2009-04-28

THE BG NEWS

A summer of construction

Tuesday

April 28, 2009

Volume 103, Issue 146 WWW.BGVIEWS.COM

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Book drive for Kenya

A University doctoral student inspired by lack of library access at his Kenyan home initiated a book drive that will send books overseas | Page 3

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Come share a ride

Everybody was reminded to “go green” during Earth Week, and columnist Marisha Pietrowski gives the details on why public transportation is a great idea | Page 4

The summer will be a busy time on campus Campus master plan to be as various renovations are expected to begin

By Lin Chafetz Reporter

preparations for the Stroh Center with the construction beginning in September.

“This will be a very busy summer” When the Stroh Center starts is a reoccurring thought for Steve construction this summer, parkKrakoff, one of the planners for ing lot 6, where current on-camthe upcoming campus construc- pus students park, will be used tion. as the staging area. When fall Renovation on the lobby of semester begins, students will Harshman Hall began earlier this have to park in Lot 12, which will semester, starting one of many be expanded over the summer, of the projects happening in the Krakoff said. months to come.

“Along with the Stroh Center, the This summer, numerous proj- Wolfe Center will begin construcects are slated to begin, including tion in mid-late fall,” he said.

Other projects that will be worked on this summer include construction on the tunnels below Mercer along with the web of tunnels below campus. The construction of a chiller plant southeast of the Fine Arts building is also on the project list, along with roof work on the Math Science, Psychology and Moore Musical Arts buildings.

“This is the beginning of a very

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revealed in June

By Hannah Sparling Reporter

Despite losing three senior defensive linemen over the past year because they were dismissed, the linemen that remain think they’ll still succeed | Page 7

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ORGAN DONATION HOPE FLOATS Photos by Freddy Hunt | Editor-in-Chief Green Balloons, 3,000 of them, floated yesterday in the Union Oval to raise awareness of organ donation. The balloons represented the 3,000 Ohioans waiting for organ transplants.

“Eighteen people die every day waiting for an organ transplant,” said senior Lauren Butts, who is the campaign manager for BGSU Do It Now. Students participating in the flash mob event woke up at 4 a.m. to fill the balloons, Butts said. “What are you w8ing for?” is the slogan adopted by the University chapter.

The effort is part of the Do It Now Ohio campaign, whose goal is to register 240,000 new donors in Ohio this year. The University is one of 17 schools competing in Ohio to register the most organ donors.

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TAKES OVER Dutch dairy farmers find monetary success operating large U.S. dairy farms

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By Courtney Flynn Reporter

Dutch dairy farmers are capitalizing on the land of opportunity to turn their Dutch milk money into gold by buying and operating large dairy farms in the U.S., but not without concerns from local residents.

Since 2000, there has been an influx of dairy farmers from the Netherlands. These farmers are leaving their native country and coming to the U.S. to spend large amounts of money on dairy operations so as to earn more. While the majority of these dairies are family owned, they do not fit in as a mom-and-pop dairy operation due to their size and efficiency.

The majority of the Dutch dairy farms in the area contain more than 500 cows, said Jonathan Haines, Wood County executive director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Vreba-Hoff Dairy I and II in Southeast Michigan have over 3,000 cows each, and Manders Dairy has about 700 cows.

Both are owned by former Netherlands residents.

Between 2000 and 2006 the number of dairy farms with 500 cows and above increased from 5.5 percent to 23 percent in Ohio and 20 percent to 39 percent in Michigan. With that increase the number of dairy farms with 100 cows or fewer fell from 49.5 percent to 36 percent in Ohio and 28 percent to 18 percent in Michigan during the same time period, according to data produced by the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

With the decrease in small farms and the current econom-

What would you do with 3,000 green balloons?

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CITY BRIEF AYESHA JENNINGS Junior, Psychology

“I would release them across the country so all of the organ donors have one.” | Page 4

TOMORROW Cloudy High: 62, Low: 48

U.S. urged to remain calm in face of swine flu

By Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press

A medical student accused of murdering a woman he met on Craigslist owes over $130,000 in loans and can not afford attorney | Page 9

TODAY Rain/Thunder High: 62, Low: 44

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SWINE FLU : Marco Lugo walks through the Miami airport, yesterday, after arriving on a flight from Mexico City for a family visit.

Last night University administrators revealed tentative plans to update, renovate and build new residence and dining halls on campus.

The plans are part of the Master Plan for Residence Life and Dining

Student loans overwhelmed alleged killer

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Extra police officers called in to control loud crowds downtown this weekend An increase in downtown activity this weekend resulted in the Bowling Green Police Department calling in five extra officers during the late hours of Saturday night.

Several loud and rowdy crowds in the downtown area were eventually disbanded after officers were forced to use pepper spray in the area, Lt. Tony Hetrick said.

After spraying the area, Hetrick said most violators fled the area; however, several arrests were made.

According to Hetrick, the increase in activity could have been caused by a hip-hop event taking place in downtown Toledo. Hetrick said the event was shuttling people back and forth between the two cities, which could explain the large crowds in the city.

WASHINGTON — Confirming at least 40 cases of swine flu in the U.S., the Obama administration said yesterday it was responding aggressively as if the outbreak would spread into a full pandemic. Officials urged Americans against most travel to Mexico as the virus that began there spread to the United States and beyond.

President Barack Obama urged calm, saying there was reason for concern but not yet “a cause for alarm.”

Yet just in case, administration officials said that they were already waging a vigorous campaign of prevention, unsure of the outbreak’s severity or where it would show up next.

U.S. customs officials began checking people entering U.S. territory. Millions of doses of flu-fighting medications from a federal stockpile were on their way to states, with priority given to the five already affected and to border states. Federal agencies were conferring with state and international governments.

“We want to make sure that we have equipment where it needs to be, people where they need to be and, most important, information shared at all levels,” Janet Napolitano, head of the Homeland Security Department, told reporters.

Her briefing came shortly before the World Health Organization raised the severity of its pandemic alert level to four from three on a six-point scale. Level four means there is sustained human-to-human spread in at least one country.

Level six is a full-fledged pandemic, an epidemic that has spread to a wide geographic area.

“We are proceeding as if we are preparatory to a full pandemic,” Napolitano said.

She said travel warnings for trips to Mexico would remain in place as long as swine flu is detected.

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Students told to take precautionary health measures The University Student Health Services sent an e-mail to students yesterday at 2:21 p.m. to take precautionary measures against the recent outbreak of the swine flu.

According to the e-mail, the people currently most at risk are those who have traveled to infected areas, and the University is monitoring the situation in conjunction with local health officials.

There have been no reported cases of the flu on campus, in Wood County or Erie County, where the University’s Firelands campus is located. Statewide, there has been one confirmed case of a child in Lorain County who had been in Mexico.

To prevent an outbreak, students, faculty and staff are encouraged to take the precautions they would normally take to prevent colds or flu: - Wash your hands often with soap and water (hand sanitizer is also effective) - Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth - Avoid close contact with sick people - Don’t share drinks, toothbrushes, etc.

The symptoms of the flu usually include a high fever generally ranging from 102 104 degrees Fahrenheit, chest discomfort, body aches, headaches and/or exhaustion.

Symptoms of the common cold are usually not prominent.

If experiencing symptoms consistent with the flu, University students should see the Student Health Service or visit a primary care provider.

The Student Health Center and area doctors will be reporting all flu cases to the Wood County Health Department. Students should contact their instructors if they have any instances of flu-like symptoms and staff members should inform their supervisors.

For more information, contact the Student Health Service at 419-372-2271.

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BLOTTER WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 2:05 A.M.

Nicholas M. Jordan, of Cincinnati, was cited for underage under the influence of alcohol, criminal trespass and disorderly conduct in McDonald East Hall. Brian Comerform, of Cincinnati, was cited for disorderly conduct.

3:23 A.M.

Logan McPheron, of Lima, Ohio, was cited for drug trafficking and drug paraphernalia in Lot 6 overflow.

THURSDAY, APRIL 23 11:40 P.M.

Complainant reported a fight between eight females and one male at McDonald Hall West. Two subjects were given a verbal warning for disorderly conduct.

FRIDAY, APRIL 24 1:19 A.M.

Complainant reported a fight between two male subjects at the Union. Subjects were sent on their way.

3:04 A.M.

Verbal warning for a subject being intoxicated in the roadway on Thurstin Avenue.

SATURDAY, APRIL 25 2:00 A.M.

Hall staff reported a female possessing a PED to Offenhauer West, where she is not a resident. The female subject was gone on arrival.

2:12 A.M.

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Kreischer-Darrow staff advised occupants in possession of alcohol.

Occupants disposed of contents.

Kelsey Pinney, of Prospect, Ohio, was cited for willful wanton disregard for safety, operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and prohibited acts on Merry street.

