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President Megan Newlove said. The original ordinance, before the Aug. 17 inclusion, said nothGay rights in the city of Bowling ing about housing, but prohibGreen took a significant step for- ited discrimination in employward Aug. 17. ment, businesses and educaThe Bowling Green City tional institutions in Bowling Council passed an amendment Green. making it unlawful to refuse Four-year city Councilman housing to someone based on John Zanfardino said the new sexual orientation. ordinance is mostly precautionThe legislation was added to ary, but he said he remembers a an already existing non-dis- time when an outgoing graduate crimination ordinance, Council student was allegedly told by his
landlord that he “does not rent to his kind.” “It stayed with me,” Zanfardino said. Toledo passed an ordinance similar to Bowling Green’s in December 1998. Zanfardino said Bowling Green was so far behind in creating its own legislation simply because no one was willing to bring up the idea. Jane Rosser, organizer of Equality BG, said her group eventually brought the idea of
a fair housing amendment to based on sexual orientation. Zanfardino because he seemed “People are really excited,” willing to help. Russell said. “This is a huge step “We brought it up to Zanfardino forward.” because he showed an interest in our cause,” Rosser said. “We THE HISTORY are trying to promote the equal The Civil Rights Act of 1968 prohibited rights and justice in the city of discrimination concerning the sale, rental, Bowling Green.” and financing of housing based on race, LGBT Programs and Services religion and sexual orientation. Coordinator Annie Russell said (Information from the U.S. Department with the new ordinance everyof Housing and Urban Development one, gay or straight, now has Web site) protection from discrimination
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WORKING OUT: Freshman Julia Borysiak takes advantage of the equipment in the Student Recreation Center.
Student Rec Center may reduce hours due to budget cuts
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The Student Recreation Center may have to reduce hours if budget cuts are made due to low enrollment numbers. Associate Director of Recreational Sports Thad Long said plans were approved in the spring that could reduce the hours if needed. “It would essentially be a little later opening, a little earlier closing,” he said. “We’ve already looked at the usage patterns of the building historically to see where we can least impact our users to try and scale back a little bit.” Long could not offer specifics because he said he does not know how much the budget will be cut, if at all. But he said once the University makes its official announcement, a Rec Center response will likely be issued within 48 hours. “We’ll just kind of keep operations as usual until we’ve heard otherwise and then we’ll respond according to whatever number we are given,” he said. “But yeah, there is no doubt that there is a possibility that hour reductions would be part of it, because we’ve already done a lot of reductions to the staff, students, professionals.”
University professor and bassoonist to perform tonight as part of the Faculty Artist Series
The Falcon men’s soccer team was victorious in their season opener against Marshall | Page 6
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soon, but tonight at 8 p.m., as part of the College of Musical Arts’ Faculty Artist Series, bassoonist Nathaniel Zeisler will bring his talent to Bryan Recital Hall at the Moore Musical Arts Center.
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From 8 a.m. to noon tomorrow, Ridge Street will be closed between Mercer Road and Willard Drive. Kim McBroom, chief communications officer at the University, said the road is closing because the University is in the process of filming a new TV commercial. McBroom said the commercial will include a student riding a bike in a graduation gown, and officials from the Office of Marketing and Communications, who are in charge of the commercial, don’t want him battling traffic during his ride. According to an e-mail sent to the student body, shuttle service to the Moore Musical Arts Center and Kreischer Quadrangle will also be temporarily discontinued during this time, but McBroom said those shuttle stops will be re-routed around the corner. According to the e-mail, no vehicular traffic will be permitted on the closed area, but parking for the Moore Musical Arts and Student Health Center and the Jerome Library can be reached by taking Merry Avenue to Willard Drive.
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JUST PLAY: The Falcon Marching Band is gearing up for the first home football game tomorrow. Their first show will be music from the band Chicago. Director Carol Hayward said the band is featuring three faculty members on trumpet, trombone and saxophone, which are the instruments most prominent in Chicago. “I wanted to re-create a show that featured these three,” she said.
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The bassoon is a woodwind instrument that plays music in a distinct tone, somewhat similar to a tenor voice. Zeisler, who is an assistant professor in the music department at the University, said the bassoon has a wide range and its pitch has a sort of singing quality. Zeisler has devoted the past 20 years of his life to the bassoon. He said he started playing when he was in the sixth grade, after he switched from clarinet. Zeisler said he plays mainly classical and contemporary music, and even though those types of music may not be extremely popular with mainstream audiences, students can still come to the
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music building and enjoy performances. “I want to try and make it appealing even for people who may not be as interested in classical music,� Zeisler said. Zeisler said the performances can also be fun for those who used to play instruments, but gave up the art. “There’s also a lot of students that used to play instruments for band in high school or middle school that lost interest or stopped playing,� he said. “Coming to see some of the events at the CMA can help students like that reconnect with earlier times when they used to play.� Zeisler, as well as many others at the College of Musical Arts, is especially excited about bringing students to the Moore Musical Arts Center for concerts.
“I want to try and make it appealing even for people who may not be as interested in classical music.� Nathaniel Zeisler | Bassoonist “My biggest request would be for people to come to the CMA and just check it out,� he said. “And if they don’t come to see me this time, then maybe some other concert, and they won’t be disappointed.� Susan Knapp, the director of public events for the College of Musical Arts, said she is always trying to get people involved in music events on and off campus. “These recitals not only encourage our CMA students to excel but also educate, engage and enhance the BG community,� she said.
Richard Kennel, dean of the College of Musical Arts, said Zeisler’s concert promises to be both informative and enjoyable. “For our music majors, these performances are a great way to hear their teachers perform,� he said. “And for University students, the setting is intimate and especially fun to hear live music free of charge.� The concert tonight at Bryan Recital Hall will be about an hour long with no intermission. It will also feature piano accompaniment by pianist Robert Satterlee.
