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During the 2007 college football season, Appalachian State University made national headlines when they upset Michigan in week one.

From a local standpoint, a Mountaineer game from 373 days ago may have been the most important game of their 2007 season.

In that game, the Division I-AA championship semifinal between Richmond University and Appalachian State is when BGSU Athletic Director Greg Christopher first noticed Dave Clawson, who was the coach of Richmond at the time.

After watching half of the game, Christopher made a mental note of Clawson, printed his bio and filed the information away.

When Gregg Brandon was let go by BGSU on Nov. 25, that file came in good use and helped Clawson become the 17th football coach in BGSU history.

Clawson, a two-time FCS Coach of the Year, was very honored to discover Christopher had that information, even though it was a situation he had already been through.

“I’m glad [Christopher] was watching that game,” Clawson said. “One of the reasons I got [the Richmond job] was [because] the athletic director [of Richmond] watched our team, when I was at Fordham University, play against their league champion. He said the same thing, ‘After that game, I put his name in the file.’”

That file wasn’t the only reason why Clawson was hired to the position.

“It was very clear that our philosophies of running a col-

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New school focuses on environment

By Colleen Fitzgibbons Reporter

The University is taking small steps to better the future. Two formally separate departments with the same goal of helping the environment have combined forces.

Recently the Environmental Health program and Environmental Studies program merged together to form the Department of Environment and Sustainability in the School of Earth, Environment and Society. The school was approved on Dec. 5.

“We need to prepare our students for a different world than has existed,” said Gary Silverman, department chair of the new school. “So, to prepare our students for this different world we have to realign our resources so that we can do that.

This is a small step in that realignment that we are planning to take a leadership position in a number of areas.”

Silverman said the new school offers three majors: environmental science, environmental policy and analysis, both from the Environmental Studies program, and environmental health.

He said these degrees have remained the same; however the administration is different.

“I used to be the director of Environmental Health, someone else was director of Environmental Programs,” Silverman said. “Now there’s just me in that joint role [as] department chair of [the school].”

While the degrees and requirements remain the same, they may change in the future.

Charles Onasch, the director of the school, said he hopes they can redesign the curricula so students in one major can take advantage of courses in another major.

Onasch said the department had a number of duplicate programs, such as geology and geography, that both had a similar course, but now that the departments have merged they have one single course that can be taken by both majors.

“Hence, we won’t have to teach as many courses,” Onasch said.

While their courses are also being

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After nine years of going without, the city of Bowling Green finally has an art gallery and studio.

Art-a-site! opened downtown on July 12, about nine years after the previous gallery, Renaissance Art and Frame, closed down.

“It just seemed like Bowling Green needed a gallery again,” said Becky Laabs, owner of Arta-site! “I know there is a lot of talent out there.”

Art-a-site! is at 116 S. Main St., which has been home to many businesses, including a video game store, an office supply store and a vintage clothing shop.

“A lot of things have come and gone,” Laabs said. “We’re hoping that we’ll have a nice long stay.”

Laabs opened the gallery after retiring from 35 years of teaching art at Bowling Green schools.

“The space opened up and the timing was just right,” she said. “I’m a townie. [I’ve] lived here my whole life, love Bowling Green and knew the community

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WHO THROWS A SHOE?: President George W. Bush, left, shakes hands with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani during their meeting yesterday in Baghdad.

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A NEW ART GALLERY: Local Becky Laabs opened an art gallery and studio in downtown Bowling Green. Laabs retired from teaching art and has big plans for Art-a-site!

would support a space like this.”

Opening a new business can be very expensive, but Laabs got some help with the initial costs from her father, who left her some money when he died in January.

“I know he and my mother would be very supportive,” Laabs said. “They’re my silent partners.”

All the art in Art-a-site! is from artists with ties to Bowling Green, Laabs said. Some live in the city, some work at or attend the University and some grew up here and then moved away, she added.

When the gallery first opened,

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BAGHDAD — On an Iraq trip shrouded in secrecy and marred by dissent, President George W. Bush yesterday hailed progress in the war that defines his presidency and got a size-10 reminder of his unpopularity when a man hurled two shoes at him during a news conference.

“This is a farewell kiss, you dog!” shouted the protester in Arabic, later identified as Muntadar al-Zeidi, a correspondent for Al-Baghdadia television, an Iraqi-owned station based in Cairo, Egypt.

Bush ducked both shoes as they whizzed past his head and

landed with a thud against the wall behind him.

“It was a size 10,” Bush joked later.

The U.S. president visited the Iraqi capital just 37 days before he hands the war off to his successor, Barack Obama, who has pledged to end it. The president wanted to highlight a drop in violence in a nation still riven by ethnic strife and to celebrate a recent U.S.Iraq security agreement, which calls for U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq by the end of 2011.

“The war is not over,” Bush said, adding that “it is decisively on it’s way to being won.”

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Andrew Furgeson, 21, of Bowling Green, was arrested for inducing panic after threatening to burn his apartment down because no one would clean his stove.

Robert M. Bortel, 21, of Bowling Green, was arrested for open container of alcohol.

6:40 P.M.

Edward Biegel II, 20, of Bowling Green, was arrested for criminal damaging after kicking two large holes in the bedroom door at his grandmother’s house on East Napoleon Road.

7:09 P.M.

Kelcie Harrison, 18, was arrested for theft after shoplifting make-up items from Wal-Mart.

9:22 P.M.

Michael Gray, 31, of Brandner, Ohio, was arrested for theft after removing items from their packaging at Meijer and concealing them in his lunch bag.

FRIDAY, DEC. 12 1:35 A.M.

