for-mal changes still need to be made, Basch said.
The new resolution will add qual-ifications to the selection process, including necessary junior level standing at the University while serving as a member on the Board of Trustees. The new qualifications also require candidate students to not be under any disciplinary sanc-tion by any official University body, such as Residence Life or USG.
“The current process just is not feasible,” said Joe Edens, USG chair-man of internal affairs. “Last year
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Ohio parents plead guilty to hog-tying young son
CLEVELAND (AP) — The parents of a Cleveland boy have pleaded guilty to hog-tying and duct-taping him to a coffee table on a nightly basis for months.
Thirty-seven-year-old Andreia Huffman and 32-year-old Jason Dunikowski of Cleveland pleaded guilty Monday to a 196-count indictment. Charges include 180 kidnapping counts, child endangering and, against the mother, felonious assault.
The prosecutor has recommended a 17-year sentence for the mother and 15 years for the father.
Along with the nightly confinement, the couple admitted punishing the 8-year-old boy for six months by forcing him to stand all day facing a wall and smacking the back of his head until his nose broke.
His 15-year-old brother called police in April.
Messages seeking comment were left Monday with the couple’s attorneys.
Hurricane Earl strengthens to Category 4 storm
MIAMI (AP) — The National Hurricane Center says Earl has strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane with winds near 135 mph (215 kph) as it moves away from the Virgin Islands.
Earl is on a path that could brush the coast of the U.S. later in the week, though it’s too early to tell exactly where it will go.
For now, tropical storm warnings and watches are in effect for the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas, among other places. Puerto Rico is also bracing for heavy rains and high seas.
Woman convicted in 2 antifreeze deaths dies
ATLANTA — A woman who killed her husband and later her boyfriend by poisoning them with antifreeze died Monday at a state prison where she was serving a life sentence, prison officials said.
Lynn Turner, 42, was found unresponsive Monday in her cell at Metro State Prison and could not be revived, said Sharmelle Brooks of the Georgia Department of Corrections.
The former 911 operator from north Georgia was convicted in 2004 of killing her husband, police officer Glenn Turner, in 1995. Authorities first thought he died of natural causes, but reopened the investigation in 2001 after her boyfriend, firefighter Randy Thompson, was found to have been poisoned.
Lynn Turner’s mother, Helen Gregory, said she and Turner’s two children, ages 12 and 14, had just visited her at the prison Sunday. Gregory said her daughter seemed fine physically, but was concerned for her safety.
The warden told Gregory that Turner was found dead in bed inside the cell she shared with several other inmates.
— By Greg Bluestein and Russ Bynum (AP)
Passenger dies on flight from Nigeria to Atlanta
ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines says a 57-year-old passenger was found dead aboard a flight from Nigeria to Atlanta.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead said an autopsy determined Aolatou Assani died of ovarian cancer.
Delta spokeswoman Susan Elliott says she was found unresponsive early Monday aboard Delta Flight 53, about an hour out of Atlanta and about 11 hours after it took off from Lagos.
FBI Special Agent Steve Emmett says the FBI was initially involved in the investigation because the woman died aboard an international flight.
NY groups seek DC order blocking targeted killings
NEW YORK (AP) — Two New York-based civil-liberties groups have sued the federal government, saying its targeted killings of U.S. citizens overseas are unconstitutional.
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed the lawsuit Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Defendants include President Barack Obama and the CIA director.
The lawsuit was filed for the father of a U.S.-born cleric believed to be hiding in Yemen. It seeks a court order declaring that the Constitution prohibits the government’s targeted killings of U.S. citizens.
The cleric is believed to have helped inspire the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner Christmas Day. The Obama administration cited the cleric’s al-Qaida role when it placed him on the CIA’s list of assassination targets.
The Department of Justice has not returned a message seeking comment.
Cops: 6 arrested after gunfire at baptism party
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — Police said a baptism party where some uninvited guests arrived turned into a brawl that resulted in gunfire. Police were dispatched to the Progressive Men’s Club at 2 a.m. Saturday after a caller reported gunfire. Witness Amy Manjarrez told Fort Smith television station KHBS that her uncle was pistol whipped and that others, including her father and a disk jockey, were beaten.
Police said one person fired a gun in the air and then into the crowd, though no one was wounded.
Investigators said six juveniles were arrested. Their names weren’t released because of their ages. One youth was charged with aggravated assault. Other charges include curfew violations, marijuana possession and carrying a weapon.
FRI., AUG. 271:23 A.M.Tyler Snow, of Perrysburg, was cited for disorderly conduct and underage under the influence on East Wooster Street.
3:06 A.M.Nathan Thorp, of Centerville, Ohio, was cited for underage under the influence on Ridge Street.
BLOTTER SAT., AUG. 2812:30 A.M.Austin Lee Esqueda, of Northville, Mich. was cited for underage under the influence at the Union.
12:34 A.M.A parent called to report roaches in a room in McDonald East.
1:10 A.M.Dakia Welch, of Sidney, Ohio, was cited for underage possession of alcohol and warned for disorderly conduct at South Hall.
1:21 A.M.An officer checked the welfare of a female laying the grass on Thurstin Avenue. She was all right.