SOME OF NATE ZEISLER’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS Holds a doctorate and master’s degree from the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s from Old Dominion University. - Has played three summer tours of Europe with the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. - Has played a summer tour of the U.S. and Russia with the American Russian Youth Orchestra. - Has taught elementary general music in Norfolk, Va. - Worked as a freelance musician and private teacher in Hampton Roads, Va. and Ann Arbor, Mich. - Is the faculty advisor of Arts Enterprise organization. - Founded the Envision Chamber Consort (EEC), presenting music as a form of contemporary communication.
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BELOW: Emily Doles, a sophomore music education major, practices her twirling in preparation for the home opener Thursday evening. Doles said her favorite part of marching band is performing for the crowd at half time. She is especially excited for Thursday’s half time show featuring music by one of her favorite bands, Chicago. RIGHT: The Falcon Marching Band runs through music Tuesday evening. The band has been working overtime to perfect their sound, yet members still remain energetic and excited to play at the first home game. BOTTOM LEFT: A line of symbol players stand in order just before practice on Tuesday.
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If the Rec Center cuts its hours, how will you work out instead?
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“Run around the pond outside the Moore Musical Arts Center six or seven times.” FRANKLIN BREWER, Grad Student, Vocal Music Performance
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Rise in death of bee population could Post-mortem significantly impact human society celebrity coverage more respectful than when alive KYLE SCHMIDLIN FORUM EDITOR
It’s an environmental calamity more imminent than global warming, plaguing the world’s most valuable livestock with a potential to wreak great havoc on our food supply. Scientists call it Colony Collapse Disorder, or CCD, and it refers to the mysterious disappearance of huge amounts of honeybees all over the world, including the United States. Isolating a single cause has proven difficult for scientists. A number of hypotheses have been proposed, from the serious to the silly (such as cell phone transmissions that are supposedly throwing off the bees’ guidance systems). The two most likely causes are some as-yet unidentified infectious agent, or pesticides and other chemicals, or probably a combination of these and other factors. Unfortunately, CCD doesn’t get nearly the same amount of attention as issues like global warming do. No activists are marching with signs saying “Save the bees,” but they probably ought to be. It seems highly likely that human
activity played a significant, if not pivotal, role in the honeybees’ disappearance. However, what action is appropriate remains a mystery because science isn’t certain what is causing the problem. Still, increased attention could be paid, and although some possible pathogens have been identified, more resources must be poured into this venture, and quickly, because bees — as well as other pollinators — are disappearing at alarming rates. Some Congressional hearings have been held, and certain steps have been taken. One of the most recent was the introduction to the U.S. of Russian bees that are resistant to one suspected pathogen, a species of mite. Other fairly ingenious solutions have also been used. A NOVA program, “Silence of the Bees,” explored a region in China where local farmers have come up with an ingenious method of human pollination to combat the complete disappearance of the feral bee in this region. Light feather dusters are dipped in pollen, painstakingly retrieved by hand, and glazed over the flowers. It’s a method that is allowing the farmers to barely scrape by but is far from an adequate replacement for the honeybee. Too many solutions, howev-
er, go the unfortunate route of increasing our tampering with nature. Genetically engineered strains of both bees and plants are being proposed. Both of these have been in practice for years without obvious perilous consequence — hybrids of the European honeybee and African “killer bee” maintain the European docility but have the higher African level of productivity. Still, the further we alter our planet away from the way it was before we got here, the more it seems to be exacting a kind of revenge on us. We would do well to devise a purely natural solution, likely requiring us to alter our behavior significantly. No other creature on Earth does as much work for human beings as the honeybee. About a third of the food consumed in America relies on honeybee pollination, and human pollination, by any clever method currently dreamed of, will not meet that demand. According to The Daily Telegraph, a fifth of Britain’s bees were victims in the winter of 2008-09, double the natural rate. Numbers vary from source to source, but an October 2007 report by Science magazine suggested figures as high as “50 to 90 percent of colonies lost in beekeeping operations in the
United States.” The actual number, according to an aggregate of sources, is probably nearer the 30 to 50 percent range, which is still alarming. The bees’ disappearance, as well as the disappearance of nearly every other important pollinator, should it continue at present rates, would have dire consequences. Widespread famine might not immediately set in, but we would have to content ourselves with eating almost nothing except grains and corn. Demand for bee-pollinated crops is still being met despite the huge die-offs. How long this will continue, however, is unclear. Even at the conservative rate of 20 to 30 percent honeybee losses, it won’t be long before farmers start to really struggle. The imminence of this threat, and the fact that we still know too little about it to make any meaningful dent in CCD, should push it to the top of the environmental agenda. Whether it be the complete illegalization of pesticides or taking away everyone’s cell phone, no solution can be too radical for a problem as serious as Colony Collapse Disorder. Respond to Kyle at thenews@bgnews.com
Question of right or responsibility of health care important to ponder By Jensen Henry The Miami Student (U-Wire)
In the turmoil leading up to the American Revolution, my great-times-eleven grandfather Patrick Henry said, “Give me Liberty, or give me Death!” Before I continue, I should probably add two things: Patrick was trying to persuade delegates at the Virginia Convention to support a war against the control of Britain’s King George III and, unfortunately, he and I are not related (I hope that does not take away any of my credibility in quoting him). To make a long story short, we started the war, we won the war and after a short interim period where our Founding Fathers lapsed into a Paris Hilton-esque thought process (also known as the Articles of the Confederation era), we wrote a spanking new document that gave us a framework, a few branches and a whole list of liberties. I am, of course, referring to the Constitution and its ensuing Bill of Rights. Freshly relinquished from England’s tyrannical grasp, the authors of the Constitution took care to include nearly every legal and political right that they had previously been denied. That is why we have amendments that today seem a little peculiar; for example, the Third Amendment allows us to decline hosting a horde of soldiers in our home.