Adam Fausey, 21, of Napoleon, Ohio, was cited for disorderly conduct after he was observed urinating between two parked cars on East Wooster Street.

2:05 A.M.

Robert Yohe, 20, of Bowling Green, was cited for disorderly conduct after he was observed urinating in public.

2:11 A.M.

Matthew Eakin, 23, of Highland Heights, Ohio, was arrested for disorderly conduct with persistence after getting into an altercation with patrons at the Cla-Zel. He refused to leave when asked and tried to prevent staff from calling the police.

2:21 A.M.

Andrew Solis, 19, of Bowling Green, was cited for operating a vehicle under the influence. Allie Kuntz, 19, of Wauseon, Ohio, and Elizabeth Bolyard, 19, of Whitehouse, Ohio, were both cited for underage drinking.

2:30 A.M.

Thomas Creter, 20, of Bowling Green, and Eric Pratt III, 20, of Bowling Green, were arrested for criminal mischief after admitting to entering their neighbor’s house and moving their property as a joke.

7:26 A.M.

David Mintey Jr., 33, of Bowling Green, was arrested for domestic violence and abduction after striking a victim with his fists and holding his girlfriend against her will in their apartment.

1:25 A.M.

Brandon German, 19, of Grover Hill, Ohio, was cited for criminal mischief after slamming his shoulder into an apartment door three times, and then urinating on their porch on Pike Street.

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Complainant reported she was standing in a parking lot on East Napoleon Road and a white male dressed in a black jacket and jeans approached her and threatened her to give her money to him.

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Erin Reznak, 19, of Rock Creek, Ohio, was cited for underage under the influence after leaving a party on North Main Street. David Carrow, 21, of Bowling Green, was cited for hosting a nuisance party where underage patrons were drinking.

1:25 A.M.

Ahmed Mirza, 20, of Bowling Green, was cited for underage consumption of alcohol after admitting to drinking vodka and beer.

1:55 A.M.

Jonathon Cole, 23, of Bowling Green, was cited for operating a vehicle under the influence.

2:05 A.M.

Jason Burke, 20, of Bowling Green, was cited for underage possession of alcohol after he was observed with an open can of Bud Light beer on North Enterprise Street.

2:07 A.M.

Gema Cota, 20, of Adrian, Mich., was cited for misrepresentation to obtain alcohol after attempting to use someone else’s identification to enter the Cla-Zel. 2:25 A.M.

Larry Cole Jr., 25, of Toledo, was cited for assault after he was observed yelling and pushing with several subjects on North Church Street.

2:49 A.M.

Drew Euler, 22, of Bowling Green, was cited for operating a vehicle under the influence.

2:53 A.M.

Marcie Cano, 25, of Bowling Green, was cited for criminal mischief after she was observed hanging from the patio fence at Buffalo Wild Wings.

She also untied a string holding a sign up on the inside of the fence.

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merged, so are the faculty. “It’s hard to have a department with very few faculty,� Onasch said. “Because even though your program is small, there’s still lots of stuff to do, and if there’s only a couple [of] people to shoulder all those responsibilities I think the students ultimately suffer in the end because of the time spent in just administrating the program.�

Simon Morgan-Russell, the interim dean of the College of Arts and Science, said there is a newly hired professor who does not have a department affiliation, but was a school hire. “He might teach in different departments and in such he brings his interdisciplinary background to those two programs,�

Morgan-Russell said. “Courses won’t change in the short term, but because of who’s teaching, the courses the programs will pull together in essence.�

While the departments have come together in one school and will be sharing faculty and curricula, they have not, however,

COACH From Page 1 lege football program were very similar,â€? Christopher said. “What set Dave apart ‌ came back to how he runs a total program.â€?

The total programs that Clawson has ran at other head coaching stops watched him turn two struggling programs, Fordham (1999-2003) and Richmond (2004-2007), into consistent winners.

But when asked if BGSU is a program that needs to be turned around, Clawson said this is the first time he is coming to a team that already has several major pieces in place. “I don’t think that’s the case at Bowling Green,� Clawson said.

ART-A-SITE From Page 1 only 12 artists were involved, but now the work and creations of 52 are displayed.

Of the 52, however, there are only four students and one professor involved. Laabs said she would like to see that change. “We have such a wealth of talent and resources on campus,� she said. “I would really like to see us collaborate more.�

Laabs did advertise to students with flyers in the Fine

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come together under one roof. “One of the things that we sort of regret is that even though these three units are in a school, they’re not in the same building,� Morgan-Russell said.

Currently, the school is located in Overman Hall, Geography is in Hanna Hall and Environment and Sustainability is located in Shatzel Hall.

Onasch said there has been discussion among faculty of a new integrated science building. “We’re hopeful that in the not too distant future that we can all get together under one roof,�

Onasch said.

Even though the departments will not all be in the same location, there are still some benefits to the University.

Silverman said the recent merge will not save or cost the University anything; however, he said it could save in the future. “If the University starts adopting environmentally sustainable practices, the University will start saving money,� Silverman said.

Onasch said there has been a small saving in the merge though.

He said the Environmental

Health department had a part-time secretary and the Environmental Studies program had a full-time secretary. Now, the school is using one secretary.

Russell-Morgan said he believes the fact that this merge did not cost the University anything was a good thing. “We’re not in a time where we want to do something that will cost the University more money,� Russell-Morgan said. “We strive for efficiencies wherever possible.�

The University will not be the only one benefiting from the new school; the students will also.