1:32 P.M.A resident within the 100 block of Manville Ave. called to report someone was attempting to steal his recycled cans.
2:38 P.M.A cell phone was report-edly taken during a party in the Victory Inn’s ballroom.
3:06 P.M.A vehicle parked within the 100 block of S. College St. was keyed causing $400 in damage.
4:05 A.M.Zack Ryan, of Lyons, Ohio, was cited for underage consumption and disorderly conduct with persis-tence on the corner of Thurstin and Leroy avenues.
6:32 P.M.Mary J. Hitt, 53, of Bowling Green, was charged with theft within the 2000 block of E. Wooster St.
10:05 P.M.Michael A. Blair, 18, of Cleveland, was cited for possession of marijuana during a traffic stop within the 100 block of W. Wooster St.
10:37 P.M.Miles T. McCullough, 21, of Bowling Green, was arrested for theft after reportedly taking a laptop from the Wood County Hospital.
11:06 P.M.Phillip Austen W. Pulfer, 18, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, was cited for prohibited acts and underage under the influence.
11:28 P.M.Allison M. Starkey, 20, of Bowling Green, was cited for prohibited acts within the 100 block of N. Main St.
SUN., AUG. 2912:18 A.M.Jamar T. King, 22, of Bowling Green, was cited for open container within the 400 block of Clough St.
12:25 A.M.Isaac Jonathan Beverly, 18, of Chillicothe, Ohio, and Max C. Corcoran, 18, of Amanda, Ohio, were cited for littering.
12:40 A.M.Chrstopher James Gilvens, 18, of Bowling Green, was cited for under-age possession near the corner of Clough and South Summit Streets.
Robert M. Reyes, 22, of Bowling Green, was also cited for open container near the corner of Clough and South Summit streets.
12:56 A.M.Alexander J. Adamshick, 18, of Toledo, was cited for open container and underage possession near the corner of Manville Avenue and Clough Street.
1:02 A.M.Timothy C. Neumann, 30, of Findlay, was cited for criminal trespass after refusing to leave Kamikaze’s after being ejected three times.
1:07 A.M.Thomas M. Karako, 20, of Fairview Park, Ohio, was cited for under-age possession and open con-tainer within the 200 block of N. Prospect St.
1:44 A.M.Angela M. Bovia, 29, of Bowling Green, was arrested for obstructing official business, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct with persistence after being removed from 149 North for punching a bartender and then poking, kicking and stomping on police as they tried to arrest her.
1:56 A.M.Robert M. Bortel, 23, of Napoleon, Ohio, was cited for criminal mischief within the 200 block of N. Main St.
Jonnecia A. Kane, 22, of Richmond Heights, Ohio, was arrested on war-rant from Richmond Heights within the 200 block of N. Main St.
Sean D. Tutstone, 22, of Bowling Green, was cited for disorderly con-
duct/taunting within the 200 block of N. Main St.
2:10 A.M.Phillemon P. Ronald, 30, of Columbus, was cited for disorderly conduct within the 100 block of E. Wooster St.
2:16 A.M.Peyton J. Armbrecht, 20, of Avon Lake, Ohio, was cited for criminal trespass and underage/under the influence after reportedly attempt-ing to make entry in to numerous apartments in a complex within the 1000 block of Chauncey Lane.
2:54 A.M.Byron A. Brown, 25, of Bowling Green was cited for operating a vehicle impaired and open container in a motor vehicle within the 1400 block of E. Wooster St.
Adam J. Krock, 20, of Fremont, Ohio, was cited for open container in a motor vehicle and underage possession within the 1400 block of E. Wooster St.
2:56 A.M.James Elevich, of Amherst, Ohio, was cited for operating vehicle impaired and traffic control device on East Wooster Street.
4:09 A.M.Police received a call about a woman being held against her will at Quality Inn. It was determined that it was a misunderstanding between couples over who wanted to “swing” and who did not.
CORRECTIONPOLICYWe want to correct all factual errors. If you think an error has been made, call The BG News at 419-372-6966.
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HOW TO REGISTER:1. Log onto http://www.imleagues.com
2. During the initial visit to the site, click the “Sign-Up” link to create an account. Next, go to the “Schools” link and click on “Bowling Green State University” in the menu bar.
3. Click on the sport icon you wish to sign a team up for or join a team.
4. Click on the day and time of the league for which you wish to register.
5. Click on “Create a Team” or “Join a Team.”
6. Complete the necessary informa-tion and agree to the terms and con-ditions set forth by Bowling Green State University.
7. Click “Submit.” Once the site has processed individual registration information, players are automatically directed to their team's home page.
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10. Important — Once a team reg-istration is submitted for any sport, payment must be received at the Perry Field House within 48 hours. Teams not paying within this time frame are dropped from the league.
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By Sean ShapiroWeb Editor
Students who want to play will be forced to pay more.
The price for students to partici-pate in intramural sports has risen to $35 for the school year or $20 for one semester.
Last year — the first year there was a flat fee to participate in intra-murals — students were charged $25 for the year or $15 per semester.
