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Summer job fair provides opportunity

University students had the chance to look for employment and gain valuable experience at the Summer Job Fair yesterday | Page 3

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A difference of opinions on Section O

PULSE

Seniors dissect their final years according to time spent, stress and workload required

Forum columnists debate once again! This time, columnists Josh Whetherholt and Phil Schurrer discuss the validity of the newly-passed Bowling Green housing legislation, Section O | Page 4

SOCIAL WORK

“I am not taking any classes this semester. On Mondays I do have a seminar course. This requires a few research papers, case studies, and a resume. Every other day I spend in my internship at Wood County’s Department of Jobs and Family Services in the Children’s Services unit.”

PSYCH

“My senior year is much harder than most people’s I know. I keep reminding myself of how hard I’ve worked to get where I am and how far I’ve come. And I count down the days until I graduate.”

BIOLOGY

“My friends with other majors are all still working hard. We are all trying to get out of here and get a job at the same time. I would say the biggest challenge is finding a job, especially with these economic times.”

KARI RYAN

“I had finally figured out how to work and take 17 credit hours and be involved on campus while maintaining a 4.0 GPA and then life happened. Planning a wedding, finding a job for next year and preparing for graduate school has divided my focus and made it harder to stay focused on school.”

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“At 5:45 every morning I have to go to school, Monday to Friday I cannot skip class. I don’t even want to think about what would happen if I got sick. I’ve had many nights with no sleep followed by full days of teaching.”

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A battle of orange

Women’s basketball team will be facing the Syracuse Orange this weekend in the WNIT game at Anderson Arena | Page 6

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GETTING THE GRAPH: TIME CONSUMED WORK LOAD

The gymnastics team is improving immensely and working on presenting a confident exterior in front of the judges | Page 6

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Senior year for University students means finishing course requirements and contemplating the future as graduation looms. But is senior year for all majors created equal?

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Singer/songwriter Megan Zurkey, who will be singing the national anthem at Dance Marathon this weekend, also aspires to make singing a career in Los Angeles | Page 8

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STRESS LEVEL

Assault victim speaks about her trauma

City police note recent rise in felonious assault in downtown area as warm weather approaches By Kristen Vasas City Editor

On the night of Feb. 1, clinical psychology doctoral student Carmen Oemig gathered with her friends at the Cla-Zel Bar in downtown Bowling Green for a friend’s celebratory birthday party. Only a short time later, she would be rushed to the Wood County Hospital with fractures to her facial bones, a shattered nose and three broken teeth — changing her life forever. Oemig became an assault victim that night when the thenunidentified 28-year-old Joshua Baker chucked a shot glass across the room after getting into a fight with another patron. “There was just this incredible force that hit my face and I could feel my teeth were broken and see the blood pouring out of my face,” Oemig said. “I remember thinking ‘why would someone do this?’” Oemig was left without answers for more than a month before Baker was arrested and charged with felonious assault. According to the Ohio Revised Code, a felonious assault occurs when a person knowingly causes serious physical harm to another with a deadly weapon or by dangerous acts. And Oemig is not alone. Within two weeks at the end of February, four other felonious assaults took place in Bowling Green, including a burglary, a kidnapping and two attacks on police officers. “It’s a coincidence everything happened all at once like that,”

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The Counseling Center offers a variety of workshops for those student’s who may have some issues handling stress, according to the Counseling Center self help Web site. Check out the Web site for more information on how to make the most out of your major, without worrying about deadline pressures and papers due.

BEFORE: Carmen Oemig, pictured above, before she was assaulted at the Cla-Zel Bar.

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Bowling Green Police Lt. Tony Hetrick said. “We can’t point to any one thing to be a factor.” Hetrick said the city normally sees an increase in crime in the springtime when the weather gets warmer and people spend more time outdoors. The month of April also marks the month before graduation, which brings an increased number of violations because of the rise in party goers. “Crime drops off completely after graduation, and we get pretty quiet for awhile,” he said. “There is no rhyme or reason to some of it. It just happens.” For Oemig, the timing of the assault doesn’t matter. Regardless of what month the attack occurred in, she still has to face the issues it created, she said. “When there’s a trauma like this, your power and control are taken away,” she said. “There are medical, emotional and legal realities that then can be really disruptive [and] it takes time to re-orient.” Allies in Mental Health counselor and therapist Pamela Skeeter-Hunt, who specializes in trauma cases, said the worst thing an assault victim can do during the recovery process is deny the attack ever happened. By trying to suppress the incident, Skeeter-Hunt said victims could actually make the process of emotional and physical recovery worse.

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LOOKING TOWARD THE STARS: Professor Dale Smith holds programs in the planetarium for local school children to instruct them about the stars and planets.

By Jesper Bekkers Reporter

Dale Smith had his first contact with other planets when he was in the third grade. Now, he is a 60-year-old astronomy professor and the director of the University’s planetarium. “A friend gave me a children’s astronomy book, and I was fascinated,” he said. “Thirty-three years later, I met the author of the book.” The author sucked Smith into the world of other planets miles away from planet Earth and Smith said he has been a part of the world of science ever since. “There are only a few planetariums and astronomers, but when you’re part of the group then you’ll always be,” he said. Even though he has always been a part of that out-of-ourworld world, he didn’t like science as a young man. “The science classes [in high school] were not being taught very good, the level was medi-

um,” he said. “I really liked English, math and history. Today in my astronomy classes I always try to put history in it, to put the information in perspective.” I think that students should always take a wide range of classes. You don’t know what knowledge you need to have in your future area of work. I still use a lot of knowledge that was taught during high school — something I could never predict.” After high school Smith wanted to study astronomy; a friend of his had the same major in Seattle and spoke highly of the program. “My friend found the school great, so I went doing that,” he said. Smith came to the University in 1983 when he was informed there was a job opportunity and the faculty was investing in a planetarium. Haowen Xi is a computation-

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PHOTO PROVIDED BY CARMEN OEMIG

AFTER: Carmen Oemig after the assault at the Cla-Zel Bar.