Onasch said he thinks it will eliminate a lot of confusion students may have had in recent years, because Environmental Health was in the College of Health and Human Services while Environmental Studies was in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Another benefit, MorganRussell said, is that students will be marketable after graduation. “Employers out there these days are very interested in not so much students gaining raw content,� Morgan-Russell said.

“They’re more interested in that you can bridge different areas of knowledge, have skills and figure out how to apply these skills in different ways.�

Morgan-Russell said another benefit of the University’s new school that will give students an advantage is they will be more willing to think creatively and solve environmental issues that will come in the next several decades. “They’re going to have to develop skills of talking to each other across disciplines to propose solutions to environmental issues,� Morgan-Russell said.

These benefits go along with the significance of the name of the new school, the School of Earth, Environment and Society.

Onasch said the name is recognition of the importance of sustainability and the faculty wanted to have that in the name. “We have a big goal of educating all the students that graduate from Bowling Green so that they’re environmentally literate and can make the right decisions when they’re out there as citizens,� Onasch said.

“This is not a program that needs to be gutted and started from scratch.�

Soon-to-be senior quarterback Tyler Sheehan, one of those pieces, feels that Clawson is someone who can give the Falcons what they need to win. “He’s got a plan in place where he can get us going in the right direction, and we can do it quickly,� Sheehan said. “I think he’s the right fit for us right now.�

Another part of running a total football program is finding offensive and defensive schemes that fit the players on a coach’s team.

While he hasn’t seen much of the players yet, Clawson said he “isn’t married to a system� and doesn’t consider himself a system coach. “At this level of football, you’ve

got to be able to recruit the best players, and your system better have the flexibility to make them fit,� Clawson said.

His track record as a head coach suggests that philosophy is true.

In 2002 and 2003, Clawsoncoached Fordham offenses passed for 3,188 yards and 3,116 yards respectively, but in 2007, the Richmond Spiders offense ran for 3,298 yards while passing for just 2,391 yards.

So while finding a system that will fit the 2009 Falcons and a staff of assistants that can make it work are Clawson’s immediate goals, his minimum goals for every player who commits to BGSU while he is coach have already been set in stone. “Our goal in our program is

that every player that comes here is going to leave with a degree and a championship ring,�

Clawson said.

Clawson spent last season with Tennessee as the offensive coordinator, but was not retained when Phillip Fulmer was fired.

Now, he comes back into the world of head coaching where he has compiled a career record of 59-49, including six winning seasons. He spent 11 years before that as assistants at various schools in the Northeast.

As offensive coordinator at Villanova, Clawson helped establish Philadelphia Eagles running back Brian Westbrook’s ability as a running back and receiver, and he also coached Arizona Cardinals running back Tim Hightower at Richmond.

Arts Building last spring, but didn’t get much of a response. “I’m guessing they’re so busy completing their required work for classes that they don’t have time,� she said.

Scott Darlington, head of the glass department at the University, is the professor with work in the gallery. Right now he is mainly displaying holiday art, such as Christmas trees and a glass gingerbread house.

Darlington said he and his wife were just looking for someplace in town to show his work, and they found Art-a-site!

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“I think it’s going to be a good thing,� Darlington said. “I’m happy to be represented locally.�

The art is available now, but the question is whether or not Bowling Green residents will buy enough of it to support the business.

Art-a-site! currently has no formal employees, only unpaid volunteers, which eliminates the cost of wages, Laabs said. Right now all the money made from commissions just goes to offset running cost. “I really didn’t start [the gallery] to make money,� Laabs said. “We’re all volunteers. I don’t pay myself either.�

Karen Saneholtz is one of those who volunteers. She said the gallery is doing OK right now, and once more people find out about it she thinks business will get even better.

Saneholtz said the main thing she is worried about is that a lot of people just don’t have extra

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By Joseph Dellinger U-Wire

Students at a local university lined up at their campus bookstore’s book buyback last weekend to cash in on the books that, just months earlier, cost them their summer job earnings. The unsuspecting students quickly found themselves smack dab in the middle of a hellish nightmare.

As students approached the buyback table, word had already spread down the line about the insulting offers that the bookstore was giving to students for their textbooks. An unfortunate practice that, every year, takes advantage of cash strapped college students nationwide.

Every year, more and more of the scorned students are turning to the online alternative. Sites like VarsityText.com give students the chance to fetch a fair price for their used textbooks.

VarsityText founder and CEO, Joseph Dellinger, said he started the textbook community after falling victim to the perils of book buyback when he was in college.

Students are paying, at times, $100 or more for the required textbooks only to get between 10 percent to 50 percent of the purchase price at buyback.

Students use drugs for exam advantage

By Sam Butterfield U-Wire

College students now use prescription drugs more than any other illicit drugs, excluding marijuana and exams are often a time in which students pop a pill or two for an advantage, according to recent studies.

A Sept. 3 study published by the National Institute on Drug Abuse found that college freshmen think prescription pills are more harmful than drugs like alcohol and marijuana but significantly less harmful than drugs like cocaine and heroin.

However, according to Sulaiman Beg of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, that does not stop 3.1 percent of students from using opioids, 2.9 percent of students from using prescription stimulants such as Adderall, and 2.2 percent of students from using tranquilizers.

Slightly more than a quarter of 1,250 first year undergraduates from what the NIDA study described as a “large public university in the mid-Atlantic” equated occasional prescription drug use with great risk. Just 17 percent listed occasionally having more than five drinks as great risk and just seven percent described smoking marijuana as a great risk, while 72 percent put using cocaine in the great risk category.

At MU, students are aware of prescription drug abuse and said they can see more students using around exams.