“It’s due to budget,” said Department of Recreation and Wellness assistant director Scott Sehmann. “Last year we didn’t meet our goal.”
The fee has received mixed reviews from students. Freshman Brian Mathe said the increased cost could lead to fewer partici-pants; fellow freshman Nate Riley said he disagreed.
“If a kid wants to play sports $10 isn’t going to stop them ...” Riley said. “We’re paying for everything, we’re even paying for paper, so what’s another $10?”
The one-time fee covers all 31 intramural sports offered by the Department of Recreation and Wellness, and there is no additional fee for registering for multiple sports.
However, the fee doesn’t include curling and broomball. Starting this
year, those sports will be run by the ice arena.
Prior to last year, intramurals were paid for on a team-by-team and sport-by-sport basis, usually costing anywhere from $40 to $50 per team depending on the sport.
But while students will be pay-ing more to play this year, there also will be more sports available as a golf scramble, closest-to-the-pin/longest-drive competition and a combine event have been added to the offerings.
The combine event will be similar to the NFL Draft Combine and will test participants’ speed and strength in a series of challenges including the 40-meter dash.
Registration has already begun for multiple fall sports and registration for flag football, the most popular sport according to Sehmann, opens Sept. 7.
Students can register for leagues or teams at http://www.imleagues.com. The one-time fee can be paid at the Perry Field House.
“We’re paying for everything, we’re even
paying for paper, so what’s another $10?”
Nate Riley | Freshman
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“What I loved about BGSU were the differences we had, like allowing students to print for free.” — Mike Carver, graduate student and part-time instructor, about the “Print Responsibly” program [see story, pg. 1].
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PEOPLE ON THE STREET If you had a lot of money or resources to donate, who or what would you give it to?
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Every time I turn on the TV, there is more evidence of how stupid and immature our culture is getting. There are reality shows and celeb-rity shows that are just as pointless as ever, but they keep on coming. To top it off, one part of our culture that is falling victim to this new and petty way of living that seems to hurt us the most is sports.
Now there is some hope, some small shining lights that help me believe sports can continue to inspire us and show some of the best mankind has to offer both physically and honorably. But the amount of evidence against that ideal seems to continue piling up.
What could be more imma-ture or more ego-driven than LeBron James’ escape from Cleveland on national TV? With kids watching, many of whom look up to James, he showed us that loyalty and humbleness mean nothing to him. Is that what sports are for nowadays? To teach kids about greed and selling your soul?
A generation before this, Michael Jordan never did anything like that, nor did Magic Johnson or any other star athlete. They were in it for the game. But in this new world of celebrity news and stupidity, James insulted both Cleveland and basketball itself with his enormous ego.
This horrible new trend of
immaturity in pro athletes does not stop with James. A whole group of athletes act-ing like drunken college kids while the eyes of the whole world are watching them. Everyone from Tiger Woods to Ben Roethlisberger is get-
ting in on the act.Is this really where our
culture is heading? When did it stop being about honor in playing the game and started being about how much stuff you can try to do to expose yourself to the world? What kind of imma-ture line of thinking is that? Kids look up to athletes, they always have and they always will. They are seeing this behavior, too.
But, as I said earlier, there are some signs of hope that sportsmanship and respect are not dead yet in the world of sports.
The best example in recent memory is the reaction of Detroit Tigers’ Armando Galarraga after his perfect game was stolen by a simple bad call from the umpire. It was a history call that Umpire Jim Joyce got wrong, but there was no shouting match, no fight between men. The pitcher simply smiled and returned to the mound to win the game.
After the game, Galarraga forgave Joyce and said that people make mistakes. The next day, the two men shook hands as the stadi-um cheered. It is a moment people will remember for a long time.
It will be remembered, not because its funny or some-one being caught doing something stupid. No, it will be remembered as the per-fect example of sportsman-
ship and understanding. That is something worth looking up to.
In a sea of Chad Ochocino-level egos and reality shows that have no purpose other than to show off, we need more moments like the Imperfect Game. We need moments that make sports and the people who play them great again.
Moments like Drew Brees winning the Super Bowl and dedicating it to the city he plays for, a city that has gone through a lot in the last few years. That’s respect. We need moments like Johnny Damon rising to defend the team he now plays for, even though he has been criticized for staying. That’s loyalty and commitment.
Around the world, sports continue to be a big part of our lives. They make us cheer and cry, they inspire us and give us hope. But what a lot of athletes now-adays have forgotten is that sports are not great because of superstars; they are great because of the moments we remem-ber and the character of the people who make those moments.
So if the TV wants to fol-low around all the celebri-ties in the world, or if peo-ple follow twitter to know when their favorite famous person is in the bathroom, go ahead and do that. But remember that superstars do not make sports bet-ter. Showing off your ego doesn’t make you better by any means. It is play-ing sports with heart and respect that make people better.
Athletes driven by money: fame, personal image rule over game
SAM KILLERMANN | THE BG NEWS
WALKERS WILL BE PENALIZED
By Christina KellyCollege of Notre Dame of
MarylandCollege Media Network
The difference between inspi-ration and plagiarism is like the difference between bor-rowing and stealing.