CAMPUS BRIEF

Free tickets to women’s basketball game offered first come, first served

According to an e-mail sent to all University students, 300 students could have a chance to go to the WNIT match-up between BGSU and Syracuse for free on Sunday at 2 p.m. in Anderson Arena. The 300 free tickets are courtesy of the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs and are offered on a first come, first served basis at the Memorial Hall Ticket Office today from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are also available at Union Information Desk today from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. and tomorrow from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. There is a one ticket limit per student, and the student must show student ID to claim a ticket. Regular admission tickets are $4 each and can be purchased at the Memorial Hall Ticket Office today from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or at the game with a valid student ID.

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ASSAULT From Page 2 “You can’t stuff anything and put it away in the back of your mind,” she said. “It’s realistically impossible because it’s still there and always will be.” Instead, Skeeter-Hunt encourages all victims of assault to talk to someone they trust when they’re ready. For some victims, this can mean confiding in a therapist, while others can simply turn to close friends and family, she said. Another option Skeeter-Hunt recommends is journaling. By writing down emotions and thoughts on paper, there is a different kind of release compared to any other form of therapy, she said. “One of the reasons therapy works so well is because you use different parts of your brain,” Skeeter-Hunt said. “You see things, you write things, you talk out loud, and these all really ask you to look at the trauma on a deeper level.”

Drawing on both her clinical and personal experience, Oemig said that although everyone heals differently, it’s helpful to draw on personal values to help cope with assault. “There isn’t a right way to do this. Each person experiences assault differently and so will need to find their unique way of reclaiming or rebuilding whatever feels lost following such a personal violation,” Oemig said. “Trauma calls up both incredible vulnerability and strength. It is helpful to identify and access resources that help you cope, reorient, and reconnect with what you value most.” And while Skeeter-Hunt said assault victims need different treatments depending on the severity and longevity of the attack, she encourages all people experiencing any form of trauma to get help, either from close friends or a therapist. “This is the death of a person, a psyche, that we’re talking about,” she said. “The best thing is to get therapy, get help. Don’t try to work

Dallas school accused of staging fights By Danny Robbins The Associated Press

al physicist and he has worked more than 10 years with Smith. “I’m impressed by his dedication to his work, and he’s very intelligent,” he said. “Smith is very open-minded about multicultural issues because of his traveling.” Xi also said Smith is not endorsed at the University for his work, but Smith is internationally recognized for his work with the planetarium. “He has an award for his service to the International Planetarium Society.” Robert Boughton, the chair of the department of physics and astronomy, is proud to be a member of the same department as Dale Smith. “He is a good teacher and a great colleague,” he said.

But Smith is more than a professor. “Students see teachers only as professors, teaching is a very important part of our lives,” he said. “But planets are only a part of my interest. I’m also a photographer, and I combine that with traveling around the globe.” Smith’s office is full of photos, maps and other indicators of his hobbies. The wall behind his desk is full with books and one shelf is full of coffee mugs. These mugs have different images from all different areas. One has an image of penguins, which represents his preference for the polar regions — an area he traveled a lot. “The first time I went to the polar region was in the ‘80s. People thought that I was crazy,” he said. “Normally everybody goes first to Paris or London, but I wanted to go to

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 3:10 P.M.

Timothy Keegan, 20, of Bellevue, Ohio, was charged for domestic violence and unlawful restraint after punching a victim numerous times in the head and striking her head against the bathtub, leaving her with a left black eye and bruised arms. 4:45 P.M.

DALLAS — The Dallas school system was rocked by allegations yesterday that staff members at an inner-city high school made students settle their differences by fighting bare-knuckle brawls inside a steel cage. The principal and other employees at South Oak Cliff High knew about the cage fights and allowed the practice to continue, according to a 2008 report by school system investigators. “More than anything, I’m in shock and disbelief — shocked DALLAS ISD | AP PHOTO that this could ever occur and shocked that it would be con- FIGHT CLUB: Employees of the South Oak Clif High School staged cage fights among doned by a professional admin- troubled students making them settle their differences with bareknuckled brawls in a steel istrator,” said Jerome Garza, a utility cage inside the boys locker room, shown above. member of the Dallas school called the fights “unacceptable.” were suspected of altering stuboard. No criminal charges were ever dents’ grades so that they could The report, first obtained by The Dallas Morning News, filed, and there was no mention remain eligible to play for South describes two instances of fight- in the report of whether any- Oak Cliff, a perennial basketball ing in an equipment cage in a one required medical attention powerhouse in one of the poorer boys’ locker room between 2003 or whether any employees were sections of the city. In an interview with the and 2005. It was not clear from disciplined. A district spokesMorning News, Donald Moten, the report whether there were man would not comment. The allegations came to light who retired as principal last year, other fights. Superintendent Michael during a grade-fixing investiga- denied any fights were held. “That’s barbaric. You can’t do Hinojosa told the newspaper tion that eventually cost the high there were “some things that school its 2005 and 2006 state that at a high school. You can’t happened inside of a cage” and basketball titles. School officials do that anywhere,” Moten said.

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a place where only few people have been. The polar region is really the end of the line, you can’t go further.” “The first place in the world I really wanted to visit was Hammerfest in Norway. My teacher from 3rd grade told so many stories about that place, and it sounded really cool. The idea of going to Hammerfest was stuck in my head for the rest of my life.” When Smith was 26 years old, he packed his belongings into his car and drove to Alaska. He spent the next 13 weeks in that same car sleeping only in a sleeping bag. “Sleeping in the car, waking up in nature was beautiful,” he said. “In my 20s I traveled the whole state by car; in my 30s I had more money to fly. If you want to travel, you should do that in your 20s. At that age you don’t need to think about a job,

starting a family.” On top of his office cabinet stands a world map with push pins. These represent the places Smith has traveled. He went to small islands in the Atlantic Ocean, where the whole island knows when visitors are tourists. Smith has visited almost every western country, but there are still many countries in Africa he hasn’t visited yet. Those places include Mali in Western Africa and Saudi Arabia. “When you travel, you’ll get a much broader sense about the world than Bowling Green, Ohio or the States,” he said. “A weakness of America is that it’s isolated between the oceans and it’s much bigger than Canada and Mexico.” “Maps shape your perspective about the world. Cultures always think that they’re the center of the world. In this coun-

try it’s normal to put America in the middle of the map, and split China. Only, there is no center. When you travel you’ll get a much more exclusive view of the world, and you’ll become less small-minded.” He also related traveling to astronomy and the exploration of Mars. “Governments spend a lot of money looking for life on Mars. It asks, ‘what is our place in the universe?’ We’re only a very tiny planet that revolves around a star. The question is, are we alone?” “Go back 1,000 years and the Europeans didn’t know about the Native Americans. [There] were separated worlds. Could this also be possible with other planets? I think it could, and that there are other species in the universe we don’t know of. Only it’s not Superman.”