2:37 A.M.

Complainant reported a female non-student did not sign in at Offenhauer East. Officers were unable to locate the female.

4:26 A.M.

Complainant reported an assault in the 2-ride van at the Enclave.

University Police assisted Bowling Green city police.

SUNDAY, APRIL 26 12:08 A.M.

Officer observed two male subjects with fake swords in front of Commons. Subjects had gone in for the night.

12:35 A.M.

Cody Gryan, of Union, Ohio, was cited for underage under the influence in Lot 5.

12:47 A.M.

Complainant reported a loud group with a boom box outside of Kohl Hall. Officer advised the group to keep it down or they would be charged with disorderly conduct.

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1:39 A.M.

Verbal warning was given to subjects in Lot 6 overflow for disorderly conduct.

1:56 A.M.

Subjects were given verbal warning for underage under the influence in Lot 11. Subject is referred to student discipline.

2:57 A.M.

Nicole Quinn, of Hamilton, Ohio, was cited for a traffic control device on Thurstin and Court. Kristen Fields, of Hamilton, Ohio, was cited for possession of drugs and housed at Wood County Justice Center.

9:39 A.M.

Complainant reported unknown subjects threw a rock through the back-rear window of a residence on Parkview Drive, causing $225 in damages.

1:12 P.M.

Complainant reported his roommate had a party at their residence on Klotz Road, and when he returned, his 15 inch, black Toshiba laptop, valued at $1000, was missing from his unlocked bedroom.

4:03 P.M.

Complainant lost a debit/ATM card on campus on April 25. There has been illegal activity on the card since.

5:00 P.M.

Complainant and boyfriend had their text books stolen from the Offenhauer East 4th floor TV lounge.

5:16 P.M.

Complainant reported her wallet was stolen out of her purse while she was at the Cla-zel Bar.

5:21 P.M. Complainant reported a male subject took a resident’s keys. Keys were Complainant reported a male subject stole her camera from her room returned prior to officer’s arrival. in Kreischer-Ashley.

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Carl Wise, of Whitehouse, Ohio, was cited for an open container in a motor vehicle. He was also given a verbal warning for failure to display proper traffic devices. Passenger Steven Sanchez was housed in Wood County Justice Center for a warrant out in Wood County.

8:59 P.M.

Officer checked a vehicle parked near the University golf course.

Two subjects were fishing and were advised the course is closed after dark. They were sent on their way.

9:34 P.M.

Five subjects were referred to student discipline for liquor law violations in McDonald Hall East.

9:52 P.M.

Complainant reported unknown subjects entered her locked apartment on 7th Street and stole her 15 inch, silver Apple Mac Book Pro laptop, valued at $2,000.

10:48 P.M.

Complainant reported he was assaulted by four to five unknown subjects who threw a bottle at him while he was at the Cla-zel Bar, resulting in a fractured nose, a black eye and a shoulder injury.

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living in the dorms and buying meal plans, said Michael Griffel, director of residence life. However, he said the University is among Services, but Hank Colker, a senior the cheapest state universities in principle from WTW Architects Ohio, and they plan to stay there. who helped design the plans, said He said because the plans are they are still very flexible and will so tentative no one is sure how most likely change before they are much the rates will go up, but it will not be more than students implemented. “No one can stand here and tell can afford to pay. “We want our rates to continue you exactly what’s going to happen 10 years from now,� Colker to be very competitive,� Griffel said. “Our charge is not to show said.

Colker said cost was one of every wall or door in McDonald, the main priorities considered in it’s to come up with an idea.�

Money for the improvements designing the project. “We’re trying to come up with a will come mostly from students

program that is financially viable,� he said. “That is our first objective.�

There is no set timeline for the projects. Joseph Oravecz, associate vice president of student affairs, said right now administrators are just looking at the different projects in phases. After one phase is completed, he said they will look at where it makes sense to go next and move forward from there. “[We’re] kind of looking at those things in five-year chunks,�

Oravecz said.

The complete Master Plan for Residence Life and Dining Services will be revealed on June 30.

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Ohio and Indiana.

While these Dutch farmers are capitalizing on the dairy market in the U.S., they also have to worry more about environmental impacts and the cost to remain within regulation due to size.

Dairy farms with more than 700 cows are called Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, or CAFOs. These farms produce larger quantities of manure than smaller dairy farms, which is a concern for residents living near large dairy farms.

Vicki Askins, secretary of Wood County Citizens Opposed to Factory Farming Operations, said she is more concerned with the practices the Dutch are using on their large farms rather than the structural shift in dairy farming.

By practices, Askins means keeping dairy cows in confined areas and lack of responsibility for the environment, such as improper disposal and treatment of cow waste.

Vreba-Hoff Dairy I and VrebaHoff Dairy II, together, tallied up 56 Department of Environmental Quality confirmed violations in 2008 due to the improper disposal and treatment of waste, such as manure, according to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Web site.

A large manure concentration in an area can lead to waterborne illnesses and degradation of water sources, soil and human health, Askins said.

Proper manure management is of equal importance in the U.S. and the Netherlands.

Currently the Netherlands uses the Applications Standard Policy that looks at plant and animal production and soil input and output to monitor manure usage on farms. This policy aims to keep manure usage down to only necessary amounts for land fertilization, according to the 2005 article “Comparison at Dairy Farm Level of Different Policies to Decrease Nutrient Losses to Ground and Surface Waters in the Netherlands�

by Paul Berentsen. “Manure management is just as highly regulated in the Netherlands as in the U.S.,�

Conway said.

ic climate, Suzannah Wittenmyer, a Bowling Green resident, is concerned with the lack of opportunities small, American-owned dairy farms will have. “Change is hard, and I fear this change in dairy operators will make the current economic changes even harder for our local farmers,� Wittenmyer said.

However, American dairy farmers are offered the same opportunities as Dutch and other nonnative farmers.

A new land owner must register for land ownership through the USDA, answer questions put forth by the community, apply for all necessary permits and uphold all regulations, Haines said. “These Dutch farmers have not received money from the U.S. or Dutch government,� said Cecilia Conway, spokesperson for VrebaHoff Dairy Development LLC. “They have the same eligibility for farm credits as all other farmers and must pay their taxes.�

Since 1998, Vreba-Hoff Development has helped over 50 farmers from Europe and Canada bring their families and farming practices to Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, according to the VrebaHoff Dairy Development Web site.

Dutch dairy farmers have something many small dairy farms do not have though. “The Dutch have a significant amount of money to invest in the [dairy farm] operation because they have sold off all their assets overseas,� Conway said.

While these Dutch farmers have a significant amount of money to invest in a large dairy operation, smaller-scaled dairy operations don’t often have such an opportunity to expand. “It was hard enough to sustain our family needs with our small dairy farm,� said Pete Weatherhead, a former dairy farm owner. “I had to get out or get bigger, and the money wasn’t there to get bigger.�

Weatherhead owned a small dairy farm in Wisconsin with 160

acres and 40 cows for five years and another dairy about the same size near Defiance for two years.

The difficulties in expanding a small dairy operation include small income due to lower production rates, the cost to feed and care for the cows and loss of other possible incomes because of the time put in at the farm, according to a 2007 article in Amber Waves, a quarterly magazine produced by the USDA and Economic Research Service. “We worked our dairy farm from sunup to sundown,�

Weatherhead said.

It may be difficult for a small, family-owned dairy operation to stretch their dollar to expand, but the economic benefits are there. “The larger farms can ride the economic highs and lows better because of the amount of milk they produce,� Conway said.

Large dairy farms tend to be more economically efficient because of cost advantages relating to milk production and labor costs.

Costs for dairy farms with more than 1,000 cows were 15 percent less than dairy farms with 500 to 999 cows and between 25 and 35 percent less than dairy farms with 100 to 499 cows, according to the Amber Waves article. Also, the large dairy farms are also able to afford and use more intensive labor to produce milk more efficiently.

The Dutch also have a larger opportunity to capitalize on the dairy market in the U.S. than in the Netherlands because of the decrease in the number of cows and dairy farms needed due to an increase in farm technology and population size, Conway said.

In the Netherlands , the price of one cow is equivalent to 10 in the U.S., Haines said.

The cost to expand a dairy farm in the Netherlands by one cow is $34,000 and the cost of an additional acre of land was $12,382 in 2000, Conway said. The average cost of one acre of farm land in Ohio in 2000 was $1,200, according to the Ag Answers Web site, a partnership between Ohio State University and Purdue University to cover agricultural issues in

busy period on campus,� Krakoff said.

There are plans for many changes on campus to help make the University more environmentally friendly and more handicap accessible by repairing the bathrooms in the sorority houses near the Union.

New residence halls are also being considered as part of the University’s master dining and residence plan.