It’s like “made from real cheese” verses. “cheese-fla-vored.” One is good, one is gross. And sometimes you can’t tell the difference, espe-cially if you’re my age. But ignorance is not an option for writers, no matter how young or old they are. That’s why I’m going to show you the differ-ence between the two.
Inspiration is motivation or an idea that motivates you. Let’s say you read “the Butterfly Dream,” a pas-sage by Chinese philoso-pher Zhuangzi. You analyze the passage in Philosophy class one morning and are intrigued by Zhuangzi’s take on dreams and reality.
This gives you an idea for a story about a young woman who wanders between two worlds, the “dream” world and the “real” world, living two separate lives while she strives to determine what’s real and what’s not.
That is an example of inspiration in the sense that Zhuangzi’s mystery got you thinking about reality and dreams. You like the ques-tion he raises about being one thing or another — real or fake, man or butterfly — and what makes something definitively what it is, and in
your story you would like to explore those same questions and themes.
You take fragments of Zhuangzi’s concept to use in your story, allowing room to develop your own characters, setting and theme.
This is different from pla-giarism. Just in case you were asleep every day in English class from 5th grade on, plagiarism is when you deliberately copy an author’s words or ideas and claim them as your own. (Just to cover my butt: That definition isn’t my own.)
In this example, I’m going to start you off with the end product: a story “inspired” by another story. This story is about a young woman who leaves her abusive relatives to practice magic in Pigbumpz Wizard Academy located in the New York Sewer System.
She has a klutzy blond friend who wants to be the best Witchy-Softball play-er ever and a broody, dark-haired love interest who is the smartest guy around. Unbeknownst to her, the main character has descend-ed from a line of powerful wizards and has the potential to save the world.
The villain of the story is responsible for separating her from her parents and aims to kill her at any cost.
Sound kind of familiar? It should.
This story was “inspired” by the Harry Potter series, and it’s quite obvious from
the beginning. This is a pure rip-off even though the char-acters, setting and other ele-ments have been changed. The changes that were made were superficial and did little to rework the plot.
It’s still Harry, but Harry is in a skirt in New York instead of in pants in England.
Not all cases of plagiarism are this clear-cut, but I hope this gives you an idea of the difference between the two.
You can also ask yourself this question: “Did this start off as a fan-fiction?” In other words, when you got the inspiration for the story, was it set in the exact same universe with your main character as the friend/love interest/rival of the real main character?
Pretty much in every case, this will lead to plot-jacking because you’ll want to keep the same story ele-ments and insert yourself or your character into the protagonist’s spot.
When you’re truly inspired by a previous work or con-cept, you re-imagine or rein-terpret it. You’re not rewrit-ing exactly what a dead man has already written, you’re rethinking it.
Be like a bee taking pollen from flowers to create your own brand of delicious liter-ary honey with bits of inspi-ration. Don’t be like Vanilla Ice and rip off the “ding-ding-ding-duhduh-ding-ding” baseline from “Under Pressure” and call your ‘orig-inal’ song “Ice Ice Baby.”
Draw inspiration from works without stealing content
Use previous works as a starting point for creativity without plagiarizing
Need a place to voice your opinions? The Forum section is looking for more people like you to write columns and illustrate for us.Contact us at [email protected],call us at 419-372-6966,or just swing by our newsroom in 210 West Hall.
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Southern Sudan to purge child soldiers from army
JUBA, Sudan (AP) — The government of Southern Sudan said Monday it will purge child soldiers from the ranks of its former rebel army by year’s end, a policy change that could see thousands of young troops pushed out of the military.
The Sudan People’s Liberation Army launched a new “Child Protection Department” intended to help the army fulfill an agreement it signed with the United Nations in November. The agreement commits the army to release all children in its ranks by the end of the year and to end the use of child soldiers across Southern Sudan.
The U.N. Children’s Fund estimates that about 900 children serve as soldiers in the south. The southern military did not say how many child soldiers it believes it has, but the chief of staff indicated it was several thousand.
Iran says it will make fuel for research reactor TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran claimed Monday that it will produce fuel for a research reactor that makes medical isotopes within a year, a project likely to add to Western concerns about the country’s nuclear ambitions.
Iran has justified its decision to enrich uranium to higher levels by saying it would be part of the process to create fuel for its research reactor after a deal meant to provide such fuel from abroad fell apart earlier this year. The U.S. and its allies imposed sanctions on Iran for refusing to halt uranium enrichment, which the West suspects might be geared toward producing weapons. Iran insists its intentions are peaceful.
Mideast talks reopen under tough conditions RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP)
— The U.S. relaunches Israeli-Palestinian talks this week, its third push over the past decade to solve one of the world’s most intractable conflicts — and this time under some of the most difficult conditions yet.
The gaps are wider than ever, distrust between the two peoples runs deep and Islamic militants opposed to a peace deal control half of what would be a future Palestinian state.
There’s almost no chance of a comprehensive agreement any time soon, given Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard stance on concessions to the Palestinians and President Mahmoud Abbas’ weak position as representative of only half the Palestinians.