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Complainant reported an unknown person knocked or kicked off part of his vehicle’s driverside mirror, causing $150 in damages. 7:33 P.M.

A juvenile female was hit by a bicyclist on Troup Avenue after walking out in front of the subject. The juvenile was later treated for unknown injuries at the Wood County Hospital. 8:38 P.M.

Complainant reported someone attempted to gain entry to her house on Clough Street through the side door last night.

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Complainant reported that he was struck by an unknown object while he was leaving Kamikazi’s Bar, leaving him with an abrasion on his head. ONLINE: Go to bgviews.com for the complete blotter list.

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PEOPLE ON THE STREET

What do you think is the hardest major and why?

“Political science because there’s a lot of critical thinking and writing.”

“Finance because your classes intertwine and build on each other.”

“Music because you have to take 24 credit hours each semester.”

“Nursing because you have to have a 3.8 GPA to get into that college.”

JESSICA KIRKPATRICK, Freshman, Criminal Justice

DORIAN THOMAS, Junior, Finance

KATIE BARNETT, Junior, English

VANESSA ELMORE, Freshman, Undecided

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O NO! SECTION O NOT PERFECT Section O needs proper modifications, but will be good for Bowling Green

Housing plan seems to be just a misleading way to get deeper into your pockets JOSH WHETHERHOLT COLUMNIST It has been more than a month since it first appeared in “The BG News.” It has gotten more flak from students than Rush Limbaugh at the Democratic National Convention. I hate to be the dog to dig up old bones, but here goes: Section O. This story never ended, it just went on hiatus while the Bowling Green City Council decided to rework some of the wording of the proposal to affect not only renters but all Bowling Green residents. For those who aren’t up to date on Section O, or who just have never heard of it, allow me to enlighten you. Section O is a proposal from the Bowling Green City Council that wants to give unnamed people, probably some extension

“If they wanted to fix their house up, they would do it, they don’t need to have some city worker throw citations and fines at them until they do so.” of the local government, the ability to inspect properties and force landlords to make improvements. The goal is to improve the quality of shelter for the renter and give neighborhoods in Bowling Green a facelift. Now, you’re probably thinking, “What’s wrong with making landlords fix stuff at my apartment or house?” There's nothing wrong with that, but the common fear is that once inspectors come around to houses, many of the problems seen will be blamed on the renters, and the landlords will get away scot-free. As it is right now, the policies of most landlords and rental agencies already have rules that

PHIL SCHURRER FACULTY COLUMNIST

Back in 1981, a proposal was put before the Bowling Green City Council to license rental housing. The concern was that rental housing conditions were deteriorating. The council defeated the proposal 6-1. Fast forward to December 2008. A similar proposal was on the council’s table. The former councilman who proposed the ordinance 28 years ago was present and reminded council of east side citizens and how they are affected by rental housing conditions. Several weeks later, council again voted against the proposal — this time unanimously. But, merely because a proposal was voted down twice in a quarter century does not automatically

run a veritable train on renters so the security deposit you drop when you sign up virtually disappears. With these rules, landlords can justify charging renters $20 per bag of garbage found after the people move out, among other things. Just imagine leaving a bag of garbage outside with the full intent of putting it at the curb on pick-up day, but you have the misfortune of having a city inspector coming around before then. There’s your ticket, have a nice day. The worst part is they’ve now tried to rope in people who don’t rent but own

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make it a bad idea. Matter of fact, the idea has some merit. Let’s take a look at the facts. Bowling Green has a housing problem. According to the assistant municipal administrator, as noted in the Toledo Blade, over half the housing units in the city are rental units. Students make up the biggest single pool of renters. It’s no secret there seems to be wide opposition to the proposal, both from students as well as some landlords, although for very different reasons. If I understand their position correctly, students feel licensing would allow a building inspector to knock on their door at any time, gain entry and then proceed to prowl around to his or her heart’s content. A denial of privacy seems to be at the heart of their fears. And possibly with good reason, if — and it’s a big if — inspectors would be unregulated and

“Bowling Green has a housing problem.” subject to no constraint whatsoever. Some landlords are opposed to licensing rental units because they fear it would only add costs and an additional layer of bureaucracy to their burden. I can sympathize with the landlords to some extent. I have a relative who is in the residential leasing business, and the stories he tells involving tenant neglect and vandalism would discourage anyone from entering the business. Still, there’s no question the appearance of some of the rental units is troubling. Some of the remarks made at recent council

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Travelin’ the Globe: A lack of refrigeration and the never ending search for something to do ALISON KEMP COLUMNIST

SALZBURG, Austria — The Austrian slowness we’ve all had to deal with here is starting to annoy me. I’ve been without a refrigerator since last Thursday. When our refrigerators were shut off, I was told we’d have new ones sometime during the weekend. It’s now the second

Friday and we are still without them. The removal process was quite exciting. The refrigerators were defrosted in our kitchen, so the ice that was in them was allowed to melt. And the water ran across the floor of the kitchen. Then everything started to smell. Rancid is the only word that can accurately describe the stench. The bigger problem was what to do with all of my food that needs to be refrigerated. Some things I was able to put in the freezer, like my meat,

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cheese and spaghetti sauce. Because my sandwich meat and cheese are frozen, I can’t eat them for lunch. Other things, like my milk and juice, really aren’t freezable, so I’ve been keeping them on my window ledge with my window open throughout the day and night. It’s been cold and cloudy here, so I haven’t worried about my milk and juice getting too warm, but it does make my otherwise sauna-like room a bit nippy, so instead of sleeping in a T-shirt and shorts, I’ve reverted to my hooded sweatshirt and sweatpants. Last night while I was eating dinner, I did witness some progress.