Last night marked the last community meeting for the University’s master plan. Joe Oravecz, associate vice president of student affairs, and Mike Griffel, the director of residence life, opened the meeting by addressing the audience. “When planning for the University, it is important to look at the whole,� Griffel said. “We care about the grand scheme, but also about the individual parts of time.�

The plan includes looking at various buildings on campus such as Hanna, Mosley, University and South halls and making decisions as to whether to renovate or rebuild these buildings. “We need to figure out whether we should renew, replace or build new buildings on campus,�

Oravecz said.

Hank Colker, a representative from WTW Architects, the company helping with the plan, said it was important to connect the dining and residence plans. “We need to make the residence and dining halls a more inviting place to live and eat, and more eco friendly,� he said.

Several campus maps were shown to the attendees, including a map indicating a scale at which places needed renovating. Areas that need the most work were highlighted in red, areas that need moderate work were highlighted in yellow, while areas which need no work at all were higlighted in green. Those highlighted in red were Rodgers, Harshman, McDonald and Commons.

Also discussed was the possibility of a new residence hall, along with the possible locations. Choices were shown in the same scale as the renovations with green representing places more able to be converted into a residence hall space. These places included the area between Harshman and Kreischer, along with the area behind the Offenhauer Towers.

Other possibilities, highlighted in yellow, include behind the cemetery, east of Kreischer and in the commuter lot between Harshman and Conklin halls.

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Student inspires book drive for his Kenyan home Over 300 books to be collected and sent overseas Ira Sairs Reporter

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CELEBRATION: A bearded dragon clings onto senior Jacob Lowry yesterday evening at the Beyond BG celebration. The event centered towards graduating seniors had jungle themed games and also awarded the most accomplished senior with a scholarship.

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BLOCK PARTY RIOTS: People throw items on a bonfire in Kent, Ohio, on Saturday. An end-of-year college block party at Kent State University spiraled out of control when police fired baton rounds and used pepper spray to break up hundreds of rioting students who sparked a string of street fires.

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KENT (AP) — A female who complained about being arrested for underage drinking at a weekend block party near Kent State University sparked a riot that led to dozens of arrests, police said yesterday.

City of Kent police Chief James Peach says 50 people were arrested Saturday at the off-campus College Fest, most for misdemeanor charges of failure to disperse. The annual party marks the near-end of the school year but is not an approved Kent State activity.

Old furniture and other debris were intentionally set on fire, and a large crowd chanted and challenged police and firefighters by throwing bottles, rocks and other items, Peach said. Officers had to use “nonlethal pepperball rounds, stingball grenades and baton rounds to disperse the angry and hostile crowd,� he said.

Peach also said yesterday that one of the police officers who responded, from the Village of Lakemore, had a heart attack later at his home and died.

Authorities had anticipated possible unruly behavior, and both Kent and university police had assigned teams of officers to the area near campus. Between 3:30 and 7 p.m.

on Saturday, five people were arrested without incident for underage drinking, Peach said.

Just before 8 p.m., officers saw a female drinking a beer on a sidewalk and determined she was too young to drink, the chief said. Officers began to arrest her, and she complained loudly, he said. “Her screams of protest resulted in several partygoers trying to come to her aid,�

Peach said.

Some of them interfered with the arrest by taunting and screaming at the officers, drawing an even larger crowd, he said.

Officers pushed two of them away from the arrest, Peach said. “One of those pushed was a female, who fell down, and which appeared to incite the crowd,� Peach said.

He estimated the crowd grew to 2,000 to 3,000 people. Police then asked several area law enforcement agencies for help.

It was the first violent clash between Kent State students and police in years. In 1970, four Kent State students were killed by Ohio National Guard troops during a campus protest of the invasion of Cambodia.

Kent State President Lester Lefton in a statement yesterday criticized students who took

part in the riot. “An event intended to celebrate the end of the semester grew out of control this weekend,� he said. “While the event was a private party and not a university-sponsored activity, obviously many Kent State students were involved."

Growing up in the small village of Machaku, in Western Kenya, University doctoral student Daniel Mwendah M’Mailutha did not have immediate access to books. “The Kenya National Library Service exists and is funded, but its libraries are located only at district headquarters across the country or in major towns,�

M’Mailutha said. “As a result, people who live in the countryside, which is most, lack access to libraries.�

When M’Mailutha mentioned the dream he’s had of setting up a library in his home village to his colleagues Kimberly Angell and Patrick Vrooman, at Partnerships for Community Action, a department that helps establish a link between the campus and the community, they suggested holding a book drive. M’Mailutha mentioned the project in his non-profit class, and his colleagues and professor encouraged him to follow through with it, Angell, Grant Coordinator for the PCA, said. “At first I did not think it would work,� M’Mailutha said. “But then I traveled home to Kenya this past December, and I talked to people in the community where I grew up about it, and surprisingly they were very welcoming to the idea because they saw that a library was actually needed.� “They’ve started putting up a

facility where the library will be, they are establishing a kind of management program whereby people from the community will be managing the library on routine basis,� he said.

After proposing the idea of the library to community leaders, M’Mailutha then mentioned he could help by holding a bookdrive back in the United States.

The PCA displayed boxes in various departments across campus last Monday and will continue accepting books until May 1, Angell said. In addition to campus donations, the PCA is also expecting donations from students at the Toledo Zoo as part of Global Youth Service Day, M’Mailutha said.

Initially, the PCA was expecting to receive around 300 books, mostly textbooks and relevant fiction. From the looks of the generous amount they have already received, the drive will surpass expectations, M’Mailutha said.

Now, the problem is in figuring out how to send the overwhelming amount of books overseas, since it costs around 50 cents to ship each book, M’Mailutha said. The PCA is currently working on raising shipping funds with donations from local businesses, he said.

The department also wants to show its appreciation to students and faculty who donated books by setting up a banner outside the Jerome Library, that would display the number of books received on the last day of the drive, Angell said.

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“Change is hard, and I fear this change in dairy operators will make the current economic changes even harder for our local farmers.”

— Suzannah Wittenmyer, a Bowling Green resident, on the prospects of American dairy farms [see story, pg. 1].

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“I’d pop them to annoy people.”

“Let them go and watch them fly away.”

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“I would give them to kids in the community so they remember organ donation day.”

“I would float away.”

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The trials of public transportation for American tourists MARISHA PIETROWSKI COLUMNIST

With Earth Day last week, it was difficult to go anywhere or watch any television program without being reminded that everyone needs to “go green.”

One way to go green is to spend less time in your car and utilize public transportation whenever possible. While they may possess drawbacks, these systems provide an effective and occasionally fun means to discover what cities offer.

My line of thinking is that buses or trains are likely going to operate whether or not you patronize them, so why not make operating costs worthwhile and utilize the services? It’s not necessary to waste your own gas money or put extra mileage or damage on your car (especially on roads that resemble Willard Street in Bowling Green and will require you to get new shocks and tires on a regular basis).

Sure, they can be somewhat inconvenient with limited operating times and overcrowding, but I’ve found that as long as you provide some buffer time, you will usually be set. In most cases, the schedules are solid barring any unexpected circumstances, such as the time I stood outside in the freezing cold waiting over an hour for a train in suburban Chicago, delayed because it hit a car.

Public transportation’s usefulness really shines when you are out of town and acting as the dreaded tourist. It can be easier to reach destinations you want to see if you can figure out a bus or a subway route that will get you close.

I can’t imagine driving on crowded highway systems in cities such as Chicago, New York City or Los Angeles without getting incredibly lost or being stuck in traffic for hours. The public transportations in these and other major cities are rather extensive, and whether through direct routes or connecting points, you can get where you wish.

One of my favorite aspects of public transportation, at least with above ground systems, is that they give you a chance to see attractions and interesting locations you may not see when traveling on a highway or when you’re too busy trying to navigate the streets to see. I love sitting on a bus and discovering

new neighborhoods or attractions I keep in mind for my next visit. Many times I’ll ride a bus or train route with no destination in particular just to explore the area and see what’s around.

These explorations are possible if you buy fare cards that provide you unlimited rides for a flat rate, which I recommend since they are easier than counting out exact change on every bus and cheaper with multiple rides. Just make sure you don’t accidentally put your card in the slot where the cash goes because you’ll annoy the bus driver and lose any money you saved by buying the card.

What tends to highlight my experiences, however, is not what I see when I travel, but the people with whom I share the ride. There’s always the bunch of people who feel the need to share their cell phone conversations in a ridiculously loud and usually hilarious fashion (the book “Overheard in New York” is a perfect example of the random bits of conversation one can discover), but it’s usually direct contact with people that’s most memorable.