The Constitution has excelled superbly at being a “living document” — being applicable to modern situations even though it is more than two centuries old. But now, both conservatives and liberals should agree that modern society has a new set of problems with which our ancestors never dealt. It is here that we come to the recent great debate: government-sponsored health care. Don’t worry; I am not here to grandstand about being for or against President Obama’s health care initiative. (That is another argument for another day.) Instead, I pose another question: Is health care a right or a responsibility? Given the current hype about the rising numbers of overweight citizens, many people may be inclined to say health care is something for which each individual American is responsible. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 49 of 50 states have obesity rates higher than 20 percent. It has been proven that obesity can lead to diabetes, cardiovascular disease and heart attack. In the same vein, people who chose to smoke do so knowing full well of their elevated susceptibility for cancer and lung disease. Why should the public be forced to pay for the medical treatments of these individuals who knowingly cause harm to their own bodies?
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However, it is also imperative to remember the seemingly infinite number of diseases and accidents that happen to even the most physically healthy Americans. Should the African-American community be left to fend for themselves just because they are genetically predisposed to hypertension? Additionally, health care proponents argue that public funding for preventative screenings for ailments like colon and breast cancer is much more cost-effective than paying for expensive treatments when the diagnosis is often too late. Yet, even if health care is a basic right, why was it was never mentioned by the Founding Fathers? Thomas Jefferson mentioned life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as rights in the Declaration of Independence, but I think “life” and “happiness” served as political phrases meant to excite revolutionaries rather than metaphors for medical care. Consider this: In the 1700s, death, especially at a young
age, was much more common. Physicians were poorly trained, sterilization was weak at best and we barely even knew how germs worked. Most importantly, our ancestors accepted and many were comfortable with — their own mortality. Then, around the early-tomiddle part of the 20th century, our mindset started to change. Vaccinations became more prevalent (thanks, Dr. Salk!), scientific technology improved and medical procedures became safer and more commonplace. With a slew of wars underneath our belt and Communism held somewhat at bay, the United States was no longer troubled by the battles of the past. We had the time and the political calm to focus on the new evils that plagued our nation; namely, injury and illness. With the increased attention to treatment of medical problems came the public’s overwhelming expectation of doctors and their ability to cure. Longevity was no longer a lucky occurrence; it was an
By Corey Barker Indiana Daily Student (U-Wire)
After Ted Kennedy’s death last week, the media flooded the airwaves, interwebs and column inches with stories about how great of a man and senator he was. And though he clearly deserved all that kind of attention, the coverage did gloss over the more controversial parts of Kennedy’s life. You know, the proverbial elephant in the room – Chappaquiddick. While the media was busy lauding his ability to be at the forefront of almost every major issue in our country over the past 40 years, there wasn’t much about the incident where his actions led to the death of a woman in 1969. Pushing forward this skewed view of a famous individual after their death is something the media has gotten good at this summer, as we saw in the events following Michael Jackson’s death in June. After the King of Pop passed away, the swell of attention focused on the better (and earlier) parts of his life, not the controversy that surrounded him for the past 15 years – whether it be the accusations of sexual assault toward children, his obsession with plastic surgery or his generally nutty behavior. It is understandable to not want to speak ill of the dead, especially in relation to individuals who meant so much to our culture, but it has been a little surprising to see the media be so selective in these cases, especially after the two of them were covered so heinously during their lives.
Kennedy and Jackson were certainly influential people who did a lot of great things for people in their own ways, but also found themselves amongst controversy. And in this day and age, where the media seemingly wants to take everyone to task for every little thing and knock them off the “celebrity” pedestal, the coverage of these two men is even more odd. On the other hand, maybe we should be thanking the media for overlooking the negative aspects of Kennedy and Jackson’s lives. When we lose people close to us, there is the tendency to only think about the positive effects they had on our lives. Disgruntled children forgive their parents, siblings reconcile and ultimately death can bring families closer together in celebration of the life lost. In this context, the way the media has treated the deaths of these two men who were probably “like family” to millions of people around the world almost makes sense. Almost everyone knows about Chappaquiddick. Almost everyone knows about Jacko’s ridiculously long list of issues. But we don’t have to bring those up to celebrate the other things – the great things – these two men accomplished. Kennedy and Jackson were complicated guys who made numerous mistakes (some of them deadly), but were ultimately pillars of our society, for better or worse. And it’s only fitting we honor them as such, however hypocritical and short-sighted it might be.
entitlement. This leads us to today. Now that we are, for the most part, beyond the days of political injustices, what else is included in the constitutional ideas of “common defense” and “general welfare?” Is the government responsible to defend us from viruses and bacteria? Does it benefit the general welfare to require all Americans to have health insurance and consistent medical checks? These are the questions our country needs to be asking as we delve into the mess of coordinating universal health care. My tentative proposal is that some sort of very basic coverage be a right, just as the Sixth Amendment guarantees all convicted citizens the right to a public defender.
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LONDON — Britain released documents yesterday detailing confidential exchanges over the Lockerbie bomber’s release — letters it hoped will end speculation that Abdel Baset al-Megrahi’s freedom was used to sweeten economic and political deals between Libya and the U.K. But the documents are more likely to stir more anger in the United States, which was opposed to freeing al-Megrahi all along. The letters show that British authorities deferred to Scotland on whether to release the only man convicted in the 1988 airline bombing, but those same officials also repeatedly stressed the importance of growing U.K.-Libyan interests. There was no evidence that British officials warned of diplomatic fallout with the United States should al-Megrahi be released. — Paisley Dodds (AP)
PESH AWA R, Pa k ista n — Government forces destroyed four militant bases and killed 40 insurgents yesterday in a new offensive near Pakistan’s famed Khyber Pass, the main route for supplies to U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, authorities said. The offensive follows a suicide blast in the region last week that killed 19 police officers at a key border crossing. Tariq Hayat, the top administrator in Khyber, told reporters 40 militants were killed and 43 arrested. The four destroyed bases belonged to the militant group Lashkar-e-Islam, he said. The death toll could not be independently verified. — Riaz Khan (AP)
Election talk heats up in Canada By Rob Gillies The Associated Press
TORONTO — Canada’s main oppositionpartyvowedyesterday to try to topple Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s minority government at the first opportunity, which could force a fourth election in the last five years and the second in just a year. Liberal opposition leader Michael Ignatieff’s announcement means the Conservative government could be toppled in a confidence vote if Canada’s two other opposition parties also vote to bring down the government. “Mr. Harper, your time is up. The Liberal party cannot support this government any further,” Ignatieff said. “We will hold Stephen Harper to account, and we will oppose his government in Parliament.” Harper now needs support from at least one of three opposition parties to stay in power. The Bloc Quebecois and New Democrats would have to do an about-face to back Harper. The Liberals will have their first opportunity to present a motion of non-confidence in the first week of October. Liberal lawmaker Bob Rae later said the party would push for a vote at the first opportunity. Ignatieff has been the party’s leader since December and doesn’t want to be seen as propping up the government, as former leader Stephane Dion did dozens of times before losing the election last October.