The hausmeister removed one of the three refrigerators in my kitchen. I couldn’t believe it! Out of the nine refrigerators here, one has been taken out, but that still means eight to go and then the replacements need to be installed. I’m guessing it will easily take another week, because things don’t really get done here on weekends, and when considering the current pace, I’m not too hopeful. Aside from this incident, school is off to a good start. I am finally back into the swing of things here, and it feels good. Even so, my schedule is still not as full as I’d like, so I still sleep too long, watch too many

movies and stay up too late. I checked out four movies from the library at school today, so I will finally change the region on my computer. This must be done because the DVDs in Europe have different coding than the American DVDs, which prevents them from being watched on American DVD players. This wouldn’t be such of a problem if there was an unlimited number of times one could change the region. But as I can make this change only four times, I have refrained from changing my region until I had lots of European DVDs to watch. Now I finally do. On the other hand, there is something I have come to enjoy

about Salzburg. Every month there is a flyer produced with a lot of the cultural going-ons during the month. This flyer is poster sized and available for pick-up at cafes, bookstores, the locations hosting the events and other places across the city. It’s set up like a calendar with the dates running down the middle of the paper and the locations run across the top. With this set up, you can see all of the events happening on one day or all of the events happening throughout the month at the locations. There are a couple of theaters

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WHETHERHOLT From Page 4 their homes. They definitely donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a landlord who will be picking up the bill for any kind of home improvements they are forced to do. They will most assuredly be getting screwed in this proposal. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one thing when you ask a bunch of college kids who often cause a lot of damage to homes, but now the council is asking Bowling Green citizens to get on board with a proposal that will do nothing more than take money out of their pockets to fix houses that, as far as the owners are concerned, are perfectly fine. If they wanted to fix their house up, they would do it, they don't need to have some city worker throw citations and fines at them until they do so. The wording and motive of this proposal are so unclear, it just opens more ways for landlords to get away with things. But the city council wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t care, because the properties are being fixed up and paid for by someone and getting their facelift. Nevermind if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at the expense of students being screwed into paying for a complete reworking of faulty wiring or being charged for having a shoddy looking lawn or 15-year-old cigarette butts in their front yard or even something as trivial as peeling paint on the outside

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of the house. To be fair, I do understand not all or even most of the landlords and rental agencies in town would use this proposal to screw their tenants, but the fact that the opportunity would exist is daunting to most renters in town. Luckily, there is a lot of antiO support from prominent public figures, including the mayor of Bowling Green and the Undergraduate Student Government leaders, who have been very vocal on the issue. To the unwary eye, this issue has all but disappeared, and with people like the mayor and other council members calling for the downfall of this proposal, it seems like it's dead. Unfortunately it's far from over. As I said earlier, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not gone, it's just on hiatus. The council is still out on this issue, trying to rework the wording and make the stipulations more broad. It may seem like nothing, but if it comes back into the limelight anytime soon, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very real possibility you could be finding your wallet becoming significantly lighter. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Respond to Josh at thenews@bgnews.com.

meetings bear this out. Given the current state of rental property conditions, the question posed is a simple one: What student wants to live in a pigpen? And what landlord would want his property to deteriorate? Furthermore, what homeowner would want to see his or her property values decline due to being in proximity of such a rental unit? The reasons are money, money and powerlessness, respectively. Run-down properties generally rent for less; it costs money to maintain property; and the neighboring homeowner has little control over his or her surroundings. Judging from the remarks made at the city councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting, there were a number of landlords opposed to Section O. The main reason given is the expense involved in additional maintenance required by the inspectors and the extra time and red tape involved in licensing. So the students and many landlords find themselves in the curious position of being on the same side, albeit for vastly different reasons. There may be a way out of this impasse, for certainly no one seriously believes this controversy will go away quietly. One possible resolution would be to reduce the level

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The students and many landlords find themselves in the curious position of being on the same side, albeit for vastly different reasons.â&#x20AC;? of financial and administrative burden on the landlord. The best way to achieve this would be a meeting of the appropriate members of the city administration and the landlord group. The licensing of rental units should not be an occasion to impose an undue burden on rental property owners. Nor should it give inspectors a carte blanche right of unlimited entry. In any case, the passage and enforcement of Section O, with proper modifications, will contribute to the greater good: a more attractive student housing inventory and the maintenance and improvement of housing values. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a change we can live with both now and in the future. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Respond to Phil at thenews@bgnews.com.

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KEMP From Page 4 on the list, along with a movie theater that shows movies in their original languages, a literature house and a concert venue. With the availability of this flyer, aptly named â&#x20AC;&#x153;kult plan,â&#x20AC;? which translates to culture program, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no way anyone here can say he or she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what is happening in town. Last week I went to a performance I heard about via the

calendar. I saw a four-person harmonica group called SvĂ¤ng, from Finland. This performance was definitely one of the coolest things Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen here. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d never seen a professional harmonica player before â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and one of the members is a doctor of harmonica â&#x20AC;&#x201D; so not only was it a learning experience about the different styles of harmonicas, but the music was something Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d never heard before. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Respond to Alison at thenews@bgnews.com.

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BASKETBALL Schneider named MAC Golfer of the Week Falcon golfer Matt Schneider was Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Week after tying for ninth place at the Palmas Del Mar Classic with a 54-hole score of 218. This is the third time this season Schneider has won the award.

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SCHEDULE TODAY Women’s tennis: at ICU; 12 p.m. CST Baseball vs. Western Michigan; 3 p.m.