My most recent experience with the unusual bunch of people who use public transportation was in Chicago. We encountered a man on a bus who kept repeating “Obama” over and over, offered us energy drinks he decided to save for his “old lady” and discussed how Michelle Obama “makes his blood pressure rise” (and I wouldn’t be surprised if that wasn’t the only thing rising).

Those who pray and preach (especially in foreign languages) to those in close company are common, and those who talk to themselves or those around them in a scary tone are always fascinating as well.

I look at experiences such as these as badges of honor. The mere fact that I survived encounters with America’s finest without getting stabbed, robbed or harmed in any way is something that makes me very proud, and makes me feel I could survive in a big city.

I hope my loving ode to public transportation can convince you to give these services a chance the next time you travel. Every city is different, and you can have different experiences from trip to trip, bus to bus or subway car to subway car. Even if you have a bad experience, you’ll still gain a fun survival story to tell.

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Life in America full of personal growth, experience for Dutch exchange student JESPER BEKKERS | GUEST COLUMNIST The sun is shining, the temperature is over 80 degrees Fahrenheit, and there are still a few days to go until the Dutch students leave this city and country.

During the first week of January, 25 students from the Netherlands came to the University to follow an exchange program at the Language Institute. This meant learning English, American culture and following an academic course at BGSU. I am a 19-year-old teenager from Tilburg, a city the size of Toledo. For the record, the Netherlands is the country were Amsterdam is located. If I were to believe Fox News, there is no morality there; sex, marijuana, alcoholism and ungodliness are the order of the day.

During the four months here in Ohio, I have seen these prejudices all around. Walk around campus, and when the sun goes down, undergrad students illuminate campus by smoking bowls of “happy” tobacco. For variety, cheap beer and wine is used to get rid of the smell of illegal drugs in your mouth.

And I will not even start talking about the sexual excesses.

So, I could definitely say I felt at home here at the University.

There are not that many cultural differences between the Netherlands and Bowling Green. And when I did the true nationality test on Facebook, it even said I was an American.

You could really say I am already too long in this country.

However, it could also mean there is not much difference on the personal level between the two countries. All students want to have some fun during college, and partying is a universal human behavior.

One thing I really admire about American universities are the student organizations.

This is not a common thing in

the Netherlands. For me, this meant I could make American friends very easily and come in contact with Vision, the LGBT student organization on campus. Yes, I am gay and European.

A bias in Europe is that every American in the Midwest is against people with a “different” sexuality. If I relate that to myself, I have never had any problems. It is also that I do not care when people are trying to make fun of me. I always think, “die,” and the problem is solved for me.

Life flows and during my time here, there were enough moments to throw all my stuff out of the window, pack my bag and go straight back to my country. The moment it is not voluntary anymore; it comes closer every second I type this column.

My feeling is somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on a small boat, waiting for the wave to get me to my destination — the United States of America or the Netherlands.

I would love to see my family

and friends again; however, I also need to leave new friends behind. It is making a decision between two evils.

If I look back at those four months, I can only say it improved my personality. At this moment I know more about myself than I would have when I lived my life underneath the same rock.

Sometimes Bowling Green felt like a prison without fences. I am a reporter, and always need the possibility to leave whenever I want. However, in this town I could not leave on my own. I always needed to ask a friend to drive me to a place where there are decent clothing stores to spend my Euros.

One of the most recent discoveries I had is the fact that I always need to get a crush on the difficult cases in society, even in the Netherlands.

I was totally in love with my best friend for more than six months. He gave me such a hard time, because he had a boyfriend at the same time.

Finally, I could put my emotions for that boy away; it only

cost me a flight to Detroit.

It almost looks like I am avoiding my feelings for a boy by leaving the country by plane. These last few weeks I really got a crush on a friend of mine; let’s call him Grover.

He’s a really nice person, only he does not take the time for himself. For my feeling, he walks around sometimes with a Venetian mask, to hide his inner self. He has a good heart, and the fact he is mysterious attracts me.

All of that when I only have a few days to go.

I can only say my months in Bowling Green were great! It gave me a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to discover my inner me, and it also looks good on my resume. I have made really good friends. It is difficult for me to leave. Everyone I met will go her or his own direction, and some of them I will never see again. However, the memory will be there.

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By James Hannah The Associate Press

PAUL VERNON | AP PHOTO

HEALTH: Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, left, answers questions as Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Alvin Jackson looks on during a news conference about a confirmed case of swine flu in Ohio at the Ohio Department of Health in Columbus, Ohio on Sunday, April 26.

Swine flu causes Ohio school to close

By Thomas J. Sheeran The Associated Press

ELYRIA, Ohio — An elementary school was closed Monday as health officials worked to contain the spread of swine flu, which sickened a 9-yearold boy with the same deadly strain that has sparked global concern about a possible pandemic.

The boy, a third-grader who was pulled from school and is recovering at home, is one of 40 confirmed cases in the U.S. He had recently visited several Mexican cities while on vacation with his family, state health officials said.

The virus is suspected in up to 149 deaths in Mexico, the epicenter of the outbreak.

In Elyria, about 20 miles southwest of Cleveland, officials closed Ely Elementary School for the week at the advice of the CDC, said district spokeswoman Amy Higgins.

Parents of the school’s 350 students were called and notified Sunday.

As an added precaution, a cleaning crew went inside the school to sanitize doorknobs, desktops and telephones, Higgins said.

No additional cases have been reported at the school or elsewhere in the district, she said.

Parents were taking their own precautions.

Tyrei Jones, 26, whose 8-yearold son Andrew attends the school, said he took his son to a hospital emergency room on Sunday, even though the boy didn’t have any symptoms.

Jones said he also scrubbed his son’s book bag, shoes and school clothes.

“I don’t want to take a chance,” Jones said.

Doctor’s offices and hospitals in Elyria were urged to isolate patients who have flu-like symptoms, said Clifton Barnes, a spokesman for the Lorain County Emergency Management Agency.

Dr. Helmut Jungschaffer, a pediatrician in nearby Oberlin, said his office fielded numerous calls from concerned parents Monday. The traditional flu season ended in March, but because of the swine flu outbreak, he’s asking parents who have children with a fever to be examined at the office.

“It’s important to get an idea of how widespread this is,” Jungschaffer said.

The U.S. government has declared a public health emergency to respond to the outbreak, which also has sickened people in New York, Kansas, California and Texas. Many of them had recently visited Mexico.

The child in Elyria displayed typical seasonal flu symptoms, including a sore throat and body aches, health officials said.

His family members did not have any flu-like symptoms, Barnes said Monday.

Riding his bike near the school on his unexpected day off Monday, student Bradley Darling, 13, was largely unconcerned about the outbreak.

Darling said he was under strict hand-washing requirements from his parents. “They told me to take a shower yesterday, wash my hands. They told me not to stick my hands in my mouth. When I’m done eating, wash my hands.”

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WILMINGTON — Residents rocked by thousands of layoffs at the local airport or otherwise struggling to survive in the shaky economy are hoping that laughter is the best medicine.

By late afternoon yesterday, an estimated 3,300 tickets had been handed out for next month’s free comedy show by Jay Leno, who is bringing his act to southwest Ohio as a morale booster.

People in shorts, sunhats and baseball caps sat in lawn chairs or on the ground to form lines that stretched out from four entrances to the Roberts Centre, where Leno will hold his Comedy Stimulus show May 10.

Penny Tapp, 57, of Highland, arrived about 7 a.m. yesterday, more than four hours before the distribution of 4,000 tickets began.

Tapp, who lost her freight delivery job in November, said Leno has a big heart for doing the show.

“It’s like stretching your arms out and hugging the community and saying ‘It’s going to be OK,’” said Tapp, who began to choke up with emotion. “I think it’s tremendously important.”

Wilmington, a city of 12,000, has drawn national attention as a vivid example of the

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LENO: Friends Jonathan Abernathy, front, Daniel Eltzroth, second row left and Sean Siders, right, catch some sleep as they wait to receive free tickets for comedian Jay Leno’s performance at the Roberts Centre in Wilmington, Ohio, yesterday. Leno will perform his free Comedy Stimulus Show in WIlmington on May 10.

economic struggles of small U.S. communities during the recession, and both presidential candidates discussed its plight last year.

Earlier this month, DHL said it will move U.S. hub operations for its international business from Wilmington to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport by mid- to late summer to save money. DHL expects to add 180 full-time positions and 650 part-time jobs at the airport in Hebron, Ky., more than 50 miles southwest of Wilmington.

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NASA makes plans to create Veterinarians investigate premature death of a 22-year-old gorilla wind farm near Lake Erie The wind farm would be used to generate electricity SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) — NASA is looking into creating a wind farm near Lake Erie at a research center it operates midway between Cleveland and Toledo.

The aerospace agency says the idea is still in the planning stage and that none of the details are complete.