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Iran state media call French first lady prostitute
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state media called France’s first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, a “prostitute” on Monday in an unusual attack on the wife of a world leader that shows deep anger over her support for an Iranian woman who faced death by stoning on an adultery conviction.
The wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy has condemned the stoning sentence against Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, which Iran temporarily suspended but did not throw out after an international outcry.
Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two, could still face execution by stoning or hanging after a final review of her case, her lawyer, Javid Houtan Kian, told The Associated Press Monday.
Aid for sale in Pakistan, refugees want cash PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Needing cash, not food, refugees in Pakistan’s flood-ravaged northwest do not have to look far for buyers for their rations. Outside an aid warehouse, middlemen buy U.S.-branded oil, flour and biscuits and supply shops across the city.
The trade is not illegal, but appears to strengthen arguments by aid groups who say that giving money to those recovering from disasters or war is often cheaper, more effective and efficient than doling out food or other assistance like housing materials, seeds or agricultural tools.
Some large charities have already begun handing out money to victims of this summer’s devastating floods and others say they have plans to so, continuing a trend that began in earnest after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and has picked up pace ever since.
Mexico City fires 10 percent of police over drug gangsMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s federal police agency has fired nearly 10 percent of its force this year for failing checks designed to detect possible corruption, a major obstacle in the country’s battle against increasingly brutal drug gangs.
Mexico’s approximately 35,000 federal police are required to undergo periodic lie-detector, psychological and drug examinations, and the government routinely investigates their finances and personal life.
Federal Police Commissioner Facundo Rosas said 3,200 officers have been dismissed this year for failing to meet the agency’s standards. He did not give more details.
The fired agents are barred from taking jobs in any other security force — a recurring problem that Mexican governments have vowed to solve for many years. Another 1,020 federal police are facing unspecified disciplinary measures.
hasn’t affected me yet.”Eric Rojas, a full-time
Spanish instructor, said the program is similar to one implemented at Chapman University in Orange, Calif., where he taught last year.
Because of those simi-larities, Rojas said, adapt-ing to the new policy wasn’t difficult.
“Within our Spanish department, we were given a quota for print-ing and if we went over it we were charged,” he said. “Obviously, universi-ties are hurting for funds and having students keep down their printing is encouraged.”
Rojas acknowledged that these limitations may hinder some professors’ teaching styles, but he said
Print Responsibly does not affect how he will teach his classes his first semester at the University.
“I’m not going to try and put any additional financial burdens on students and for my classes printing is never necessary, aside from the syllabus,” he said. “But since students have to pay to use these services now, maybe other instructors should think twice when mak-ing students use and print online material.”
LAKE From Page 1pans, utensils, hot food slicers, ovens and furniture.
On Aug. 12, volunteers from the University and nearby communities loaded the equipment into trucks to send to the school district.
“I couldn’t believe the people who showed up on campus to help out,” Wilson said. “People gave me phone numbers and said to call if we need help.”
She said Lake Local will probably need the equip-ment for at least two years as they “sort things out with the insurance company.”
“The next project is to do sketches of the high school and figure out where to place the equipment,” she said. “Once it is OK’d, we can plan out hot meals and other choices for students.”
Travis Chapin, chair of the
Department of Construction Management, was one of many volunteers who helped load equipment Aug. 12. He said he felt good about the moving process, which took about three hours, and he also met one of his future students.
“I was raised on a farm and used to stacking hay, so stack-ing furniture was no problem,” Chapin said. “The student also had experience stacking hay, so we were a good team.”
Lake Local can keep the equipment as long as they need it, Paulus said. Once they are done, Dining Services will sort through it to save what can be used in other dining facilities on campus.
“The timing was per-fect to loan the equipment,” Paulus said. “But it was the support of BGSU that made this possible.”
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GSS updated their process, so USG should too.”
Edens presented the reso-lution himself at yesterday’s meeting, which will be voted on at the next USG meeting in two weeks.
UPCOMING EVENTS
USG will be looking to gen-erate student opinions and involvement at Campus Fest for this year’s USG general assembly.
Senators will be providing students with maps of the new downtown shuttle route, during Campus Fest. The downtown shuttle will run Thursday through Saturday night beginning at 7 p.m.
“Campus Fest is a great time to get out there and let students get to know
us,” Edens said. “It’s good to get the instant student feedback.”
THE SEARCH IS ONPresidents may designate organization members to fill their positions on the selection committee.
President of USG.President of Black Student Union.President of Panhellenic Council.President of Interfraternity Council.President of Latino Student Union.A Resident Adviser.An off-campus represen-tative, appointed by the USG general assembly.
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By Hadeel al-ShalchiThe Associated Press
CAIRO — Egyptian prosecu-tors questioned the culture minister for three hours over the theft of a Vincent van Gogh painting that has put him on the defensive over the state of museum secu-rity around the country.
Farouk Hosni said he sought in Sunday night’s session to dispel accusa-tions he failed to respond adequately to calls for increased security at Egyptian museums, includ-
ing the one from where the van Gogh was stolen.
No alarms and only seven of 43 security cameras were working at Cairo’s Mahmoud Khalil Museum when the $50 million painting, known titles of “Poppy Flowers” and
“Vase with Flowers,” was sto-len in the middle of the day on Aug. 21.