TOMORROW Baseball vs. Western Michigan; 1 p.m. Gymnastics at MAC Championships, Muncie; 1 p.m. Women’s Tennis at Western Michigan; 1 p.m.

SUNDAY Baseball vs. Western Michigan; 1 p.m. Women’s basketball vs. Syracuse; 2 p.m.

OUR CALL Today in Sports History 1989—Major League Baseball announces investigation into Pete Rose’s gambling. 1965—UCLA beats Michigan in NCAA Championship game.

The List With the Falcon women facing a tough challenge in Syracuse Sunday, here are the top five factors for the game:

1. Anderson Arena: The Falcons are hoping the House that Roars does roar on Sunday.

2. Orange bigs: Syracuse has three players who score in double figures and Curt Miller says they could all play in the WNBA. 3. Golds: Senior Lindsey Goldsberry could be playing in her final home game.

4. Sophomore duo: Both Tracy Pontius’ and Lauren Prochaska’s offensive production will be key to a Falcon win.

5. Rebounding: Syracuse outrebounded BG on the season, and not allowing that will be a key for BG.

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LAST TIME OUT?: Win or lose, Lindsey Goldsberry may be playing her final game in Anderson Arena on Sunday.

Orange out Syracuse Orange to invade Anderson Arena, take on Falcons in WNIT By Andrew Harner Sports Editor

According to WNBA.com, there are no former Mid-American Conference players on any of its teams’ rosters. The reason that matters is because BG coach Curt Miller said his team’s second WNIT opponent, Syracuse (17-14), has WNBA talent on its roster, something BG never had to deal with during its 28-4 run during the season. But, this won’t be the first time the Falcons have run into a larger opponent in postseason play. In the NCAA Tournament three seasons ago, Miller said his team was in much of

“When I watch [Syracuse], it’s reminiscent of a couple years ago when we played UCLA in the NCAA Tournament. They have incredible individual talent; kids that will be in the WNBA in the future.”

the same situation. “When I watch [Syracuse], it’s reminiscent of a couple years ago when we played UCLA in the NCAA Tournament,” Miller said. “They have incredible individual talent; kids that will be in the WNBA in the future.” And while Lindsey Goldsberry is the Curt Miller | BG coach only current Falcon to be on both teams, Miller and his staff will certainly have the team prepared to face the challenge. BG has gotten 1,163 rebounds but have one of the top 50 teams in the country,” The first step for Miller is working on allowed 437 offensive rebounds. Miller said. rebounding, as Syracuse is one of the betIn Wednesday night’s first round WNIT But as much emphasis Miller is putter rebounding teams in the country. 90-65 win over Canisius, Syracuse out- ting on rebounding, he also knows The Orange have grabbed 1,321 rebounded the Golden Griffins by 18 See WNIT | Page 7 rebounds on the year, including 526 off despite shooting 50 percent from the field. the offensive glass. “When they play well, they’re certainly

Falcon gymnasts set to take on MAC By Chris Sojka Reporter

A smile can go a long way. As the gymnastics team heads into the Mid-American Conference Championships in Muncie, Ind. tomorrow, coach Kerrie Beach has been working with the team on performance value which includes smiling and making eye contact with the judges throughout their routines. While every aspect of the MAC Championships is important, the Falcons (5-10, 2-4 MAC) have been working hard in practice all week on attacking their routines and staying confident. “The one thing we cannot do is compete scared or timidly,” Beach said. “We have improved our scores and difficulty [in events] greatly over last season, and I would like our team to go out and show these judges just how good we are.” Over spring break, the Falcons showed the judges just how good they can be when they came in second of four at the Texas Women’s meet, scoring a 193.375 as a team—their second best of the season—and recording a 48 or better in each event for the first time this season. After training in a different environment and different time zone, staying in a hotel and eating dinner out all week, the team was definitely out of their usual

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READY TO ROLL: Kelsey Jakupcin and the Falcon tennis team are ready to start their MAC season.

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LEADER OF THE PACK: Breanne Guy has led the Falcons through the season and will once again in the MAC Championships.

routine. But even with the challenges they faced, Beach was very pleased with the team’s overall performance. “The team really did a fantastic job adjusting to everything,” she said. “It was so exciting to see the team really put every event together, and it’s even more exciting to know we have more in us and there is still more we can do better.” Getting better is exactly what BG is trying to do. On vault, the team is working on harder vaults, looking to raise their score. On bars, they are focusing on hitting every handstand and sticking their landings. The balance beam has become very consistent over the past sev-

eral weeks, so they are looking to be aggressive and stick every skill. Floor—which was a challenging event for the team in the beginning of the season—has turned into a very strong event. To do well on the floor, flawless tumbling is key. The Falcons will look to take everything they have worked on this season, especially the past week, into the MAC Championships where they finished seventh last season. “The MAC Championships are a meet any team can win, and we really go into it with that attitude,” Beach said. “It will take hitting every event and really showing our most aggressive routines.”

Falcon tennis team set to open MAC season at WMU By Morgan Carlson Reporter

said. “I have been moving the ball around the court a lot more during my last few matches and The BG women’s tennis team will making my opponent run and begin Mid-American Conference expend more energy than I do.” play this weekend after playing The Broncos (13-4) are led University of Illinois in Chicago by senior Kerstin Pahl, the today and opening their MAC winningest player in the history of season against Western Michigan Western Michigan tennis, men’s University tomorrow. or women’s, with 215 career wins. The Falcons will face the WMU Pahl was named MAC Women’s Broncos tomorrow after prepar- Tennis Player of the Week for ing all season for MAC play. The the second time this season and women have been brushing up the fourth time in her career on on individual skills this past week Wednesday. Last year, the Falcons lost the leading up to the opening match. “I will be working on placement See TENNIS | Page 7 of all of my shots going into MAC season,” senior Kelsey Jakupcin