NASA began searching last

month for private developers interested in working on a large-scale wind farm project at the agency’s Plum Brook Station near Sandusky.

Officials say the developer will build, own and operate the wind farm. NASA’s Sandusky center plans to use some of the electricity that’s generated, and the rest will be sold.

TOLEDO (AP) — Veterinarians at the Toledo Zoo are looking into what caused the death of a 22-year-old gorilla over the weekend.

Gorillas in zoos have been known to live up to age 54.

Toledo’s western lowland gorilla named Shani died Saturday in an area not open to the public.

The zoo says keepers noticed earlier in the week that the female gorilla was listless and not eating normally.

Workers began treating the animal on Friday after an exam revealed she was sick.

She was one of nine gorillas at the zoo and had given birth to two males.

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BASEBALL Spencer named Player of the Week BG’s Derek Spencer was named Mid-American Conference East Division Player of the Week yesterday.

Spencer hit .706 for the week with six home runs, 10 RBI and 12 runs scored. He also had a 2.083 slugging percentage.

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SCHEDULE TODAY Baseball vs. Toledo; 3 p.m.

OUR CALL Today in Sports History 1990—The Boston Celtics score the most points in a playoff game with 157.

1967—Muhammad Ali refuses military service and losing boxing title.

ETHAN MAGOC | THE BG NEWS

THE TROOPS: Andrew Johnson (98), Angelo Magnone (51), Kevin Alvarado (92) and Darius Smith (97) join Nick Torresso (not pictured) as the top defensive linemen this season. None of them are seniors.

Defensive downfall Falcon defensive line fighting hard despite depth issues and no seniors

By Andrew Harner Sports Editor

Despite knowing there could be three senior defensive linemen on the Falcon football team this season, the players in place aren’t dwelling on it.

According to redshirt junior Nick Torresso, the only problem with losing the three is on the line’s depth, not its probable success. “[They] would help as far as having a better rotation, but as far as having success, I think we’re fine with that,” Torresso said. “We work just as hard if not harder.”

Michael Ream

Jacob Hardwick

Orlando Barrow

Was dismissed from the program in April

Was dismissed from the program last summer

Was dismissed from the program last summer

The players that are gone — Orlando Barrow, Jacob Hardwick and Michael Ream, all would-be seniors dismissed from the program in the past calendar year — could be anchoring a defensive line that is now finding its depth challenged with no seniors.

Barrow and Hardwick were both dismissed from the team by former coach Gregg Brandon

4. Julian Edelman: The Patriots like versatile players and Edelman will likely adjust to that style and use his speed to his advantage as a receiver and on special teams.

5. Terrance Knighton: Part of Jackonsville’s 2008 struggles were defensive.

Knighton has a chance to help shore up their line for the upcoming year.

Redshirt sophomore Kevin Alvarado said having those elder statesmen would have been beneficial to the season.

“It would help give us some leadership,” Alvarado said. “But young guys just have to step their game up.”

For the Spring Game last Saturday, the team rolled out redshirt juniors Angelo

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BG to face Toledo after offensive surge

The List Of the 10 MAC players drafted over last weekend, it’s likely at least some of them will make an immediate impact with their new teams.

Today, we are listing five of the possible scenarios.

1. Louis Delmas: The Lions need defensive help badly. Delmas was rated as the top safety in the draft by some, so the chances of him starting on the bench seem slim.

2. Nate Davis: San Francisco’s quarterback situation is terrible and Davis could prove to be the dark horse quarterback of the draft.

3. Larry English: With Shawne Merriman’s knees uncertain, the Chargers will need someone else to be able to put pressure on the quarterback and English may be the answer.

last summer after being charged in connection with a home invasion.

Ream was dismissed by current coach Dave Clawson April 10 for an undisclosed violation of team rules.

But now the team is faced with the daunting task of finding young stars in the making and a somewhat lack of leadership.

Magnone, Darius Smith and Torresso and redshirt sophomore Kevin Alvarado as starters with other youngsters like redshirt sophomores Andrew Johnson and Mickey Wagner among others seeing significant playing time.

Among those four starters, there is just one career start coming from Torresso who started at left tackle against Miami last season.

Johnson also had a start last season, taking Ream’s place at nose tackle for the Ohio game.

By Chris Sojka Reporter

ETHAN MAGOC | THE BG NEWS

SENIOR DAY: Hayley Wiemer, the lone senior of the softball team, was recognized by her family (above), team and fans last weekend.

Falcons celebrating end of Wiemer’s career

By Paul Barney Reporter

season.

Already holding the singleseason home run record in Over the past four years, BG school history with 11 (2007-08), softball fans have had the plea- Wiemer broke the all-time home sure of watching Hayley Wiemer run record with the 27th homer accomplish incredible feats of her career March 28 in the with a softball.

Falcons’ sweep over Toledo.

With six games remaining Since then, Wiemer has gone in the regular season, a double- on to hit four more home runs, header tomorrow with Wright with her most recent coming State marks the final home Sunday on Senior Day against games of Wiemer’s illustrious Kent State. career.

Not only did Wiemer make “It has gone so fast,” Wiemer noise at the plate this past weeksaid. “I can’t even begin to end, but it was what she did in explain how fast it has gone by.” the pitcher’s circle that really Though the season hasn’t spoke volumes about the type gone quite the way the Falcons of player she is. have hoped, the team has had In the Falcons’ split with plenty to cheer about with See WIEMER | Page 8 the milestones Wiemer has achieved over the course of the

After wind gusts of over 30 mph last weekend at Steller Field, pitcher Kacy Dwornik stressed the importance of really getting over his front leg and keeping the ball as low as possible.

“You have to hope they don’t hit any into the air to get into that jet stream,” he said. “And you have to hope the defense is playing well behind you.”

For Miami and BG pitchers, always keeping the ball low in the strike zone was a challenge last weekend as 26 home runs were hit in the series.

Luckily for the pitchers, position players and coaches, the wind gusts are not supposed to be nearly as strong today when the Falcons take on Toledo in a non-conference game at Steller Field at 3 p.m.

“Baseball is not too fun to play in this [wind,]” coach Danny Schmitz said. “It’s tough to be a pitcher and tough to be a position

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SUCCESS STORY: Senior Logan Meisler (21) has seen success against Toledo in the past and will be looking to help his team continue the trend today.

player, but both teams have to play in it.”

The Falcons have a 110-81 series lead over UT, winning the last three games, including a 15-9 victory in a game played last week at Toledo.

Ryan Shay, who hit four home

runs and had eight RBI last weekend, had a huge day at the plate last week in Toledo, as he was just a single shy of hitting for the cycle.

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Wells pleased with team’s weekend performance

By Craig Vanderkam Web Editor

Two weeks prior to the MAC Championships, the BG track team took part in a non-scoring competition at the Hillsdale Relays in Michigan.

Coach Cami Wells was satisfied with the effort of the team this weekend.

“The competition was strong and the weather was hot and windy the majority of the weekend,” Wells said. “I thought they dealt well with the difficult conditions and did a good job staying hydrated and ready to compete.”

Though no team scores were kept, Wells said this would not

TaKarra Dunning

Whitney Hartman

Finished second in the shot put in Hillsdale

Finished second in the hammer throw in Hillsdale

be the way to judge the success of the team.

“The success is always judged by the effort and performances regardless of the scoring,” she said.

Seniors TaKarra Dunning and Whitney Hartman placed highest among BG’s athletes, finishing runner-up in the shot put and hammer throw, respectively. Dunning threw the shot put 14.7 meters and Hartman

55.06 meters in the hammer throw.

Sophomore Heather Conger set a personal record with a time of 2:15 in the 800 meter run as part of the team’s 4x800 relay. She also set a PR in the 400 meter run (58:54) this weekend.

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Champion boxer Page, dead at 50 Dylan T. Lovan The Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Greg Page, a former heavyweight boxing champion who suffered a severe brain injury in a 2001 fight, has died at his Louisville home. He was 50.

His wife, Patricia Page, said she found the one-time World Boxing Association champion early yesterday morning. Patricia Page said he died of complications related to injuries he suffered in the fight.

Jefferson County Deputy Coroner Jim Wesley said Page had slid from his hospital-type bed, as Wesley said he would occasionally, sometime between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. EDT, when his wife found him, and that his death was consistent with positional asphyxia.

Page was found sitting on the floor with his head lodged between the bed and the rail, Wesley said. Patricia Page immediately moved him to try to resuscitate him, Wesley said.

Page told The Associated Press her husband “is in a better place now.”

The March 9, 2001, fight left Page in a coma for nearly a week.

He then had a stroke during postfight surgery. He was paralyzed on his left side and received intensive physical therapy.

Family friend Christopher 2X said Page took on his debilitating injuries with the same intensity as he would have in preparing for a fight.