Hosni does not face for-mal accusations in the case, but one of his senior deputies, Mohsen Shalaan, was arrested last week along with four museum security guards on suspi-
cion of negligence. That set off a war of words between Shalaan, the ministry’s top official in charge of fine arts, and Hosni.
“I volunteered my state-ment so I can defend my ministry against the accusa-tions it faces and against all the accusations Shalaan has filled the newspapers with,” Hosni told reporters after meeting with prosecutors.
No one has been charged in the case, including the five people in custody.
In addition to the poor security, thieves took
advantage of the moment when museum guards were praying.
Shalaan and a number of museum directors said they had asked the culture min-ister for nearly $7 million to upgrade security systems, including at the Mahmoud Khalil Museum, but that only $88,000 was approved.
According to a statement by the Mahmoud Khalil Museum’s director, Reem Bahir, Hosni knew about the dysfunctional cameras and alarm system but said there was no budget for upgrading them.
Minister questioned in van Gogh theft
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ANDREA FEHL | THE BG NEWSCHIT CHAT: Coach Dave Clawson talks with quarterback Matt Schilz during the Falcons’ spring game last April. Schilz will be the starting quarterback when BG opens the season at Troy Sept. 4.
Notes: Freshman Schilz ready to lead Falcons
By Paul BarneySports Editor
Coming out of spring and through-out the duration of fall camp, the Falcons’ starting quarterback job was Matt Schilz’s to lose.
Schilz has separated himself from Aaron Pankratz and Kellen Pagel and will lead the Falcons’ offense in their first game of the season Saturday at Troy.
“I thought he was ahead of the other guys at the position and from the start of camp he has done nothing except extend that lead,” said BG coach Dave Clawson. “I thought that would be a tightly contested position to be our start-ing quarterback — but the truth
of it is, it has not been a difficult decision. He is clearly the No. 1 quarterback right now.”
Schilz has the task of following the likes of Josh Harris, Omar Jacobs and Tyler Sheehan.
Harris threw for 7,503 yards from 2002-03, followed by Jacobs and his 6,938 yards from 2004-05 and Sheehan and his 10,117 yards from 2006-09.
With success at the quarter-back position in years past, the redshirt freshman is not worried about trying to replace the guys who preceded him.
“I don’t really think about that too much,” Schilz said. “I just go out
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RUN: Quarterback Matt Schilz looks for running room in BG’s spring game last April.
Clarett signs with OmahaBy Eric Olson
The Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. — Former Ohio State star Maurice Clarett has signed a one-year contract with the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League.
Clarett met Monday with team officials and UFL com-missioner Michael Huyghue, who gave his blessing.
Clarett was expected to be on the practice field Monday night for his first football activity since he was a bust with the Denver Broncos and spent 3 years in prison for having a hidden gun and holding up two people out-side a Columbus bar in 2006.
“I am humbled by the oppor-tunity the Omaha Nighthawks have given me and will dedicate myself on and off the field to prove that I can be a valuable member of the team and the Omaha community,” Clarett said in a statement. “I am committed to working hard to earn the right
for a second chance in football and more importantly in life.”
Clarett, who is not scheduled to meet with reporters until Wednesday, went through a private workout and a physical Sunday.
“The things you can’t coach you can see were there — footwork, hands, those types of things. And he’s in really good physi-cal condition,” general manager Rick Mueller said. “Those were the things that jumped out more than anything else. He’s done a pretty good job getting himself in condition to play football.”
Clarett, 26, needed a judge’s per-mission to leave Ohio to work out for
the Nighthawks. He was allowed to be out of state for 30 days.
Nighthawks general manager Rick Mueller said he’s confident Clarett will be allowed to stay the entire season in Omaha and that he won’t be barred from traveling to road games.
Clarett ran into trouble after a sensational freshman year at Ohio State in 2002. He rushed for 1,237 yards and 18 touch-downs, the last one clinching a victory in the national title game against Miami.
“I am humbled by the opportunity the Omaha Nighthawks have given me and will dedicate
myself on and off the field to prove that I can be a valuable member of the team and the
Omaha community.”Maurice Clarett | Omaha Nighthawks
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White Sox add Ramirez in hope of reaching playoffs
By Tom WithersThe Associated Press
CLEVELAND — Back to frighten pitchers who haven’t seen him regu-larly in a few years, Manny Ramirez will try to get the Chicago White Sox back to the playoffs.
As expected, the White Sox claimed the unpredictable but productive 12-time All-Star slugger on waiv-ers from the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday, hoping his powerful bat, full of so many October swings and homers, can help them make a postseason push.
“Hopefully, he can come in here and give us some help,” White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko said.
“We need to make up some ground. There’s no doubt Manny can hit. He makes any team better.”
Chicago began a key 10-game road trip to Cleveland, Boston and Detroit on Monday night, although Ramirez is not expected to join the White Sox, his fourth major league team, until Tuesday.
They began the day four games
behind first-place Minnesota in the American League Central.
The 38-year-old Ramirez returns to the AL after spending parts of three seasons in Los Angeles, a stay that ended on a somewhat sour note.