“Being prescribed to Adderall during finals week, you get asked a lot of questions with people seeing if they can borrow some or buy some and I mean, it’s illegal,” said Dylan Walker, a freshman who is prescribed the drug. “But some people think that Adderall and other substitutes for it will give them that extra edge, will help them focus more.”

Junior Chris Collier said Adderall is readily available and that most students would know

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“If I wanted it, I’d know at least 30 people who would be able to get Adderall,” he said.

Walker echoed Collier’s opinion that most students would know where to find prescription stimulants.

“I’d say the average person has at least 20 people in their contact book in their phone who would be prescribed Adderall or would be able to get it,” Walker said.

Beg said it is reasonable to expect misuse of these drugs might increase around exam time.

“First, almost half of college students report that they misuse these drugs to reduce stress,” he said.

“Second, college students report that they misuse stimulants like Ritalin and Adderall as study aids.”

Walker said he does not believe most students are using prescription drugs.

“You don’t go to places where people are just popping pills,” he said. “You go places where people are playing beer pong, it’s socially acceptable.”

MU officials were not particularly surprised at the study’s findings, though they noted Missouri student behavior might be slightly different than what the study concluded.

Wellness Resource Center Director Kim Dude said the center does not poll students on the degree of risk they attribute to any particular drug or the frequency with which students use, but they do survey students on what types of drugs they are using.

Dude said she believes the number of students who use prescription medication, even around exam time, is significantly less than those who drink alcohol.

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EXAM CRAM: Graduate students in physics Ian Nemitz and Mohammad Chowdhury study advanced classical mechanics in the Union last night.

Missouri law raises financial aid barriers

By Elizabeth Rinehart U-Wire

The University of Missouri system has begun checking students’ citizenship or immigration status to comply with a new state law passed during the last legislative session.

The law, which became effective Aug. 28, has changed the law regarding illegal aliens and immigrant status verification. It states that students who receive “a public benefit under which payments, assistance,

credits or reduced rates or fees are provided” must be in the country legally.

Registrar Brenda Selman said her office has checked for legal status in accordance with other laws, primarily for federal financial aid and international student status.

“There was no requirement to check status on all students,” Selman said.

Students have a few ways of confirming their legal status.

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PEOPLE ON THE STREET “I don’t know anything about him.”

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What do you expect from new football coach Dave Clawson?

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Trying times allow us to focus on what is really important PHIL SCHURRER FACULTY COLUMNIST It’s that time of year — final exams, returning home, family get-togethers and memories, eating too much and staying up too late. The season of complacent benevolent overindulgence is once again upon us.

This is our annual attempt to concentrate, to pack and cram all the good cheer, good wishes and good fun into a few brief weeks. Then, after the selfinduced fog of New Year’s has departed, we return to the same routine, the same likes and dislikes, the same mode of living.

Perhaps we won’t even recognize or remember what all the good cheer and fun was about.

The counterbalance today is our economic circumstances are far less joyous than we would wish. Layoffs, recession and talk of a still more dire future may be tempering our natural inclination toward overdoing the season.

With this backdrop, perhaps it is a good time to reflect on who we are, where we’ve been and where we seem to be headed.

There’s no doubt, as Madonna has told us, we are living in a material world. But it’s not the materialism that spoils and soils us — it’s our unwillingness or inability to

control it that makes us wretched.

We all need “things.” The issue, however, is deeper and clear: do we use these “things” or do we surrender ourselves to the most current fad, either through resignation or by willingly embracing it? In short, have we become slaves to our “stuff”?

“Things” are not, in and of themselves, good or bad. Our use, misuse or overuse of them is what ultimately civilizes or corrupts us.

We sometimes arrive at a point where our jadedness and ennui produces moral and philosophical paralysis. We can then no longer even fathom or divine our situation.

So, when the “bad times” strike, we then feel deprived, cheated and betrayed, even though, by all objective measurements, we are the lucky ones. Food is present, water is drinkable, laws are enforced, a dial tone is heard when we activate a phone — all the things many in the world could not even hope to experience.

What to do? Be aware of the roommate whose family is torn by sickness, mental anguish or fractured by separation. Work with the person who’s alone in our strange country with its puzzling customs, culture and morally binded habits. Be attentive to the person who can’t see their family this season. Watch for the person who will be leaving school due to sickness, finances or poor

The shift to online political movements

By Bertrand Teo U-Wire

Playing the online game “Darfur is Dying” was a requirement for my international studies assignment. The crux of the interactive simulation is to give participants an idea of the challenges Darfurian refugees face to survive. Each player takes on the role of a refugee and has to leave the camp to forage for water.

He or she then navigates through the terrain while avoiding capture by the brutal Janjaweed militias. While a novel idea, the online simulation doesn’t do justice to the horrors Darfurians face; it trivializes the terror in Sudan just like Scrooge McDuck makes a case study against thrift.

Nevertheless, the “Darfur is Dying” Web site is a powerful example of how the Internet has truly changed the dynamics of social and political advocacy. These days, anyone with Internet access can partake in signing online petitions, communicating via instant messaging about political rallies and social movements, sharing political videos, playing online simulations, blogging about issues and, very importantly, donating to causes. The ways social movements can utilize the Internet is nearly limitless. The scary part, however, is that anybody can use the Internet to propagate his

ideas whether substantial, spin or completely warped.

Take the Tibetan independence movement. Heavy campaigning started during the leadup to the summer to strategically leverage on the Olympics in Beijing. The Tibetan independence movement embraced the Internet to pitch separatist ideas, create hype and bring awareness of their cause to the world.