“When he was challenged with his boxing injuries, he was the presence of courage,” 2X said.

“Because he never gave up.”

Page won a $1.2 million settlement in 2007 with Kentucky boxing officials over the lack of medical personnel at the 2001 fight. Boxing officials also agreed to establish a medical review panel for the Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Authority to check the health conditions of people involved in the sport who may be at risk for injury.

Larry Bond, acting executive director of the Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Authority, said part of Page’s legacy will be his contributions to boxing safety in the state.

“He was a true champion who will be sorely missed both in and out of the ring,” Bond said.

Page started fighting while growing up in Louisville and was sparring with Muhammad Ali by the time he was 15. He became the National Golden Gloves heavyweight champion in 1978 at age 20.

2X compared Page to Ali, who can command attention despite his troubles with speaking.

“He didn’t have a great speech pattern anymore, but amazingly, when you would talk to him, he would find a way to communicate, by squeezing your hand or nodding his head,” 2X said.

Page turned to professional boxing and lost his first shot at the WBA heavyweight championship in 1984 to Tim Witherspoon.

In December of that year, Page

MICHAEL ZITO | THE BG NEWS

WAITING: Greg Page waits for a weighin in Miami in 1983.

knocked out Gerrie Coetzee in the eighth round of their bout in South Africa to claim the title, but lost on points to Tony Tubbs five months later.

Page continued boxing through 1993, then took two years off after being knocked out by Bruce Seldon. He started again in 1996.

Page was 42 and had a 58-161 career record going into the $1,500 fight against Dale Crowe at Peels Palace in Erlanger, Ky., near Cincinnati. Crowe was 24 and an up-and-coming boxer.

Page went down after 10 rounds and didn’t get up.

Patricia Page said yesterday that funeral arrangements were pending.

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Former star Williams tasered, taken to hospital Colleen Long The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Jayson Williams was stunned with a Taser by police in his swank hotel suite yesterday after the reportedly suicidal ex-NBA star resisted attempts by officers to take him to a hospital.

Police were called to the hotel in lower Manhattan’s Battery Park City around 4 a.m. when a female friend reported the former New Jersey Nets player was acting suicidal.

Whenofficersarrived,the6-foot10, 325-pound Williams appeared drunk and agitated, police said.

There were empty bottles of prescription drugs strewn around his disheveled hotel suite and several suicide notes.

Officers with the Emergency Services Unit, an elite team trained to deal with emotionally disturbed people, responded and stunned Williams with a Taser after he resisted attempts to be hospitalized.

It’s the latest in a series of public troubles for the 41-year-old former NBA All-Star, who played nine seasons with the Nets and the Philadelphia 76ers before retiring in 2000.

He was convicted in 2004 of trying to cover up the shooting death of his hired driver Costas “Gus” Christofi at his mansion in Alexandria Township, N.J., in February 2002.

He was acquitted of aggravated

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MIKE DERER | AP PHOTO

WHAT WENT WRONG: Jayson Williams went from NBA All-Star to having all sorts of personal troubles.

manslaughter, but the jury deadlocked on a reckless manslaughter count. A retrial is pending and he has been free on bail since the shooting.

Williams’ wife filed divorce papers this year claiming he was

abusive, adulterous and had a drug problem. Proceedings continue.

Williams’ manager told the Daily News of New York outside a Manhattan hospital that the athlete was on the mend.

“[They] would help as far as having a better rotation, but as far as having success, I think we’re fine with that.

We work just as hard if not harder.”

With the lack of starting experience, there is a wide open race for many of the defensive line starting spots, something Alvarado Nick Torresso | On dismissed players said is good for the team. “[The battles are] going pretty well,” Alvarado said. “Everybody even though Clawson would pre- among the freshmen to get playing time if needed is Jordan fer to redshirt them. wants a starting spot.”

“That’s a position that we’re Roussos, a defensive end recruit And some of the players possibly battling for those spots aren’t probably going to have to play from Pittsburgh.

Roussos was selected to USA some freshmen,” Clawson said. “I even in Bowling Green yet.

In his first recruiting class, don’t know if we have enough Football’s 2009 national team Clawson brought six defensive depth to redshirt all the freshmen in April and will compete in the Junior World Championships this linemen aboard, some of which we have coming in.”

One of the leading candidates summer. may find regular playing time

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NO CHANGES: Despite this crash, which caused fan injuries, Talladega will not get a surface makeover.

Crash not changing NASCAR’s stance Jenna Fryer The Associated Press

NASCAR officials also said they might need to be stricter about aggressive driving and CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR blocking, when one car delibofficials are not considering erately moves into the path of changing the racing surface at a competing car trying to pass Talladega Superspeedway fol- it, during races at Daytona and lowing a spectacular last-lap Talladega.

Horsepower-sapping restricaccident that sent debris flying tor plates are used at those two into the grandstands.

Vice president of competition tracks — NASCAR’s two fastest Robin Pemberton said NASCAR — to combat the high speeds. will study several different safety A square aluminum plate is standards, including the height installed in each car to limit an of the fences surrounding the engine’s power, slowing the car track. Carl Edwards’ car sailed by reducing the amount of air into the frontstrech fence, which that flows into the carburetor. bowed but held, before the bat- As a result, the cars all run the tered vehicle returned to the same speed, and the field is typically bunched tightly together. track.

Debris from the crash injured One wrong move by a driver can seven fans. An eighth fan was cause a massive accident.

There were three spectacular treated for a medical condition.

crashes Sunday: A 13-car wreck seven laps into the race; a 10car accident with nine laps to go; and Edwards’ airborne flight into the fence on the final lap.

That crash came about after Edwards’ attempt to block Brad Keselowski’s winning pass.

Keselowski pushed Edwards past Ryan Newman and Dale Earnhardt Jr. into the lead on the final lap. Then the 25-yearold Earnhardt protege peeked around Edwards as they closed on the finish line. Edwards ducked low to block the pass, but Keselowski was too close and couldn’t avoid contact that sent Edwards into a spin up the track and into Newman’s path.

Edwards’ car flew over the top of Newman’s hood, then shot into the frontstretch fence.

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WARM EMBRACE: Hayley Wiemer receives a hug from her coach Shannon Salsburg before Sunday’s game.

WIEMER From Page 7

With four MAC games left, the senior co-captain knows the team has to play solid ball from here on out if they Mid-American Conference East want to remain in the fight for Division leader Kent State, Wiemer the last few spots in the MAC pitched both games, combin- Tournament.

“We’re scraping to get into the ing to throw 184 pitches with 13 MAC Tournament,” Wiemer strikeouts and just one walk.

“She threw fantastic,” Salsburg said. “We want that more than said. “She wants to do whatever anything, and I think we’ve she can when she puts that jer- shown signs of the team that sey on, and she’s willing to do we can be.”

A Sunday extra-inning thrillwhatever is asked. She is heart.”

Sunday’s start in the cir- er in the series finale with a cle against the Flashes was team like KSU certainly showed Wiemer’s 30th of the season signs of fight in the young Falcon and 95th of her career with the team, proving that they’re not going to give up.

Falcons.

BASEBALL From Page 7 “He’s a great hitter and he can get on some hot streaks and he’s on one of those right now,” Schmitz said.

Along with Shay, the whole Falcon squad has been hitting the baseball well. As a team last weekend, BG hit .424 and had a slugging percentage of .896, while hitting 17 home runs out of the park.

Before the weekend series against Ohio University at Steller Field, the Falcons will travel to South Bend, Ind., tomorrow to take on Notre Dame in another mid-week game at 6 p.m.

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In fact, a long fought battle with KSU may have been beneficial to BG as they continue to push towards a MAC Tournament bid.

“As we fight to get to the MAC tournament, that’s the type of games we’re going to play when we get there,” Salsburg said.

For Wiemer, a trip to the MAC Tournament would be a great way to end what has already been a stellar career at BG. “It’s been an amazing experience,” Wiemer said. “I met some awesome people at Bowling Green that I know I’ll stay in touch with. It’s just been incredible.”

TRACK From Page 7

Laseak’s triple jump of 9.86 meters was a new personal record. Sophomore Autumn Dettman ran the 3000 meter Junior Andrea Pereira steeplechase for just the secde Almeida ran a personal ond time and finished at record in both the 4x800 11:33.56, taking 20 seconds off meter relay Friday (2:21) and her previous time. the 1500 meter run Saturday The team will participate (4:47.32), dropping 17 sec- at the Toledo Invitational onds from her previous best next weekend as they conin the 1500. tinue to prepare for the MAC Other impressive showings Championships, starting May to note include senior Jamie 14.

Roflow’s come-from-behind “At this point we need to finish to win her heat of the focus on getting through finals 1500, with a time of 4:46.27. healthy and use the next two Sophomore Brittani McNeal meets to work on fine tuning ran the 200 meters in 25.01 before the conference meet,” seconds and junior Shannon Wells said.