Commonwealth suspends Fiji over democratic government LONDON (AP) — The 53nation Commonwealth says it has suspended Fiji automatically after it failed to respond to a demand to begin restoring democracy to the island nation. The Commonwealth had demanded that the South Pacific island nation meet conditions — such as resuming a dialogue with opposition groups and holding early elections — by midnight local time, or face suspension. The Commonwealth says Fiji responded to the request by the deadline, but it did not meet all of the group’s requirements. Fiji has been under military rule since self-appointed Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, the country’s armed forces chief, seized power in a 2006 coup. His government had promised elections earlier this year.
Ahmadinejad faces criticism over appointments in cabinet amidst talks of Iran’s nuclear program
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s top nuclear negotiator offered an opening yesterday for possible compromise with the West, saying the Islamic regime is ready to hold talks with world powers over its nuclear program. But Iranian lawmakers also sent a message of defiance to the world community — displaying strong support for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s nominee for defense minister even though he is wanted by Argentina for the bombing of a Jewish community center in 1994 that killed 85 people. Some parliament members cried “Death to Israel” as the prospective defense minister, Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, addressed the chamber on the eve of a vote
for all of Ahmadinejad’s selections for his 21-seat cabinet. The embattled president faces another key test in today’s expected vote. Many lawmakers — including some former conservative allies — have questioned the caliber of his picks for the government posts, which include the first women named for possible Cabinet seats since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The rejection of several prominent nominees by the parliament would be another setback for Ahmadinejad, who has faced increasingly political isolation for his unwavering support of the hard-line crackdown on protesters after his disputed June 12 election. Many lawmakers have contended some of Ahmadinejad’s selections for Cabinet posts lack experience or are political cronies.
Swiss president faces calls to resign in Libyan hostage case
By Greg Keller The Associated Press
GENEVA — Switzerland’s president faced growing pressure to resign yesterday, as the government failed to secure the release of two citizens detained in Libya since the arrest of Moammar Gadhafi’s son in Geneva last year. Figures across the political spectrum accused President Ha ns-Rudolf Merz of bungling negotiations with Libya as the deadline for the men’s release passed at midnight. “This is clearly a debacle, because promises were made and not kept,” lawmaker Kathy Ricklin of the centrist Christian Democrats told stateowned radio DRS. “I think he should finish his presidential year, but then I expect his party to make a change.” — Bradley S. Klapper and Frank Jordans (AP)
PARIS — America has some of the industrial world’s worst rates of infant mortality, teenage pregnancy and child poverty, even though it spends more per child than better-performing countries such as Switzerland, Japan and the Netherlands, a new survey indicates. The OECD, a Paris-based watchdog of industrialized nations, urged the United States to shift more of its public spending to its youngest children, under the age of six, to improve their health and educational performance. The report released yesterday, “Doing Better for Children,” marks the first time the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has reported on child well-being within its 30 member countries. The U.S. spends an average of $140,000 per child, well over the OECD average of $125,000. But this spending is skewed heavily toward older children between 12 and 17, the OECD survey showed. U.S. spending on children under six, a period the OECD says is key to
children’s future well-being, lags far behind other countries, amounting to only $20,000 per child on average compared to the OECD average of $30,000, the survey showed. “A better balance of spending between the ‘Dora the Explorer’ years of early childhood and the teenage ‘Facebook’ years would help improve the health, education and well-being of all children in the long term,” the OECD said. As a result, it says, infant mortality in the U.S. is the fourth-worst in the OECD after Mexico, Turkey and Slovakia. American 15-yearolds rank seventh from the bottom on the OECD’s measure of average educational achievement. Child poverty rates in the U.S. are nearly double the OECD average, at 21.6 percent compared to 12.4 percent. The rate of teen births in the U.S. is three times the OECD average, with only Mexico recording a higher rate among OECD countries, the report said. Timothy Smeeding, author of “Poor Kids in a Rich Country: America’s Children in Comparative Perspective,” said America’s troubles stem from a flawed mix of government spending and not enough help for the working poor.
Turkish foreign minister: Turkey, Armenia still have far to go in restoring relations with one another By Suzan Fraser The Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey and Armenia are at the beginning of a “long process” toward normalizing relations, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said yesterday, suggesting the issue surrounding the massacres of Armenians 90 years ago remains tricky. Armenia and Turkey, bitter foes for a century, took a major step toward reconciliation late yesterday, announcing they were launching final talks aimed at establishing diplomatic ties. The Swiss-mediated talks were expected to last six weeks, the sides said in a joint statement. Turkey is under intense pres-
sure from its ally the United States, and the European Union, which it hopes to join, to improve ties with Armenia. President Barack Obama, visiting Turkey in April, called on his hosts to come to terms with the past, resolve its dispute with Armenia and reopen the border. The move comes weeks before Turkey and Armenia’s soccer teams are to meet in a World Cup qualifier. Turkey’s president attended the first game in Yerevan in April, but Armenia’s President Serge Sarkisian said he would not travel to the Oct. 14 match in Turkey until progress was made on reopening the border. “It would be an embarrassment if the Armenian president does
not come,” said Bulent Aliriza, of the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies. “With this process they are able to find a way for him to attend.” The protocols to be signed by the two countries say Turkey and Armenia agree to open the border within two months after they formally come into force. One of the biggest disputes is over the World War I-era massacre of up to 1.5 million Armenians in the last days of the Ottoman Empire, which many historians regard as the first genocide of the 20th century. Turkey denies the deaths constituted genocide, contending the toll is inflated and those killed were victims of civil war.