The question is, however, how much of the information portrayed is prejudiced? How many actually understand the long history between China and Tibet?

What would be the repercussions if Tibet were granted independence? Tibet does not have the luxury of foreign funding or military defense, unlike Iraq with American support.

Another case in point: the massive South Korean people’s protest against the U.S. beef imports.

What resulted from young Koreans bonding over the ideas shared through the Internet on fears of U.S. beef imports manifested into widespread and violent protests against the South Korean government. Many Koreans were caught up in the camaraderie of the protest under the opinion that their government was weak and making “too many concessions to Washington.” “Anti-Americanism” and “teenage angst” were also motivations for protest, according to a report from UK’s The Times.

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What makes us truly human is not our ability to eat, drink and be merry. We seem to be able to do that as often as we choose; we are none the better for it. What distinguishes us, marks us and sets us apart is our ability to point out the bright side to those who can’t see it; to help those who can’t repay us; to show kindness to those who haven’t experienced it recently; to raise our hearts and voices in defense of the noble, the right and the true; and to educate ourselves not only with the lessons of a life of books, but also in the lessons of the book of life.

Our world, our country, our home and our personal integrity depend upon it. The barbarians of ignorance, hate, indifference and isolation are at the gates. They bring with them the hunger of mind, body and spirit. Our lifelong task, as educated men and women, is to join the battle, not to delegate it to a “someone” or a “government.”

We look in a mirror. We may have been even complicit in the very travail we experience, but we can also work to be its solution.

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The birth of Santa Claus and the true meaning of Christmas

By Kyle Citta U-Wire

This is a magical time of year. Fresh snow blankets the ground. The semester is slowly winding down. And best of all, man, woman and child will gather on Dec. 25 to celebrate the greatest day of all: the birth of Santa Claus.

Most people don’t appreciate the true meaning behind the holiday season. Perhaps commercialism has diluted its message?

Maybe the original ideas behind the season are being put on the back burner? Or maybe a few too many sips of eggnog are enough to melt away the memories of these historical truths.

about the work old Saint Nick was doing, and he began to preach the doctrine of Toys “R” Us. Soon, he had a following of curiously small people with pointy ears.

There were rumors of inbreeding, but Santa still disputes this.

Touched by the devotion of these elves, Santa humbly made them indentured servants.

The toy factory he built quickly gained a monopoly over the toy business, but Kris Kringle started facing heat over unspecified labor laws. So to cool off the fuzz, he moved the operation to the North Pole, where he continues his work to this day.

Like anyone who shuts themselves up in a barren wasteland of ice with subzero temperatures

Modest Proposal,” which satirically encouraged starving people of Ireland to eat their children for sustenance, Santa began to fear his Christmas visits were drawing to a close. He feared the good people were taking Swift’s work literally. So on Dec. 24, 1845, he gathered everyone around and shared his fears.

Santa thought his next trip to Ireland would end with his cannibalization.

To celebrate this last Christmas, he proposed a great feast. But since no potatoes were available, he miraculously turned the barren potato land into a feast of milk and cookies. This supposed “last supper” is where we get the familiar holiday tradition we know and love today.

“The legacy of Christmas might be confusing for some. We oftentimes don’t think about how important the traditional aspects are. We neglect the roots of this season, and those that still remember chastise others who may not believe in the miracles of Santa.”

Whatever the cause may be, the Christmas story is in jeopardy of being lost forever.

It was only 2,000 years ago when Santa Claus was born in a tiny barn somewhere far, far away. With the reindeer looking on, a young, alabasterskinned woman in the Middle East pushed a huge, bearded man out of her uterus.

Not much is known about the shenanigans of Santa as a young lad. He went missing for a few days while visiting a nearby town with his parents. Santa was eventually found in a factory after three days of searching. He was learning about the art of toymaking.

After college, Santa had a few crazy years of soul-searching.

He went backpacking in Europe, tried out a few different religions and even applied to law school.

But then, a higher power spoke to Santa. It told him to construct a giant toy factory to show people the beauty of materialism.

The higher power, the CEO of Mattel, said to Santa, “If you build it, they will come.”

Santa did just that; he built the largest toy factory anyone had ever seen. Word soon spread

— he got a little lonely. Playboy doesn’t roam all the way to the tip and television reception might bring in Carson Daly on a clear night.

It’s an unlivable hellhole.

So the local lady of the night quickly caught Santa’s eye. She came for the elves, but Maggie Marylene stayed for the red suit, taking the title of Mrs. Claus.

Today, families show veneration for Mr. Kringle by setting out milk and cookies. The reasons for this have been shrouded in mystery, but there’s one interpretation that has stood the test of time.

In the mid-19th century, Ireland was in the grip of a devastating potato famine. Santa himself was an avid fan of the vegetable. In all his kindness, he decided to alleviate the pain of starvation through the joy of giving toys — filling empty hearts instead of empty stomachs.

But after the release of Jonathan Swift’s 1729 work “A

And fortunately for Mr. Claus, he overestimated the physical capabilities of starving people, and easily maneuvered his sleigh filled with toys and monetary items out of

harm’s way.

The legacy of Christmas might be confusing for some.

We oftentimes don’t think about how important the traditional aspects are. We neglect the roots of this season, and those that still remember chastise others who may not believe in the miracles of Santa.

Instead, many of us ignore the background and focus on things like helping other people, giving back to a country that has given us so much and telling those that we care about how much we love them.

It’s hypocritical to believe in the goodness of other people at this time of year if you can’t revel in the glory of the past. The two are clearly not mutually exclusive.