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Goldsberry, after watching Wednesday night’s game, also knows the Orange won’t be an From Page 6 easy opponent. Syracuse has several playmakers “They’re an athletic team, and he needs to hone in on. they’ll get up and down [the The Orange’s top three players court],” Goldsberry said. — Chandrea Jones, Erica Marrow One thing BG has going its and Nicole Michael — all will way is home-court advantage. cause problems for the Falcons. While they haven’t been able Miller said Jones is excellent at to practice in Anderson Arena creating her own shot whether because of the high school boy’s it be inside or outside, which is basketball playoffs, the players, evident in her 32 percent three- especially Goldsberry, are still point shooting percentage and relieved they can play a posther 272 rebounds. season game in front of a home Marrow is the team’s primary crowd. three-point threat hitting 62-of“I’m really excited to be playing 197 shots, helping her average in Anderson again,” Goldsberry said. “To be able to play again 15.9 points per game. And Michael presents the where it all started.” Last season’s WNIT game at toughest matchup according to Miller. At 6’2”, she presents size Anderson Arena drew just 1,654, not often seen in the MAC, and but Miller expects to draw someshe makes 46.9 percent of field where between 2,000 and 2,500 for this game. goals. The Falcons have drawn at “Nicole Michael is truly a WNBA player in the future, and least 2,000 fans in their last four CHRISTINA MCGINNIS | THE BG NEWS for us is a really difficult match home games, and the WNIT up because of her length,” Miller contest will tipoff at 2 p.m. REBOUND: Lauren Prochaska has been struggling of late and will be looking to rebound against Syracuse. Sunday. said.

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every point. I expect us to win because we are more than capable of beating them this year. We From Page 6 have to bring our mental toughmatchup with the Broncos 5-2 ness.” Jakupcin is also adamant but hope to be on the winning side this year. WMU has an over- about the Falcons capability to beat the Broncos tomorrow. all record of 33-0 against BG. “I predict a very good match WMU is the defending champion of the MAC title four years with [WMU], just like last year,” running though the Falcons are Jakupcin said. “I know that if we are in the right mindset and prepared to fight for that title. “In the past we have always had believe in ourselves, we can beat a strong and competitive match them on any given day.” As the weather gets warmer, against Western Michigan, and I expect the same this year,” Dean says the team will be hitsenior Stefanie Menoff said. “I ting the outdoor courts to get believe that if the team goes into used to the different condithe match with a positive and tions. Up until this point, the competitive attitude we could Falcons have been playing at the Perrysburg Tennis Center, where win.” Coach Penny Dean is also they hold a 5-0 record. Overall, very optimistic going into the the women are 7-2. The match at UIC is schedmatch. “I expect it to be a very tough uled for today at 12 p.m. CT, match,” Dean said. “We will see and the WMU match is set for a lot of balls coming back on tomorrow at 1 p.m.

Ohio coaches get contract extensions Miami extends 67-year-old Coles for three years OXFORD, Ohio (AP) — Miami of Ohio has decided to keep Charlie Coles, who overcame life-threatening heart problems to coach last season. The 67-year-old coach got a three-year contract extension yesterday, giving him a chance to add to his school-record total of 224 wins in 13 seasons. The main question for Coles was his health: He had four operations last year, including major heart surgery. He returned for the final season on his contract and led the RedHawks to a 17-13 record. They lost to Akron in the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference tournament. Coles felt good enough to keep coaching, and the school offered another three years.

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HAVE FAITH: Despite health issues, Charlie Coles got a three-year extension.

Dayton’s Gregory goes to NCAA Tournament, gets five year extension By Jon Krawczyski The Associated Press

MINNE A POLIS —Br ia n Gregory came to Dayton from Michigan State with high hopes of building the mid-major program into a regular guest at the NCAA tournament. On the eve of the 11th-seeded Flyers’ opening-round game against No. 6-seeded West Virginia, Gregory got a vote of confidence from Dayton’s administration that he’s on the right track. Gregory said yesterday he has agreed to a 5-year contract extension to stay with the Flyers through the 2017-18 season. “I’m just really pleased that the administration feels that, with the way the program is moving forward, that the best thing for the program would be to extend my contract out another five years,” Gregory said. “I’m really excited about it. I’ve said all along this is the place I wanted to be. It’s the perfect fit for me.” After narrowly missing out on an NCAA tournament berth a year ago, Gregory got Dayton (26-7) over the hump this season and into the Midwest Regional. The Flyers face the Mountaineers in the first round tomorrow. The 42-year-old coach is 12467 in six seasons since being

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SECOND IN COMMAND: Connecticut associate head coach George Blaney took over the coaching duties for hospitalized head coach Jim Calhoun.

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LET’S GO: Brian Gregory will be facing West Virginia in the NCAA Tournament tomorrow, but he will be in Dayton for the next five seasons.

hired off coach Tom Izzo’s staff at Michigan State. This is the second NCAA tournament appearance for Dayton under his watch. He has had only one losing season, in 2005-06, and has won at least 61 percent of his games every other year. In the last two years, the Flyers have won 49 games, their highest two-year total in more than 50 years. This season, he took a team with only one senior, forward Charles Little, to a second-place finish in the Atlantic-10 and the school’s first NCAA tournament bid since his first year in 2004. “To make that type of com-

mitment means a lot to me as a coach,” Gregory said, “because I do think the progress that we’re making, with that commitment and that continuity, we’re going to be able to continue to move forward. That’s really important in the program.” Gregory said he’ll meet with the administration when the season is over to iron out the details of the deal. “I’m just really pleased that they feel confident with what we’re doing,” he said. “It’s great for me. It’s great for our program, and I couldn’t be happier.”

Stallworth confirmed to be drunk during accident

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DRUNK DRIVER: Browns wide receiver Donte’ Stallworth was confirmed by Miami media to have been driving drunk when he hit and killed a pedestrian in Miami.