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The List After coach Eric Nichols won his Falcon debut against Marshall yesterday, we take a look at the men’s soccer team’s five toughest opponents this season: 1. Akron: The Zips went 17-2-4 last season on their way to the MAC title, they were ranked as high as third in the nation in several preseason polls. 2. Michigan State: Last year the Spartans destroyed BG 4-0. This year they may be even better as they’re ranked 20th in the nation. 3. Michigan: The Wolverines may not be as highly touted as their in-state rival, but Michigan is still one of the top teams in the Big Ten. 4. Louisville: BG will meet the No. 25 ranked Cardinals Friday. Last season, they went 11-8-2 in a very tough Big East Conference. 5. Kentucky: The other team BG will face this weekend used to be in the MAC for men’s soccer, but they’ve moved on to a bigger and better conference in the SEC.
Nichols’ hiring could take program to former glory SEAN SHAPIRO ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
Former Falcon Cindy Yonker is back with the tennis program, this time as an assistant coach to Penny Dean. Yonker was a standout athlete during her time at BG, earning all-conference honors four times, and she currently ranks fifth all-time in program wins with 143. She has some prior coaching experience with Webster College in St. Louis, where she was a head coach.
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THAT’S MY BALL: Redshirt freshman goalie Jeff Smoker (right) makes one of his five first half saves over Marshall’s Dustin Dawes (9).
Falcons, Nichols pick up first win of season By John Lopez Reporter
practiced free kicks yesterday, so I was feeling pretty good about the shot.” Redshirt freshman goalkeeper The men’s soccer team opened the Nichols era in fashion as the Jeff Smoker, playing his first game as a Falcon, made three saves in Falcons beat Marshall 2-0. An impressive defensive per- a two minute span as the Herd formance as well as goals from began to look more dangerous. “It felt good to get those saves Cameron Hepple and Chris under my belt; I think I felt more Jurtovski sealed the win. Coach Eric Nichols scrapped confident after that.” Smoker said. In the 23rd minute, Smoker his plans of a 4-3-3 formation for the more compact 4-3-1-2, allow- was outstanding, saving a curling ing for two strikers and a creative effort from his left by Marshall forforward to be on the field at the ward Jordan Hilgefort, as well as a quick rebound from an onrushing same time. That creative forward was Devin Perkins. “I just went the right way on his senior Hepple, and he repaid his coaches’ confidence by scoring shot,” Smoker added. “I read it a free kick 13 minutes in. The really well.” Goalkeeper coach Eric Pfeifer Bahamian international set up 25 yards from the goal and struck a was pleased with his player’s curving ball into the upper cor- spectacular save. “We ask our keeper to make ner of the net. Herd keeper Greg routine saves, but Jeff made a Walter had no chance. “I knew that the keeper couldn’t huge double save, that kept us in see the ball, so I just aimed for the lead,” Pfeifer said. “His decithe upper 90,” Hepple said. “We sion making was very good, and
Cameron Hepple
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Headed home the game’s second goal against Marshall
that was nice progress for us as a Falcons holding a 1-0 lead, with Bowling Green out shooting the team.” The team’s most outstanding Herd six shots to five. The game’s importance was unit was the defensive line, who acted as a wall in front of the clear as former head coach and Falcon net, leaving little work for founding father of Falcon soccer Mickey Cochrane took time to talk the keeper. Nichols was pleased with his to the team. “This game was an absolute back fours play. He said if he were to give out a game ball, they would pleasure to watch,” Cochrane said. “I told the team that they were be the deserving recipients. “Those guys have been stellar playing with a controlled intenall year,” Nichols said. “We have a sity the whole time, there was no couple people on the bench that panic even when Marshall began are capable of playing back there. to play well.” Cochrane, whose name adorns Tanner Fink, Jake Custer and Tyler [Deal] were fantastic, as were the field, thought the game was a the three guys we played at right back.” See SOCCER | Page 7 The first half ended with the
Runners ready for season By Brad Frank Reporter
Those involved with BG’s cross country team are excited as expectations are very high for both the men’s and women’s teams this fall. The women’s team returns several experienced runners, while the men’s team is starting to find some leadership, despite not having any seniors on its roster. The Falcons open their season Friday with a dual meet at Toledo. Mid-American Conference coaches voted the women’s team to finish eighth this season in the preseason poll. Despite coming off of a disappointing fifth-place finish at the conference championships last season, coach Cami
“We’re ready to improve on last season. We have a good senior class, and I’m excited about what we can do this season.” Cami Wells | Coach Wells is still confident about her team finishing toward the top of the MAC. “We’re ready to improve on last season,” she said. “We have a good senior class, and I’m excited about what we can do this season.” Motivated by that disappointing championship finish, members of the women’s team are focusing on teamwork and communication this season during practice in order to improve from last season. “If we’re going to improve as
a team, we need to work as a team,” junior Heather Conger said. “No one can win the MAC by herself.” Senior Carly Bates echoedConger, emphasizing what she and her teammates need to do. “We’re all competitive individuals, and we want to do the best we can,” Bates said. “But we need to help each other instead of competing against each other
See RUNNERS | Page 7
Griffin preparing to welcome Tebow or Bradford into elite company By Rusty Miller The Associated Press
COLUMBUS — Former Ohio State running back Archie Griffin, the only two-time winner of the Heisman Trophy, says he’d welcome being joined in that elite company by Florida’s Tim Tebow or Oklahoma’s Sam Bradford. “I’ve always said that there’ll be somebody else who wins it twice,” Griffin said yesterday. “It would not be a surprise to me if someone were to do it this year.”