So before you tuck yourself in at night on Christmas Eve, think to yourself: For Mattel so loved the world they gave us their only begotten Santa Claus, that whosoever shall believe in him shall not do goodwill unto men but

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The bomb exploded Friday at a West Coast Bank branch office in Woodburn, a city in the Willamette Valley farmland just south of Portland.

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TRACK & FIELD Brown bests Orange in intra-squad meet The Brown team defeated the Orange team 168-156 in the annual Orange and Brown meet. Shantell Lewis and Kara Butler (above) were named Falcons of the Meet for each team. The Falcons will host the BGSU Challenge on Jan. 17.

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ONLINE The BG News Sports Blog Sure it’s finals week, but The BG News Sports Blog will still be alive and kicking, with new posts every day on your favorite Falcon teams. This week, look out for posts, audio and video concerning both basketball teams, football and hockey. www.bgnewssports.com

OUR CALL Today in Sports History 1992—Arthur Ashe named Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year.

1973—Tennessee beats Temple 11-6 in basketball.

1954—Fordham scraps its football program due to financial issues.

1935—Detroit Lions win the NFL Championship.

1891—James Naismith invents basketball.

The List In case you haven’t heard, BG has a new football coach.

Today, we list five reasons why Dave Clawson could be a great fit for the Falcons: 1. Experience: He’s been coaching for 20 years in various roles.

2. Philosophy: His philosophy is he has none. His game plans are tailored to the team’s strengths, maximizing the talent on the field.

3. Attitude: He’s made it clear he wants to win games right away and beat Toledo.

4. Recruiting: He’s recruited the state of Ohio extensively throughout his career.

5. Respect: Clawson knows there are a lot of good coaches in the MAC, and that the conference is very competitive every year.

ABOVE: BG forward Lauren Prochaska hauls in a pass.

RIGHT: Center Otis Polk goes glass against Detroit Mercy.

2 legit 2 quit Men’s and women’s basketball teams sweep Sunday’s doubleheader

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By Jason Jones Reporter

The men’s basketball team climbed back to .500 last night as they dispatched the Detroit Titans 58-38.

Bowling Green was in control throughout, as they watched their first half lead stretch all the way to 17 points.

It wasn’t a case of an offensive explosion for the Falcons, but rather a case of locking down on defense.

“We worked a lot on handling pressure, being in touch with the ball, rebounding,” said senior guard Brian Moten.

All the hard work in practice leading up to the game paid significant dividends. Through all of these aspects, BG was able to hold Detroit to a 22.7 field goal percentage for the game, including a 17.4 field goal shooting percentage in the first half.

A major contributor to Detroit’s offensive woes was the play of BG on the boards.

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“We need our guards to rebound,” head coach Louis Orr said, adding, “We out rebounded them by 21.”

Last night was the first time in Detroit’s eight games this season that they’ve been out rebounded.

In out rebounding the Titans, the Falcons gave them only 10 offensive rebounds, and only seven second chance points the entire game.

In fact, when Detroit shot, BG came down with almost three quarters of the rebounds (29-10).

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Coming into yesterday’s game against St. Bonaventure (6-2), BG coach Curt Miller knew his team would be facing a challenge.

However, a solid offensive and defensive effort turned BG (7-2) from an underdog to a 7759 winner, passing the test of whether this team can compete or not.

“We talked about going into tonight as it being a test on far we’ve come,” Miller said. “How far we’ve come from October and how far we’ve come since November.”

Lauren Prochaska led the way for the Falcons’ offense with 24 points, half of which came from three-point land, and Niki McCoy added 19 points.

But it was the defense that propelled BG ahead.

The Falcons forced 22 turnovers which led to 20 points, grabbed 19 defensive

“We played great defense. That really got our offense going.”

Lauren Prochaska | BG forward ing within three through the first nine minutes of the game.

With 10:27 left, Prochaska was fouled on a three, creating a four-point play, the high point of a 10-0 BG run which gave them a 25-13 lead.

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“I thought we fought, came rebounds and had nine steals in with intensity and played in the game.

“We played great defense,” another really strong first half, Prochaska said. “That really got which gave us a comfortable lead,” Miller said. our offense going.”

But, the Bonnies did not let The game started slow for both teams with the first points the Falcons cruise to an easy coming 1:31 into the game on a victory as they cut the lead to Tara Breske layup.

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No. 1 Notre Dame brings winning streak against BG to 16

By Sean Shapiro Reporter

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — No. 1 ranked Notre Dame continued its dominance over BG this past weekend as they held on to beat the Falcons by a combined score of 7-4.

The wins extended Notre Dame’s unbeaten streak against BG to 16 games dating back to Jan. 29, 2005.

“It’s completely frustrating,” said BG player Kevin Schmidt.

“We’re well aware of the streak.”

On Friday night, the Irish were able to hold off BG 3-1 thanks to three assists from senior captain Erik Condra.

Condra and the Irish struck early as he found defenseman Teddy Ruth, whose slapshot from the blue line slipped past BG goalie Jimmy Spratt.

The Irish captain picked up his second assist when he was able to set up teammate Ben Ryan for the eventual game winner just under nine minutes into the second period as Ryan was able to just beat

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Schmidt was able to cut the Irish’s lead to one when his wrist shot from the slot snuck past Notre Dame goalie Jordan Pearce with less than 30 seconds remaining in the second period.

BG came close to tying the game late in the third as they had a 6-on-4 thanks to an Irish penalty and Spratt on the bench. Despite the man advantage Notre Dame’s Christian Hanson potted an 80-footer in the empty net to clinch the win.