He batted .311 with eight homers and 40 RBIs in 66 games with the Dodgers this season, but was on the disabled list from July 20 to Aug. 20 with a right calf strain and missed 33 games.
His first appearance for Chicago will come against the Indians, the team that drafted him and enjoyed his production for eight seasons.
He’ll then head to Fenway Park, where he was adored by Boston fans
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MannyRamirezSpent nearly three season with the Los Angeles Dodgers
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United States escapes with win against Brazil, improves to 3-0
By Brian MahoneyThe Associated Press
ISTANBUL — The United States survived its first tough test at the world champion-ships, edging Brazil 70-68 on Monday when Leandro Barbosa’s shot rattled out at the buzzer.
Kevin Durant scored 27 points and Chauncey Billups added 15 for the Americans (3-0), who essentially clinched Group B with the victory.
But this was further proof that a world title won’t come easily for this young U.S. team — if it comes at all.
After the Americans trailed most of the first 2 quarters, Lamar Odom’s dunk with 7:14 left put them ahead 64-62.
But they couldn’t build on the lead during a tense final few minutes, and Brazil had two chances to send the game to overtime.
Following a miss by Billups, Brazil got the ball and Marcelo Huertas was fouled on a drive to the basket with 3.5 seconds remaining.
He missed the first free throw and then the sec-ond intentionally, track-ing it down in the corner and firing it underneath to Barbosa, who put up a shot over Kevin Love, only to have it bounce off the back and front of the rim.
Barbosa finished with 14 points after a strong start for
Brazil (2-1). Marcus Vinicius scored 16, and Tiago Splitter had 13 while battling foul trouble in the second half.
With NBA big men Nene, Anderson Varejao and Splitter, Brazil was consid-ered one of the teams with enough size to topple the undersized Americans.
Nene had to pull out with an injury and Varejao sat out again while continuing to rest a sprained right ankle, so the Brazilians turned to a speed game to lead for much of the game.
They just couldn’t fin-ish the upset, leaving the Americans needing only a victory over Iran or Tunisia, the bottom two teams in Group B, or another Brazil loss to earn the top seed from the group and three full days off before meeting the No. 4 seed from Group A on Sept. 6.
The Americans have plenty to work on before worrying about that, after needing a huge night from Durant and 31 minutes from Billups, the old man of the team at 33, to pull this one out.
The U.S. team has none of its 2008 Olympic gold med-alists, and nowhere was it more apparent than in the matchup with Barbosa.
When the teams last met, in their 2007 Olympic quali-fier, Barbosa entered as the tournament’s leading scorer before Kobe Bryant led a
defensive effort that held him to four points on 1-of-7 shooting in an easy U.S. win.
There are no defend-ers like Bryant here, and Barbosa took advantage in the first quarter by making two 3-pointers and scoring eight points.
Brazil made 12 of its first 16 shots in the period and its first four 3-pointers, streaks that were snapped when Barbosa was just short on a halfcourt heave at the buzzer, leaving them with a 28-22 lead.
Brazil extended its lead to eight early in the second quarter and was still up seven midway through the period, but with Splitter on the bench with two fouls, and Barbosa and Alex Garcia joining him, the Americans cut it to one a couple of times.
Splitter’s dunk sent the Brazilians to the half with a 46-43 advantage.
The Americans finally grabbed the lead midway through the third, extending it to 61-55 after consecutive baskets by Durant.
Barbosa scored the final four points of the period, though, and pulled Brazil within two heading to the fourth.
The crowd grew solidly behind the underdogs, cheer-ing loudly for Brazil baskets and booing loudly when a small “U-S-A!” chant broke
out in the fourth.Brazil is coached by
Ruben Magnano, who guided Argentina to victo-ries over the U.S. in the 2002 worlds and 2004 Olympics, when the Argentines won gold. He nearly authored another upset.
U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski used his reserves liberally in the first two games, but gave much longer runs to the starters Monday after the backups were ineffective during their first stints.
Durant flourished with the extra workload, making four 3-pointers.
The Americans had been pushed at times in their victories over Croatia and Slovenia, but hadn’t had to work after halftime.
But this tournament isn’t expected to be easy for a young U.S. team that lacks the big-game experience of its Olympic predecessors.
And Monday’s game proved it won’t be.
KevinDurantScored 27 points in the United States’ 70-68 win
ChaunceyBillupsDenver Nuggets’ star posted 15 points
He was suspended the entire 2003 season for tak-ing gifts and lying to the NCAA.
He later lost a court case challenging the NFL’s rule requiring a player to be out of high school three years before becoming eligible for the draft.
The Denver Broncos drafted Clarett in the third round in 2005, but he was hindered by a groin prob-lem, never played in a pre-season game and was cut before the regular season.
His downward spiral continued with the rob-bery, which landed him in prison and then, for the last 4 months, in a com-munity-based lockdown dormitory.
Huygue had said that he wouldn’t allow Clarett to sign with the Nighthawks unless the team provided a strong support system.
Ahman Green, a native of Omaha and four-time Pro Bowler with the Green Bay Packers, has agreed to serve as Clarett’s mentor.