Archie Griffin
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Tebow won the award two ranked No. 3. years ago as a sophomore and is Asked if it would be difficult for quarterbacking the nation’s No. 1- his ego to no longer be the only ranked team. Bradford, who won two-time winner, Griffin laughed. the Heisman last December as a sophomore, returned as quarSee GRIFFIN | Page 7 terback for the Sooners, who are
Eric Nichols may not have been wearing a cape, but he certainly has come to the rescue. After five years of uncertainty and an accepted sub-par record, the Falcons finally have a coach who could bring them back to importance in the MidAmerican Conference. Under former coach Fred Thompson, BG struggled to win games as he compiled an 18-69-7 mark during his tenure. Not only did he fail to deliver victories on the field, Thompson was also known to have trouble controlling the locker room and garnering respect from his players. But, all the negative connotations with the Thompson era were all but erased as Nichols and his players celebrated a convincing victory over Marshall yesterday. With the first coach in BG soccer history, Mickey Cochrane, for whom the Falcon’s home field is named, in attendance, Nichols took the first step toward bringing the Falcons back into importance in the MAC conference. Before the game Nichols admitted to being nervous, but after BG started to control the game from the get-go he was able to calm down and enjoy his first win. “I’m excited, I’m really excited for the guys. We did some good stuff, but hopefully it’s the beginning of getting some more wins,” Nichols said. Nichols came into the program with an impressive coaching resume, posting a 59-22-1 record with Ohio Dominican University from
See COLUMN | Page 7
Williams adds Slipacoff as volunteer assistant coach By Paul Barney Reporter
After graduating from Neumann University earlier this year, Doug Slipacoff joins the BG hockey team and will serve as a volunteer assistant coach and video coordinator for the 2009-10 season. Along with coach Dennis Williams, Slipacoff joins assistants Mike Mankowski and Scott Stirling, who are also in their first year with the program. “Now that I’ve been here for a couple weeks it’s kind of sunk in that I’m a part of this staff,” Slipacoff said. “It’s kind of a surreal feeling, especially coming from a small Division III school, but it feels great.” Slipacoff comes off a year in which this past March, his Knights team won the Division III National Championship. Slipacoff was a defenseman during his tenure at Neumann, playing in a total of 40 games. In a fitting bit of irony, it was Williams who served as Slipacoff’s head coach in college. Williams was the Knights’ head coach from 2003-2006, coaching Slipacoff for two seasons before taking a position as an assistant coach at AlabamaHuntsville in 2007-08. In their two seasons together, Williams and Slipacoff helped revamp a Knights team that went from worst to first. It’s been three years since their days at Neumann, but now that they have reunited
Doug Slipacoff Joins the Falcon coaching staff for 2009-10 season Williams and Slipacoff are looking to put BG hockey on the map the same way they did at Neumann. “When we were at Neumann, we were the worst program in the country, and within four years we had it turned around,” Slipacoff said. “I know [Williams] knows what it takes to turn around a program, and I think we’re going to surprise a lot of people this year.” Although a volunteer assistant, Slipacoff will serve a vital role in helping the Falcons build success. While applying his knowledge as a former defenseman, Slipacoff will be active in team drills, and will be responsible for all video operations and film analysis. While he will be trying to learn as much as he can about recruiting, travel and budget and how to handle players and run a program, Slipacoff sees his first year with the BG hockey program as the perfect opportunity in doing so. “This is a great foot in the door and a first step into a possible career in coaching,” he said. Apart from his duties with the team, Slipacoff will be studying for a master’s degree in business education.
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Rubio will remain in Europe for season By Jon Krawcyzynski The Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS — After saying all summer long that his preference was to play in the NBA, Ricky Rubio apparently got a case of cold feet at the last minute. Less than 48 hours after the Timberwolves, Rubio’s agents and the Spanish team DKV Joventut agreed in principle on a deal to bring the 18-year-old point guard to Minnesota, Rubio changed his mind. He told Timberwolves president David Kahn on Monday night that he wanted to stay in Spain for the next two years to better prepare for life in the NBA — a blow to a team that was hoping to have the popular passer on the court this fall. “Of course there’s disappointment, but I don’t think that disappointment should overshadow the big picture, which is, he’s still so young,” Kahn said yesterday during a call from Spain, where he spent the weekend negotiating the deal. “It appears now we will have a two-year wait. But if you frame it as he’ll be 20 years old and he’ll have two more years to develop, I can think of a lot
worse things to happen to us as a franchise.” The Timberwolves drafted Rubio fifth overall in June, even though he was still under contract with DKV Joventut in a deal that included a $8.1 million buyout clause. Kahn made three trips to Spain over the summer to try and help Rubio’s representatives negotiate that number down, a process that was hindered by NBA guidelines limiting the amount of money Minnesota could contribute to $500,000. Kahn said Rubio’s agent, Dan Fegan, delivered a package of endorsement deals and sponsorships that helped make the NBA deal attractive enough for Rubio and Joventut to enter into an agreement on Saturday night. When Rubio backed out of the deal, DKV Joventut reluctantly agreed to trade him to rival Regal FC Barcelona, which will pay $5.3 million to buy out his contract. The buyout, Kahn said, is the largest in European basketball history. In a statement, Joventut noted the “big effort” by everyone to reach a deal. “In front of this situation, and in contradiction with what he has been saying to us and to
Timberwolves’ representatives from time to time, the player has announced the decision that he wants to be transferred to FC Barcelona,” the team said. The deal with FC Barcelona requires Rubio to stay in Spain through the 2010-11 season, at which time the buyout price tag plummets to about $1.4 million. That’s a much more manageable number for Rubio to afford, but he said he was more concerned about being ready for the NBA. “The reason leading me to take this next step is to have a period of preparation to better take the challenge of the NBA in better conditions as a player,” Rubio said in a statement. “The Minnesota Timberwolves continue to be my first option and I wish to play with them in the near future.” So what changed between Saturday and Monday? Kahn said Rubio and his family were receiving pressure from his Spanish national team teammates, members of the Spanish media and other people in their hometown to stay in Spain. “It’s just been a tough summer,” Kahn said. “From an 18-year-old’s perspective and his family’s perspective, it was very nerve-rack-
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ing.” ThedecisionsavesRubiomoney in the short term, but could bring long-term consequences, both on and off the court. The Timberwolves will hold Rubio’s NBA rights as long as he is playing professionally. They also have rookie point guard Jonny Flynn, who was drafted No. 6 overall, right behind Rubio, to take over while Rubio is in Spain. Flynn impressed at the Las Vegas summer league, and Kahn said he will likely be named the starter going into training camp. “I explained to (Rubio) that I can’t predict the future,” Kahn said. “I did specifically mention that Jonny would be two years ahead of him. He understood that.” When Rubio does come over, Kahn said he will be subject to the NBA rookie scale from this year. That means he’ll get a four-year deal worth more than $15 million and will be two years further away from the lucrative unrestricted free agent market. Still, Kahn said he had no regrets about choosing a player many scouts have called the most exciting point guard to enter the draft in years.