For the Falcons, the loss came down to the Irish’s strong defensive play from the opening face-off to

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Eagles, Browns set to square off on Monday Night Football PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Needing to win their last five games to make the playoffs, the Philadelphia Eagles turned to Brian Westbrook and a stifling defense.

That formula was successful two years ago and it’s working again.

Written off after a lopsided loss at Baltimore in which Donovan McNabb was benched for the first time in his career, the Eagles (7-5-1) rallied with consecutive wins over playoff-bound teams.

They’ll have an easier matchup against the struggling Cleveland Browns (4-9) tonight.

A 48-20 victory over NFC West champion Arizona gave Philly reason for hope. A convincing 20-14 win on the road against the conference-leading New York Giants put the Eagles back in the playoff mix.

They couldn’t have done it without Westbrook and a suddenly stout defense. Westbrook had 241 yards rushing, 92 more receiving and five touchdowns in the last two games. The defense held Kurt Warner and the Cardinals’ high-octane offense to 260 total yards, and limited the Giants’ topranked rushing attack to only 88 yards on the ground.

There’s no room for a letdown now. The Eagles know better than to take the Browns lightly when every game is a must win. It was the same way in 2006.

Nearly everyone counted the Eagles out when McNabb tore a knee ligament with six games remaining that season. But Jeff Garcia filled in for McNabb and led Philadelphia to five straight wins, including three in a row on the road against division

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State,� Moten said.

This time, BG came out for the second half looking aggressive, going on a 12-0 run.

Leading the way on the Nine of those twelve points boards was BG’s point guard came by way of the three point Joe Jakubowski, with nine. shot as Moten, Jakubowski and The Falcons led by 15 at the Darryl Clements all knocked half, but no doubt had memo- down shots from deep. ries of their recent blown lead After that though, the to Savannah State.

Falcons began playing less “Maybe something good will aggressively, and would only happen, maybe I’ll get mar- score eight points in the next ried, then I’ll get over Savannah nine minutes.

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GO-TO GUY: Eagles running back Brian Westbrook (36) has led the team offensively.

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PERFORMING: Browns kicker Phil Dawson has been one of the team’s few bright spots.

opponents. The Eagles actually clinched the NFC East title before their reserves wrapped up that fifth win.

With McNabb out, Westbrook carried the load on offense and Garcia did his part. Brian Dawkins and the defense also stepped it up, helping the Eagles advance to the second round of the playoffs.

“We were playing at a high level at that time, and I think that it’s similar to where we are playing at now,� Westbrook said. “We still have to continue to prove it every single week, and I think that’s the struggle that we are going through now of going out there and playing every single week, not looking past any one team but winning every single week.�

“They’re intelligent defensive players who play good defense first, and all their offense stems from turnovers.�

HOCKEY From Page 6 the final buzzer. “They’re intelligent defensive players who play good defense first, and all their offense stems from turnovers,� Schmdit said.

On Saturday, BG was able to rally back from a second period deficit but still fell short in a 4-3 loss.

After a closely contested first period, Notre Dame was able to get on the board with less than 30 seconds remaining as Dan Kissel beat Spratt on a backhand shot after driving hard to the net.

After the late first-period goal, the Irish took control of the game in the second period as the No. 2 nationally ranked power play delivered twice on four chances in the period.

Calle Ridderwall extended Notre Dame’s lead to two during a 5-on-3 power play as he collected a rebound on a shot by Kevin Deeth and quickly banged the puck home.

Sandwiched between a pair of

Kevin Schmidt | BG hockey Irish power play goals, the Falcons were able to strike as Dan Sexton found linemate David Solway, who quickly one-timed the puck over Notre Dame goalie Jordan Pearce’s right pad and arm.

Christian Hanson continued the Irish’s power play excellence almost two minutes later when his wrist shot from between the circles fooled Spratt and beat the junior goaltender over the glove. For the Irish the quick strike after Solway’s goal was important to regaining momentum. “When another team scores, we generally have the ability to come back,� said Notre Dame head coach Jeff Jackson. “That’s a tribute to our depth up front.�

After Hanson’s first goal the Irish were able to add to their lead another six minutes later.

An Ian Cole shot at the 15:34 mark proved too much for Spratt to handle as Hanson was waiting on the doorstep and slammed the puck home after it deflected off of Spratt’s right pad.

Despite the deficit the Falcons were able to battle back and control the third period as they picked up two power play goals of their own.

The first power play marker came at the 4:23 mark as captain Kyle Page’s shot was able to just sneak through Pearce’s five-hole.

For BG, Page’s power play tally was the team’s first since November 28 against Minnesota State.

The Falcons picked up another power play tally late in the third as Dee skated in the zone and fired a wrist shot that once again beat Pearce through the five-hole.

five with 16:28 left in the game.

Katelyn Murray hit a three with 12:40 left in the game, but those would be the only points for the Bonnies over the next five minutes, when the BG lead was extended to 69-45.

With mostly back-ups on the court for the latter part of the second half, the Falcons finished off the victory.

The Bonnies outsized BG on the boards, grabbing 35 total rebounds and keeping the Falcons to just three offensive rebounds.

But foul trouble from St. Bonaventure gave the Bonnies bench plenty of playing time as the fouls gave them equal time as the starters.

Prior to today, St. Bonaventure’s starters had been averaging 127.4 minutes per game Containing the duo of Murray and Dana Mitchell was an area Miller had focused on last week in practice.

That extra effort helped hold them to 22 points. This season,

“They’re a very scrappy team,�

Moten said.

In those nine minutes that BG began to play conservatively, Detroit was able to bring the game back to within 10.