“I met with Maurice Clarett today and addi-tionally reviewed all of the reports surround-ing his circumstances,” Huygue said. “I support al lowing his return to football and believe he will make the most of this opportunity with the
Omaha Nighthawks.”Clarett has the full sup-
port of his former coach, Ohio State’s Jim Tressel.
He said he received several calls from people associated with the UFL about whether Clarett would be interested in making a comeback.
“I think he kind of felt good that there was some interest,” Tressel said.
Besides Green, the Nighthawks feature Pro Bowl quarterback Jeff Garcia and several other players with NFL experience.
“We’re going to be patient with him,” Mueller said of Clarett. “We have to be smart about it and so does Maurice. This kid is anx-ious to get out there and show what he can do, but it’s no good if he’s hurt.
“He’s done everything he can personally, legally and physically to put himself in condition to be successful. Now we have to find out if he can get back.”
CLARETT From Page 6
before he was traded to the Dodgers in 2008.
That summer, he hit .396 with 17 homers, propelling LA to a postseason berth.
The past two years haven’t gone as well. Ramirez was slapped with a 50-game sus-pension after a failed drug test last year.
This season, he has been slowed by leg injuries, which led to the Dodgers deciding to part ways with him for noth-ing in return.
Ramirez’s salary is $20 million in the final season of a two-year contract, but only $5 million is due this year, with the rest to be
paid over the next three years. He also had a full no-trade clause.
The White Sox were awarded a waiver claim on Ramirez last week, giving them until 1:30 p.m. EDT on Tuesday to complete a trade with the Dodgers.
In Chicago manager Ozzie Guillen’s lineup, Ramirez will likely serve as the designated hitter and bat somewhere behind former Indians teammate Omar Vizquel.
With 554 career homers, Ramirez will fit nicely into a batting order that already has Konerko, Alex Rios and Carlos Quentin.
“He’s a Hall of Fame hitter,” Konerko said as his team-
mates snacked and watched TV in the visitor’s clubhouse at Progressive Field. “But just because we have him, we can’t ignore the other aspects of the game. We’ve got to play defense, we’ve got to pitch. He’s a great piece to have but we can’t let down anywhere else.”
A fan favorite when he arrived in Los Angeles, Ramirez left with little splash. He hadn’t started
a game since Wednesday at Milwaukee.
And in his final game with the Dodgers, he was ejected as a pinch-hit-ter after arguing a called strike on the only pitch he saw in Sunday’s 10-5 loss at Colorado.
When he got to Los Angeles, Ramirez’s reputation for being unpredictable made him an instant celebrity in the land of celebrities.
RAMIREZ From Page 6
“Hopefully, he can come in here and give us some help. We need to make up some ground. There’s no doubt Manny
can hit. He makes any team better.”Paul Konerko | White Sox first baseman
“Those were the things that jumped
out more than anything else. He’s done a pretty good job getting himself in condition to play
football.”Rick Mueller | Omaha GM
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there every day and practice my hardest. Our main goal is to win games as a team. It’s not so much individual.”
While Schilz is not con-cerned about trying to replace a guy like Sheehan, he said watching him last season has helped him grow as a quarterback.
“It helped playing behind Tyler,” Schilz said.
“I learned a lot from him, just how he handled dif-ferent situations and how he prepared for games. He was always so calm and had a lot of knowledge of what defenses were doing. That helped a lot.”
‘Wright’ man for the jobOne of the positions
Clawson said he saw a lot of improvement on was the kicking game.
Having struggle last sea-son with kickoffs — not
kicking the ball deep and not always placing it where they wanted — the Falcons brought in Brian Wright from Michigan to help solve those problems.
“Certainly getting Wright from Michigan I think is going to help us a lot there,” Clawson said.
Wright spent the last three seasons as the kickoff spe-cialist for the Wolverines.
Graduating early and wanting to enroll in gradu-ate school, Wright enrolled at BG due to Michigan not having his major — hospi-tality management.
Wright appeared in 28 career games with the Wolverines, recording 23 touchbacks.
At Salem High School he connected on a 57-yard field goal, the second lon-gest field goal in Ohio high school football history.
Tough oddsPlaying on the road is
always a tough task for any team, and when the Falcons go into Troy, Ala. Saturday, the odds will already be stacked against them.
In his 20th season as coach of the Trojans, Larry Blakeney is 19-0 in home openers.
Troy has won 23 straight home-openers, having not lost a home-opener since 1986.
Win or loseA win at Troy would be
the Falcons’ fifth straight regular season win after coming off victories against Buffalo, Miami, Akron and Toledo to close the 2009 regular season.
A loss, however, would snap a three-game win streak in season openers for the Falcons.
BG won its season open-er at Minnesota in 2007, at Pittsburgh in 2008 and last year at home against Troy.
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ANDREA FEHL | THE BG NEWS
LOOSE BALL: Aaron Pankratz (14) and Kellen Pagel will battle for the backup quarterback spot.
ANDREA FEHL | THE BG NEWS
KICK: Brian Wright, who spent the last three years at Michigan, will look to boast the Falcons’ kicking game this season.