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SOCCER From Page 6 perfect start to Coach Nichols’ reign at Bowling Green. “The team will pick up good vibes from this game and take it with them to the next [games],” Cochrane said. “All of the coaches in this conference speak highly of Coach Nichols and his background. There is no doubt in my mind that we will be back up there running a marvelous program.” The Falcons added a second goal in the 70th minute as fullback Tyler Deal was pulled down in the box, leading to a penalty kick for the Falcons. Hepple, the earlier goal scorer, stepped up for the effort. As the rebound bounced around the box, forward Thomas McLean did a superb job poking it to Dusko Topolic from his back. The Serbian midfielder then lifted a perfect lob on to the head of onrushing midfielder Jurtovski, who nodded it home. Nichols praised the second goal as a team effort. “It was fantastic, that is exactly the way we want to react in those situations,” Nichols said. “Of course you want to score the penalty, but we reacted the right way after the miss. As Marshall kind of took a break, we stayed on it and got our goal.” The next game will come Friday as the team travels to Kentucky for a weekend series against Louisville and the University of Kentucky.
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GOAL SCORER: Senior Cameron Hepple scored BG’s first goal of the season when he buried a direct kick in the first half of BG’s 2-0 win.
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ure, Gary Palmisano and Mel Mahler continued the Falcon soccer tradition as they helped develop and continue BG’s tradition as one of the top teams 2004 to 2007. If yesterday’s win, combined in the MAC. Mahler in particular took the with Nichols success at Ohio Dominican, is any indication Falcons to the Mid-American of his tenure at BG, he could Conference title game eight restore the tradition of strong times, winning the tournament three times in a row during the Falcon coaches. Prior to the Thompson years, late ‘90s. But after Mahler stepped BG enjoyed a string of successful head coaches, including down in 2003, Thompson took Cochrane, who was there when over and became the first coach in program history to the program started in 1965. In 12 seasons with the Falcons, post an under .500 record for Cochrane lead the team to a his career. Following the Thompson pair of NCAA Championship Tournament appearances in debacle, Nichols has taken the Falcons in the correct direction 1972 and 1973. Following Cochrane’s ten- going 2-0-1 in the spring sea-
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son with the only loss coming from Michigan State. The loss to the Spartans in particular proved to be a direct contrast from the former coaching staff, while Thompson’s team fell 4-0, Nichols helped the Falcons stay even with their opponent for 65 minutes before eventually losing 1-0. The lone goal scored by Michigan State still stands up as the only goal the Falcon defense has allowed since the coaching change, while their offense has improved as well seen by their success against Marshall. If Nichols is able to bring the program back to the level it has been historically, he might as well be wearing a cape.
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last season. Junior co-captain Christopher Moody believes From Page 6 Her team starts Junior captain of last season was a building block their season on the cross county because the goal is to beat our for this season, so things can Friday. team opponent. only get better. “We can improve by com“Last season, I was satisfied municating and encouraging because we kept battling in each other during a race so that surrounds the men’s team this yet, so I’m excited to see how races,” he said. “So if everyeveryone knows we’re fighting season, as Wells believes her they’ll do this season,” Wells one does their part by doing for each other.” the little things right, then we runners have improved a lot said. MAC coaches picked the since last season. Looking to make significant should improve as a team.” The Falcons’ home opener is men’s team to finish ninth “They made a lot of prog- improvement in the standings, — which is last in the confer- ress last spring, and they had the men’s team will look to uti- the Mel Brodt Invitational Sept. ence. Yet much excitement their best summer training lize the experience it gained 12 at 2:45 p.m.
“One of the things that I can always say, I was the first,” he said. “That will always be. So if there’s anything that I need to brag about, I guess I could always brag about that. But it’s not a thing about bragging, it’s a thing about judging talent and giving people an award that they deserve. And if someone is deserving of the award I will not hesitate to vote for them even though they have won one Heisman Trophy.” Griffin won the Heisman in 1974 and 1975. He is president and CEO of Ohio State’s alumni association. Bradford said he admired what Griffin went through to win the award twice. “That’s a tremendous accomplishment. Just to win one is extremely challenging and to win two is really hard to describe,” he said. “Obviously if the award’s been given out for 70-plus years now and nobody’s ever won it twice except for him, it’s an extremely difficult task.” Griffin said one of the challenges in trying to win the award a second time is dealing with demands on your time. “Everybody wants a piece of you. You have to make sure that you’re not distracted so much that you don’t pay attention to what you should be doing out on the football field,” he said. Griffin said that his coach at the time, Woody Hayes, called him into his office and told him he was trying to please too many people by making appearances and going to banquets. “Coach Hayes told me that you can’t do everything for everybody,” he said. “He said, ‘You keep doing all of this and it’s going to make you soft.’ So one thing I had to make sure I did was to be the best football player that I was going to be. That meant taking care of the
“I’ve always said that there’ll be somebody else who wins it twice.” Archie Griffin | Former player things that I had control of — how I prepared for the season.” Bradford said he felt he and Tebow are approaching the season in the right way. “As far as me and Tim going after a second one, I think either of us, that’s the last thing on our mind right now,” he said. “I’m not sure who they (the Gators) open up with, but we play BYU Saturday and that’s all I’m concerned with right now.” Griffin, who rushed for 5,589 yards in his college career while stacking up an NCAA-record 31 consecutive games with at least 100 yards rushing, votes for the award each year. He said he considers statistics from the current season, past performance, victories — and character. He said the top finishers a year ago — Bradford, Tebow and quarterback Colt McCoy of Texas — are exemplary people. All are back for the upcoming season. Tebow and Florida play Charleston Southern and McCoy, a senior, leads the No. 2 Longhorns against Louisiana-Monroe. “I thought the top three were terrific,” he said of the leaders in the Heisman balloting. “I actually thought the vote would be closer than it was. Any of those three guys deserved the Heisman Trophy. I felt good about any of those three guys winning. Their character is outstanding and when you read about all the things that they’re doing, it’s amazing. I just hope they continue to do those type of things, because they are impacting people on their campuses and certainly in the communities in which they live.”