MIAMI (AP) — Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte’ Stallworth was driving drunk when he struck and killed a pedestrian, according to published and broadcast reports yesterday. WSVN-TV reported yesterday that unnamed sources with knowledge of the investigation said Stallworth’s bloodalcohol level was between .08 and .16. The legal limit is .08. The Miami Herald also cited an unnamed source as saying that Stallworth’s blood-alcohol level was above the legal limit. The Miami Beach Police Department refused to confirm the reports. Ed Griffith, spokesman for Miami-Dade County prosecutor Katherine Fernandez Rundle, would say only that the investigation is focusing on whether alcohol was a factor in the death of 59year-old Mario Reyes. Reyes was struck and killed by

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a Bentley driven by Stallworth about 7 a.m. Saturday morning. Reyes, a crane operator, had just gotten off work and was trying to catch a bus when he was hit. No charges have been filed against Stallworth, 28. His agent, Drew Rosenhaus, nor his attorney, Robert Switke, returned calls from The Associated Press seeking comment. Stallworth issued a statement Wednesday saying he was “grief stricken” over Reyes’ death. If Stallworth was drunk, he could be charged with DUI manslaughter which carries a maximum 15-year prison sentence. Stallworth signed a sevenyear, $35 million contract with the Browns as a free agent before last season but was injured much of the year. He previously played for New England, Philadelphia and New Orleans in the NFL and played college football at Tennessee.

UConn coach Calhoun hospitalized for first game By Dan Gelston The Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun has been hospitalized for tests and will be kept overnight for observation. Calhoun was admitted yesterday afternoon and did not coach the top-seed Huskies’ 103-47 win against Chattanooga in the NCAA tournament’s opening round. In a statement released by UConn, Calhoun said he felt lousy the past few days, and UConn sports medicine director Dr. Jeff Anderson suggested he be hospitalized. “Fortunately, those tests have all gone well, and I am feeling much better,” said Calhoun, who added he hoped to be released from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania today. He will be re-evaluated this morning. Associate head coach George Blaney said Calhoun called him at 11:45 a.m. and told him he felt “under the weather.” Calhoun missed time in January 2008 with what the team called a combination of stress and exhaustion. On Wednesday, the 66-yearold coach ran UConn’s practice in Philadelphia and attended the team’s news conference. “Jim was fine at dinner last night. He woke up this morning and didn’t feel well,” said Tim Tolokan, UConn’s former sports information director and a close friend of Calhoun’s. Calhoun’s son, Jeff, was at the Wachovia Center and said his father urged him to watch the Texas A&M-BYU game, which the Aggies won 79-66. Blaney coached the Huskies in Calhoun’s absence. A.J. Price and Hasheem Thabeet each scored 20 points in the third-largest victory ever in NCAA tournament history — 103-47 against Chattanooga.

“Coach Calhoun prepared them for this kind of performance,” Blaney said. “He works them so hard. They were prepared to play well. We just talked to Coach. He expects to be with us shortly.” Blaney said Calhoun spoke with the team via speakerphone after the game, telling the players he expected to be back with the team very shortly. The Huskies were loose in pregame warmups and Blaney smiled as he shook hands with the referees and other coaches. Blaney was introduced as UConn’s head coach during introductions and he shook hands with Chattanooga coach John Shulman. Blaney coached Holy Cross for 22 years and led the Crusaders to three NCAA tournaments. West Virginia coach Bob Huggins was sorry to hear Calhoun was missing the game. “This is, I think, a special team for him,” Huggins said from Minneapolis. “It’s a shame he’s not able to go out and coach because I know he loves coaching them.” This is the third NCAA tournament game Calhoun has missed. In the two previous instances, UConn went on to win the national title. In 1999, Calhoun missed a firstround game against Texas-San Antonio. In 2004, he left a secondround game against DePaul after becoming ill. He returned just in time to see the end of UConn’s 72-55 victory. Calhoun has missed 21 games in his career, including one other game this season — a Jan. 3 contest against Rutgers. Last May, the Hall of Fame coach was treated for a second bout of skin cancer. He had surgery to remove a lump in the upper right side of his neck near the jaw line and underwent radiation.

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Singing for the kids has been senior singer/song w r iter Megan Zurkey’s gig for the past three years. This weekend will be no exception as she opens the ceremony with the national anthem at the University’s highly anticipated Dance Marathon fundraiser. Zurkey says being included in the philanthropic event is incredible. “You know everyone is there for one reason,” she said. “When I’m performing, it means a ton to make the little kids’ faces smile and see them start to dance, to be a part of that.” Growing up in a musically-inclined family, she was only two and a half years old when she first performed at church. At that moment, her mother could sense Zurkey’s Z urkey’s ease in front off a crowd, and as she o got g ot older her comfort only o nly grew. Her H er pop/rock-orieented nted music features a

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From conception to resurrection: the life of a band Hey man, we should totally start a band. Basements and garages are the breeding grounds for virgin wannabe band members. The lights are low, the music is inaudible and one thing leads to another. A local band has been conceived. In Bowling Green the local music scene appears to have a definite life span — maybe that of a house fly that lives for a really long time or those goldfish in a bag from the fair. Certainly not beta fish, which live forever. But a timeline is still tangible, no matter how unpredictable the performance.

THE PREGNANCY Cozy in the womb, this is the stage where most of the development happens. Creating a style, a look, a sound and a gimmick. Ideas are constantly shaping as is the band name, while still nestled in the confines of a practice space. Maybe the band decides here that although it would attract audience members, they are not going to be on the marquee as “Free Beer.”

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Promoter Alex Kish with Shakin’ Promotions works in the delivery room at the hospital where new bands are born. He stands outside Howard’s

“In a college town, bands usually form in the sophomore year of their college career.”

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Club H on Main Street most nights or watches inside as they burst onto the stage. “In a college town, bands usually form in the sophomore year of their college career,” he said. After a MySpace conversation over the Internet or e-mail, the gig is set. Ready or not.

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LIFE AND NOTORIETY Veteran band member Jeff Loose has ridden the highs and lows of bands in Bowling Green and Toledo and tasted the tang of local stardom as the drummer for Stylex, a Howard’s regular a few years ago. “A lot of it is just weird chance and luck. It’s odd, but it can be good because you can get some people to rally around you, but then you can have everyone in BG love you and that’s about it,” he said. Or drive to Toledo. Just 20-ish miles away, Toledo at least has more venues to play in. Eric Nedrow “bossed” his way into Joey and the Traitors and makes no apologies. “We’re booking like a gig or

IN TOWN Cla-Zel Film Screening

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Tomorrow from 5 - 6:30 p.m. at the Cla-Zel, University alumnus Derrick Jones will be screening a few of his short films in order to fund a trip to the Cannes Film Festival in France. Admission is donation-based.