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JUST MARRIED: Melisa Keeton, left, and Shelley Wolfe sign their certificate of marriage after their wedding ceremony outside the Polk County administrative building,

First group of same-sex couples wed in Iowa

By Amy Lorentzen The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa — The first same-sex couples tied the knot in Iowa yesterday as the controversial issue of gay marriage moved to the nation’s heartland.

Melisa Keeton and Shelley Wolfe were declared “legally married” by pastor Peg Esperanaza during a ceremony in front of the Polk County administrative offices in Des Moines. It didn’t take long before they were referring to one another as “wife.”

“It’s not very romantic is it?”

Melisa Keeton joked, referring to the location of the ceremony and the media attention.

The couple was allowed to wed after getting a judge to waive the state’s three-day waiting period before marriages are deemed valid.

The couple, who will share the last name Keeton, believed they were the first same-sex

couple married in Polk County, and possibly the state, since the April 3 Iowa Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage.

The ruling made Iowa the third state to allow same-sex marriage, joining Massachusetts and Connecticut.

“I didn’t think it would be us,” said Shelley Keeton, whose twin brother served as one of the couple’s witnesses.

First in line at the Polk County office were Grant Lan, 35, and Andrew MahoneyLan, 32. The Windsor Heights couple also planned to seek a waiver that would let them marry Monday.

“It’s huge to be here first,” Mahoney-Lan said.

Officials said the Polk County recorder’s office had received 57 marriage applications from same-sex couples by 11:30 a.m.

Esperanaza, of the Church of the Holy Spirit in Des Moines, also married at least two other couples, all at no charge.

Suspected Craigslist killer has no finances

By Russell Contreras The Associated Press

BOSTON — The Boston University medical student accused of slaying a 25-year-old masseuse he met on Craigslist owes more than $130,000 in student loans and cannot afford an attorney, according to court papers.

Philip Markoff, 23, also does not get money from his parents and has been unemployed for a while making him eligible for an appointed attorney paid through public funds, court documents showed. “(Markoff) stated he did not receive financial support from his family,” said an April 23 document signed by a probation officer. “(Markoff) further stated he was unemployed for a lengthy period of time and was essentially living off student loans in the amount of $130,000.”

Court papers say Markoff was interviewed on April 21 by officer AthenaKotarides,wholaterwrote that Markoff signed an indigency form. The Committee for Public Counsel Services appointed attorney John Salsberg to represent Markoff later that day.

Markoff was a second-year medical student at BU at the time of his arrest last week during a traffic stop as he drove to FoxwoodsCasinoinConnecticut.

“He was essentially living off student loans in the amount of $130,000.” anonmyous

He also graduated from the State University of New York-Albany.

Markoff is charged with murdering Julissa Brisman on April 14 at the Boston Marriott Copley Place hotel. He also is charged in a robbery at a nearby hotel of another masseuse police say he met through the Craigslist classified ads Web site.

He has pleaded not guilty.

Salsberg has said Markoff is innocent of the charges.

Meanwhile, a member of the band booked to play at Markoff’s wedding said the Aug. 14 wedding has been called off. William Forte, the keyboardist and owner of the Bstreetband, a Bruce Springsteen tribute band, said a relative of Markoff’s fiancee, Megan McAllister, called him and said “that as of right now, there is no way they will be able to have the Aug. 14 wedding date.”

Forte said he plans to return the couple’s $500 deposit.

“Under the circumstances, I would never hold them to the contract,” Forte said.

NEW YORK — An airliner and supersonic fighter jet zoomed past the lower Manhattan skyline in a flash just as the work day was beginning yesterday. Within minutes, startled financial workers streamed out of their offices, fearing a nightmarish replay of Sept. 11.

For a half-hour, the Boeing 747 and F-16 jet circled the Statue of Liberty and the lower Manhattan skyline near the World Trade Center site. Offices evacuated.

Dispatchers were inundated with calls. Witnesses thought the planes were flying dangerously low.

But the flyover was nothing but a photo op, apparently one of a series of flights to get pictures of the plane in front of national landmarks.

It was carried out by the Defense Department with little warning, infuriating New York officials and putting the White House on the defense. Even Mayor Michael Bloomberg didn’t know about it, and he later called it “insensitive” to fly so near the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

The director of the White House military office, Louis Caldera, took the blame a few hours later. One of the planes was a 747 that is called Air Force One when used by the president.

“Last week, I approved a mission over New York. I take responsibility for that decision,” Caldera said. “While federal authorities took the proper steps to notify state and local authorities in New York and New Jersey, it’s clear that the mission created confusion and disruption.

I apologize and take responsibility for any distress that flight caused.”

Still, federal officials provided few details and wouldn’t say why the public and area building security managers weren’t noti-

JASON MCLANE | AP PHOTO

NO PHOTO OP: The primary presidential aircraft, a Boeing 747 known as Air Force One when the president is aboard, flies low over New York Harbor.

fied. They also wouldn’t address why someone thought it was a wise decision to send two jets into New York City, all for a few photos with the Statue of Liberty as a backdrop.

An administration official said the purpose of the photo op was to update file photos of the president’s plane near the Lady Liberty.

This official said the White House military office told the Federal Aviation Administration that it periodically updates file photos of Air Force One near national landmarks, such as the statute in the New York harbor and the Grand Canyon. The official requested anonymity to give more details than the official White House announcement.

The photo op was combined with a training exercise to save money, according to another administration official who also

Sailor files lawsuit against shipping owners over safety

By Juan A. Lozano The Associated Press

HOUSTON — A member of the crew on the U.S.-flagged ship hijacked by African pirates sued the owner and another company yesterday, accusing them of knowingly putting sailors in danger.

Richard E. Hicks alleges in the suit that owner Maersk Line Limited and Waterman Steamship Corp., which provided the crew, ignored requests to improve safety measures for vessels sailing along the Somali coast.

Hicks was chief cook on the Maersk Alabama. Pirates held the ship’s captain hostage for five days until the U.S. Navy rescued him.

Hicks’ lawsuit seeks at least $75,000 in damages and improved safety.

Officials for Norfolk, Va.-based Maersk Line and Mobile, Ala.-

“Suggestions of what should have been done ... have been ignored.”

Richard E. Hicks | sailor based Waterman said their companies don’t comment on pending litigation.

Hicks asked that the two companies improve safety for ships by providing armed security or allowing crew members to carry weapons, sending ships through safer routes, and placing such safety measures on ships as barbed wire that would prevent pirates from being able to board vessels.

“We’ve had safety meetings every month for the last three years and made suggestions of what should be done and they have been ignored,” Hicks said.

spoke on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to speak publicly about the behind-the-scenes discussions about the flight.

The FAA notified the New York Police Department of the flyover, telling them photos of the Air Force One jet would be taken about 1,500 feet above the Statue of Liberty around 10 a.m. yesterday. It had a classified footnote that said “information in this document shall not be released to the public or the media.”

“Why the Defense Department wanted to do a photo op right around the site of the World Trade Center catastrophe defies the imagination,” Bloomberg said. “Poor judgment would be a nice ways to phrase it. ...

Had I known about it, I would have called them right away and asked them not to.”

NYPD spokesman Paul

Browne said typically a flight like this would be publicized to avoid causing a panic, but they were under orders not to in this case. They regularly get requests for flyovers, but without secrecy restrictions.

The FAA also alerted an official in the mayor’s office, but he didn’t tell Bloomberg, who said he first learned about it when his “BlackBerry went off crazy with people complaining about it.”

The Bloomberg official who was notified was Marc Marc Mugnos, director of operations for the Office of Citywide Event Coordination and Management.

Mugnos didn’t immediately respond to questions about why he didn’t tell the mayor; Bloomberg’s spokesman Stu Loeser issued a statement saying: “He has been reprimanded and a disciplinary letter has placed in his file.”

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NEW PLAN:General Motors President and CEO Fritz Henderson announces the company will build around four core brands in its viability plan in Detroit, Monday April 27. GM says it will cut 21,000 U.S. factory jobs by next year and phase out its storied Pontiac brand.

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GOODBYE: Deflated balloons hang over the grille of a Pontiac car, which GM plans to phase out, in Toronto, Canada. The struggling automakersays it will offer 225 shares of common stock for every $1,000 in notes held by bondholders as part of debt-for-equity swap.

General Motors plan could cut thousands of factory jobs, Pontiac line

By Kimberly S. Johnson The Associated Press

DETROIT — General Motors Corp. could be majority owned by the federal government under a massive restructuring plan laid out yesterday that will cut 21,000 U.S. factory jobs by next year and phase out the storied Pontiac brand.