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By Julie Carr Smyth The Associated Press
COLUMBUS — State officials submitted evidence yesterday indicating that gambling giant Penn National Gaming is underwriting an effort to overturn racetrack slots legalized by Ohio lawmakers and Gov. Ted Strickland in July. The Wyomissing, Pa.-based gaming company is backing a competing proposal that would allow full-scale casinos in Ohio’s four biggest cities: Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Toledo. Penn National’s financial involvement in the anti-slots effort is referenced in an affidavit prepared for a lawsuit filed by LetOhioVote.org. The conservative group wants a referendum on the slots plan placed on the November ballot. The document, obtained by The Associated Press ahead of its filing, details a conversation between state Sen. Bill Seitz and fellow Cincinnati Republican Tom Brinkman of LetOhioVote. org. Seitz says Brinkman was told by the group’s attorney that Penn National was paying for the lawsuit and any referendum. The Ohio Supreme Court earlier rejected Attorney General Richard Cordray’s attempt to get a peek at the books of LetOhioVote. org, a committee of three that describes itself as defending Ohio voters’ rights to have a say on the legalization of gambling. Its Web site of the same name reads: “Join our campaign to protect your right to vote on this important public policy issue. If we succeed, the issue will be placed before voters in November 2010, and the slot machine rollout will be halted pending that vote.”
Justices ruled last month that the Strickland administration had no right to see the group’s financial information. As a newly created committee, little is yet on file with government regulators regarding the founders of the group, its contributors, or its spending. The affidavit is wrong, said Carlo LoParo, a spokesman for LetOhioVote.org. “LetOhioVote.org has received no funding from Penn National,” LoParo said yesterday. “We’d gladly accept their moneys; however, they haven’t offered any support.” Ohio’s recently passed, $50.5 billion state operating budget relies on $933 million in revenue from the slots-like video lottery terminals to balance. The machines are to be run by the Ohio Lottery, and up to 2,500 are to be placed at each of seven horse racing tracks around the state. The first payment from each of the tracks to the state is due on Sept. 15. Penn National told federal regulators last month that it was backing the fall casino issue, known as the Ohio Jobs and Growth Plan, and expects to invest $600 million in the facilities in Columbus and Toledo. Its quarterly filing made no reference to any anti-slots spending the company had planned. By contrast, competitor MTR Gaming Inc., a big winner in the slots vote, told the SEC it plans to spend $5 million opposing the legalization of casinos. MTR said if the referendum is successful, a casino in Cleveland would compete with gaming operations at both Mountaineer in West Virginia and Presque Isle Downs in Pennsylvania, and a casino in Columbus would compete with Scioto Downs.
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MIAMI (AP) — An Ohio man is on trial in Miami on charges he planned to submerge two young girls in water until they became unconscious for his own sexual gratification. Trial for Jeff Doland, of Uniontown, Ohio, began Monday. He was arrested in 2007 as part of a cybersex sting. He’s charged with computer pornography and promoting a sexual performance with a child. Authorities said he flew to Miami to meet a mother who would let him “dunk” her daughters. A U.S. Secret Service was posing as the fictional mother in an Internet chat room. His lawyer argued in court that Doland never intended to go through the dunkings and that Doland believed there was a romantic relationship between him and the mother.
DAYTON (AP) — A labor union representing thousands of retired autoworkers in Ohio and Mississippi says it has reached a tentative agreement with General Motors Corp. to provide baseline health-care coverage for retirees. The International Union of Electronic WorkersCommunication Workers of America said yesterday that those who retired before age 65 will be offered an extra $50 million in payments. IUE President Jim Clark says those workers will now have a total of $467 million in coverage. Clark says those who retired after 65 and are eligible for Medicare will no longer have health-care coverage from GM beginning in January. The agreement must be approved in U.S. bankruptcy court. The IUE-CWA represents about 20,000 pre-65 retirees from plants in Dayton and Warren, Ohio, and Brookhaven and Clinton, Miss.
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COLUMBUS — A science teacher accused of burning a cross on a student’s arm improperly sued a school board’s lawyer as a way to disrupt the educator’s firing, a court document alleged. In a federal court document filed yesterday, Cleveland attorney David Millstone said he should be removed from the lawsuit filed in June by eighthgrade teacher John Freshwater against Mount Vernon City Schools. Millstone said he was included in the lawsuit to pressure the school board to settle their attempt to fire Freshwater. The Mount Vernon school board fired Freshwater last year, citing an internal investigation that found he had preached his Christian beliefs in class. He was accused of using a scientific device to burn a cross onto a student’s arm and of keeping a Bible on his desk. Freshwater argued that other teachers were permitted to keep Bibles on their desks. He has said that he never branded or burned anyone. A June 9 letter sent by Freshwater’s attorney to Mount Vernon attempting to settle the lawsuit contained a “veiled threat” to force Millstone out of representing the school board, the filing said.
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