Any college kid’s dream has been created by Apple, and they are becoming more and more common around campuses nationwide — speaking, of course, about the iPhone and the iPod Touch. Students will no longer fill their hour-long gaps between classes with catching up on their textbook readings when there are bigger and better things to do — like the many applications available for the little portable music players. There are plenty of applications, or what Apple has cleverly labeled as “apps,” to choose from, and they include a variety of features. On “Fandango” you can find movie showtimes at the closest movie theater, while also finding the closest Starbucks latte in the area with “BucksMe.” Students are now weighing in some of the must-haves for the 16 gigabyte godsend. Some may be obvious additions, but others may be the next best thing to

download. Facebook is obviously the most popular app to add, and is what sophomore Brian Kuhn would call, “the best app to kill time on the go.” Now, you can see the pictures your friend tagged of you from Thursday night’s party, poke everyone you know and update your status from anywhere on campus — no computer required. YouTube also seemed to be a favorite, and what freshman Jamie Kile said she finds herself using during long breaks between classes. The iPod and iPhone’s app store also allows anyone to stay informed with a “USA Today” or “NY Times” app, keeping on track with tasks with “iNote” or “TooDoo,” or find the phone number to any local business with “Yellow Pages.” Other fun apps are out there though, and most are free, like “Beer Pong Challenge,” which takes one of students’ favorite party games and puts it in their

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What are you listening to on your music player?

1. “It’s Only Life” - Kate Voegele

2. “Love Song” - Sara Bareilles

3. “Ready”- Kelly Clarkson 4. ““Amelia’s Missing” Jon McLaughlin

5. “Belief” - John Mayer

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Graphic novel film is a disappointment for avid fans With films based on superheroes all the rage, ‘Watchmen’ gets lost in the translation due to complex plotlines and underdeveloped characters By Aaron Helfferich Film Critic

Try to imagine your favorite book. If it hasn’t already been transferred to film, imagine being devastated by a poorly told story or second-rate portrayal of its characters. On the other hand, you might be able to envision a grandiose depiction of stunning visuals or satisfying thrills. Both of these scenarios

TOLEDO Julie Neumark & Dave Carducci

Today at the Ottawa Tavern, singer/ songwriter Julie Neumark and Dave Carducci will perform with special guest Chris Shutters. Tickets are $5.

can be easily applied to the film adaptation of the graphic novel titled “Watchmen.” It seems as if the success of “The Dark Knight” has made a new spectacle out of superhero films. The horizon of superhero films is charging toward us with a clan of darker, more complex and ultimately tragic characters. “Watchmen” seems to be the first film to truly embrace these qualities, but has endless

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trouble bringing it to entertaining life. The story takes place in an alternate 1985 universe where the U.S.’s tension with the Soviet Union has the world on the brink of global meltdown. Within this world, there are masked vigilante superheroes who have been outlawed and

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Tomorrow and Sunday at the Lucas County Recreation Center, the Spring Festival of Crafts will be presented. The show features a variety of traditional, new and seasonal crafts great for gifts, decorations or personal use.

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“I like many different types of music, but these all kind of describe my values and personality.”

“Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle.” —Bob Hope

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ZURKEY From Page 8 variety of lyrics, including flashbacks of love and heartbreak, but inspiration also stems from observed situations and spur-ofthe-moment thoughts. Zurkey won BG Idol at the University her freshman year, and has also participated in Toledo and Cleveland Idol throughout her college career. She plans to move to Los Angeles within a year after graduation, and hopes to one day fulfill her dreams of having a record deal, a great band and the opportunity to work with miracle-inducing songwriters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never wanted it for the money or the fame, just the opportunity to do what I love as a career and be able to support myself doing it,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan whether Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll make it or not, but I have to try. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just expect it to happen.â&#x20AC;? Clair Mayfield, one of Zurkeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pi Beta Phi sorority sisters, says the singer/songwriter is her happiest when in her element on stage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s her biggest critic, so sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll come off the stage and say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;It was awful,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; but she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t real-

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never wanted it for the money or the fame, just the opportunity to do what I love as a career and be able to support myself doing it.â&#x20AC;? Megan Zurkey | Singer/Songwriter ize how much people enjoy her music,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The audience gets into it because she gets into it.â&#x20AC;? Currently, Zurkey does not have a record deal, but her Los Angeles producer Jack Dill has been her inspiration for laying tracks down. Dill owns recording equipment rivaling ones used by professionals, so Zurkey gets as close to a real recording studio as possible with his help. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It takes years, but if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something you love and want, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth trying for,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth putting your all into it, or else you regret it.â&#x20AC;? Though working on songs instead of doing homework may be a frequent temptation, Zurkey has her priorities in check as a college student. Of course, recording and practicing often takes a backseat, but she uses summer breaks to catch up on recording and turning thoughts

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into tunes. For Zurkeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fellow singers and songwriters on campus, she advises staying in school and getting a degree, because having a back-up career will be a way to have an income in the real world, which requires tough skin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You get knocked down no matter what â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not everyone is going to like you,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not 100 percent passionate about it, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to get knocked down faster than someone who does have a passion for it.â&#x20AC;? Mayfield says Zurkey is a role model, and has positive thoughts about her future. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope she makes it, because sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tried so hard and has such a different style of music, and I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so different and true,â&#x20AC;? she said. Listen to Zurkeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music by PHOTO PROVIDED visiting her MySpace page at HITTING THE RIGHT NOTES: Zurkey has performed several times locally, and here she performs in front of University Hall. Tomorrow myspace.com/meganzurkey or will mark her fourth appearance at the annual Dance Marathon event. After graduation, she plans to move to Los Angeles, Calif. on iTunes.

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