The plan, which includes an offer to swap roughly $27 billion in bond debt for GM stock, would leave current shareholders holding just 1 percent of the centuryold company, which is fighting for its life in the worst auto sales climate in 27 years.

GM is living on $15.4 billion in government loans and said yesterday in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it envisions receiving an additional $11.6 billion. But if GM’s restructuring plan can’t satisfy the government by June 1, the struggling company could go into bankruptcy protection.

GM said that it will ask the government to take more than 50 percent of its common stock in exchange for canceling half the government loans to the

company as of June 1. The swap would cancel about $10 billion in government debt.

In addition, GM is offering stock to the United Auto Workers for at least 50 percent of the $20 billion the company must pay into a union run trust that will take over retiree health care expenses starting next year.

If both are successful, the government and UAW health care trust would own 89 percent of GM stock, with the government holding more than a 50 percent stake, CEO Fritz Henderson said in a news conference at GM’s Detroit headquarters.

President Barack Obama’s administration said in a statement that the bond exchange filing is an important step in GM’s restructuring but the administration has not made a final decision about taking stock for part of its loans.

“The interim plan that GM laid out in this filing reflects the work GM has done since March 30 to chart a new path to financial viability. We will continue to work with GM’s management as it refines and finalizes this plan and with all of GM’s stakeholders to help GM restructure

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consistent with the president’s commitment to a strong, vibrant American auto industry,” the statement said.

Henderson said that although the government would own a majority of GM’s outstanding common shares, the Treasury “hasn’t demonstrated interest in running the company,” but would have someone on the board looking out for the taxpayers’ interest. The task force has directed current board chairman Kent Kresa to replace several board members.

“The shareholders, the VEBA (health care trust) and the government would want to have a someone on the board of directors,” he said.

Deals with the UAW and the Treasury have yet to be finalized, he said.

The struggling automaker said it will offer 225 shares of common stock for every $1,000 in notes held by bondholders as part of a debt-for-equity swap.

Henderson said the objective is to reduce GM’s $27 billion of outstanding public debt by about $24 billion. The company estimates that after the exchange, bondholders would own 10 per-

cent of the company.

That would leave current common stockholders with only 1 percent, GM said. Still, GM shares rose 34 cents, or 21 percent, to $2.03 in midday trading.

The plans, if successful, would reduce GM’s debt by $44 billion from the present figure of about $62.4 billion.

“We would be substantially less-leveraged as a company,” Henderson said.

Kip Penniman Jr., an analyst with KDP Investment Advisors Inc., predicted the exchange offer would fail and GM will file for bankruptcy. The value of all of GM’s outstanding stock is about $1.27 billion, so if bondholders get about 10 percent of the equity, the offer is only worth about 5 cents per dollar of GM bonds, he said.

GM’s plan depends on 90 percent of bondholders exchanging their debt, and “there is no chance that GM will get anywhere near that participation rate,” Penniman said in a research note.

Henderson said if the debt exchange isn’t successful, he would expect GM to file for bankruptcy protection some-

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to 7,497 in 2004 and 6,450 in 2008. The company said yesterday that it plans to reduce its dealership ranks to 3,605 by 2010. About 450 of those cuts are expected to come with the elimination or sale of GM’s Saturn, Hummer and Saab brands.

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General Motors Corp. announced plans yesterday to speed up its efforts to slim down its work force and thin its ranks of dealers, with the hopes of returning the company to viability. A look at how GM has shrunk over the years:

EMPLOYEES: GM had about 304,000 hourly U.S. workers in 1991, but by 1993 that number had fallen to 265,000. In 2000, the company’s hourly ranks totalled 133,000, before falling to 63,700 by the end of last year. The automaker now expects its U.S. blue-collar work force to total about 40,000 people by 2010 and 38,000 by 2011.The company’s salaried work force totaled 91,000 people in 1991 but fell to 73,900 by 1993 and then 44,000 in 2000.

Earlier this year, GM said it had about 29,000 white-collar workers, before completing the elimination of 3,400 of those jobs last week.

Yesterday, the company said more cuts were coming.

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Besides the U.S. job cuts, General Motors Canada said it plans to slash its hourly work force to from 10,300 currently to 4,400 by 2014 years.

The company also said it plans to reduce its dealership ranks by 42 percent from 2008 to 2010, cutting them from 6,246 to 3,605.

When asked how GM would accomplish that, Henderson would say only that the company would be making offers to the dealers in the coming weeks.

Mark LaNeve, vice president of North American sales and marketing, said a big chunk of the dealership reduction — about 450 — would come with the elimination or sale of Saturn, Hummer and Saab. GM would then look to end relationships with dealers that do only a small volume of business with GM, and then move on to other dealers, he said.

“We’ve got a cadence plan to it,” he said. “I don’t want to get rid of any dealers,” LaNeve said, but acknowledged that that GM has had more dealers than it needs for quite some time.

The first Pontiac car was introduced in 1926 after GM acquired the Oakland Motor Car Co. of Pontiac, Mich., in 1909. Pontiac was meant to be a low-priced companion to GM’s “Oakland” line, but Pontiacs proved more popular. By 1929, half a million Pontiacs were sold.

■ Oakland ended production in 1932 but Pontiac lived on, from the early models like the Chief and Master Six Coupe to the Star Chief and Catalina.

■ Just before the 1949 models went into production, Ford Motor Co. obtained spy shots of the new Pontiacs, and both companies had created nearly identical grilles. After a phone call from Ford, Pontiac reluctantly redesigned its grille because the Ford was debuting first.

■ John Z. DeLorean joined Pontiac in 1957 to head up advanced engineering. DeLorean, division general manager Semon “Bunkie” Knudsen and chief engineer Pete Estes inspired the cars that soon would reshape the division.

■ Pontiac built a reputation for performance in the 1960s and 1970s with offerings like the GTO, one of America’s first muscle cars and the inspiration for Ronny and the Daytonas’ tune “GTO"; and the Firebird and Firebird Trans Am. ■ Efforts in recent years to revive Pontiac as a performance-oriented brand failed to work. The company had said it wanted to keep Pontiac as a niche brand with one or two models, but is buckling under government pressure to consolidate its eight brands, several of which lose money.

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where around June 1, but such a filing would be unlikely very long before the deadline. Bondholders have until May 26 to accept the exchange offer.

Henderson said the company still prefers to restructure outside of court, but he acknowledged that the prospect of bankruptcy is more likely now that it was a few weeks ago.

“The task at hand in terms of what we need to get done is formidable,” Henderson said. “But it can be done.”

GM said it would speed up six additional factory closings that were announced in February, although it did not identify the locations. Additional salaried jobs cuts also are coming, beyond the 3,400 in the U.S. completed last week.

Henderson said there would be three more factory closures in 2010 beyond the six that were previously planned. He expects to identify them by publicly in May. They will include assembly, engine and transmission and parts-stamping factories, he said.

Including previously announced plant closures, the restructuring will leave GM with

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TAINTING THE LANDSCAPE: People in Appenzell Inner Rhodes, Switzerland, vote by raising their hands on Sunday. After dozens of mostly German nudists were seen hiking through the beautiful region, legislation was passed banning naked hiking. German Web sites described the activity as “a special experience of nature, free and healthy.”

Naked hiking now banned in Swiss Alps

By Harry Rosenbaum The Associated Press

APPENZELL, Switzerland — Voters in the heart of the Swiss Alps on Sunday passed legislation banning naked hiking after dozens of mostly German nudists started rambling through their picturesque region.

By a show of hands citizens of the tiny canton (state) of Appenzell Inner Rhodes voted overwhelmingly at their traditional open-air annual assembly to impose a 200 Swiss franc ($176) fine on violators.

Only a scattering of people on Sunday opposed the ban on the back-to-nature activity that took off last autumn when naked hikers — primarily Germans — started showing up in eastern Switzerland.

The cantonal government recommended the ban after citizens objected to encountering walkers wearing nothing but hiking boots and socks.

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German Web sites promoting the activity describe it as “a special experience of nature, free and healthy” and said nude walking in the Alps has roots in antiquity.

The verdant Appenzell region has been regarded as a favorite, with trails the nudists regarded as off the beaten path.

The German sites also promote walks in France and in regions of Germany, where public nudity has roots going back to the 18th century through a movement that has come to be called “Free Body Culture.” Nudism in more conservative areas of Switzerland is less common.

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Couple gets married among homeless guests Romance began when the two met at a shelter SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Two central Illinois volunteers have tied the knot in the place they first met: a homeless shelter.

Joyce and Joe Reynolds were married Saturday at the Washington Street Mission in Springfield.

On the first day they met at the mission, Joyce Reynolds says she mistook her future husband for a homeless man seeking shelter.

But Joe Reynolds, who is a longtime volunteer and leads Bible studies at the shelter, says he set her straight.

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