Then the Falcons found their aggressiveness once again. Nate Miller led the Falcons on a 10-0 run to end the game, and even dunked for the games final points. His final score provided a fitting exclamation point on the game for BG.

“We were really concerned about Mitchell and Murray and I think we did a great job on those two. We didn’t shut them out, but we held them and kept them in check.�

Lauren Prochaska | BG forward the two had been averaging a total of 34 points. “Mitchell and Murray are one of the best combos in ETHAN MAGOC | THE BG NEWS the entire country,� Miller said. “We talked about if we TOUGH SHOT: BG center Tara Breske could keep them under 40 takes it strong to the basket. combined that we would give ourselves a win.�

Prochaska was also pleased and I think we did a great job the defense was able to contain on those two,� Prochaska said. those two. “We didn’t shut them out, but “We were really concerned we held them and kept them about Mitchell and Murray in check.�

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CAUGHT RED-HANDED: Russian OMON (Riot Police) thwarted an anti-Kremlin protest organized by chess great Garry Kasparov’s opposition group yesterday, seizing demonstrators and shoving them into trucks, as they detained at least 25 people including the group’s co-leader Eduard Limonov.

MOSCOW — Police thwarted a banned anti-Kremlin protest in central Moscow yesterday, seizing demonstrators and shoving them into trucks. Organizers said 130 people were detained around the capital but police put the number at 90.

The opposition movement headed by fierce Kremlin critic and former chess champion Garry Kasparov said the coleader of the group was one of those seized.

The Other Russia movement organized the protest, in defiance of a ban, to draw attention to Russia’s economic troubles and to protest Kremlin plans to extend the presidential term from four years to six. Critics say the constitutional change as part of a retreat from democracy and is aimed at strengthening the grip of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his allies.

News broadcasts on the

main television networks made no mention of the Moscow crackdown or of protests in St. Petersburg and Vladivostok.

Kasparov and other prominent liberals have just launched a new anti-Kremlin movement called Solidarity in a bid to unite Russia’s liberal forces and encourage a popular revolution similar to those in Ukraine and Georgia.

Kasparov had vowed to carry out yesterday’s protest although authorities had denied permission for it.

Before the scheduled start, hundreds of officers guarded Triumph Square, which was ringed by police trucks and metal barriers.

Police roughly grabbed protesters who tried to enter the square, dragging at least 25 people into waiting trucks.

Police also seized Other Russia co-leader Eduard Limonov along with a handful of bodyguards as they walked toward the square.

Kasparov and a group of sup-

porters decided to avoid police by marching in a different location, then set off for a third site after finding another strong police presence, spokeswoman Marina Litvinovich said.

Dozens of protesters gathered at the third site and marched about a kilometer (half a mile) along a major street, shouting slogans such as “Russia without Putin!” before they dispersed.

Kasparov traveled by car and the march was over when he arrived, Litvinovich said.

Kasparov’s Web site said police in Moscow also broke up a protest by a hard-line group of retired generals in a square nearby and detained about 50 participants. The group, the Soviet Officers’ Union, could not be reached for comment.

The Moscow police said they detained 90 people. Some of the detainees were members of a pro-Kremlin youth group that staged a counter-demonstration, dropping leaflets from a concert hall rooftop.

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Growds gather for Hamas anniversary

By Ibrahim Barzak The Associated Press

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers marshaled hundreds of thousands of supporters to a huge anniversary rally yesterday, a show of muscle featuring a skit of a mock-captive Israeli soldier begging for his freedom.

Marking 21 years since its founding, a triumphant Hamas bragged about its violent exploits, promised more money to Gaza’s impoverished people, and announced it would soon stop recognizing the legitimacy of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who rules only the West Bank now.

Organizers said about 300,000 Hamas supporters crowded into a dusty outdoor arena and spilled over into nearby streets.

Many waved flags and sported baseball caps in the Islamic group’s signature green color.

In the skit, Hamas paraded a Palestinian speaking Hebrew and dressed in an Israeli soldier’s uniform — a reference to Israeli Sgt. Gilad Schalit, captured by Hamas-allied militants in June 2006.

“I miss my Mom and Dad,” said the man playing the Israeli soldier, kneeling as he spoke. “Tell Olmert, why don’t you take care of your soldier?”

The capture of Schalit in a June 2006 cross-border raid is an open wound in Israeli society. The

taunt at the rally drew condemnation from Israel, which has been indirectly negotiating the soldier’s release with Hamas for the past 2 years.

A spokesman for the Israeli government, Mark Regev, called the skit “another example of [Hamas] cruelty and inhumanity.”

In comments aired yesterday, exiled Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal said a six-month truce with Israel would not be renewed after it expires this week. Interviewed on a Hamasaffiliated Lebanese TV channel, Mashaal did not explicitly threaten renewed attacks, saying instead that Hamas would respond to developments.

Yesterday, Israel closed its passenger crossing with Gaza to journalists in response to Palestinian rocket fire over the weekend. For much of the past month, Israel has banned reporters from entering the territory after militants fired rockets and mortars at Israeli communities.

Hamas, founded in Gaza in December 1987, is sworn to Israel’s destruction and was involved in dozens of suicide bombings that killed more than 250 Israelis. It seized Gaza by force in June 2007 after months of fighting with Abbas’ Fatah forces.

Hamas contends Abbas’ term ends Jan. 8, four years after he was elected president. Abbas has argued that he had an additional year so the presidential term could dovetail with parliament’s.

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WARREN STRAIN | AP PHOTO TESTING: This May 2005 photo provided by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, shows a lab technician testing the Intoxilyzer 8000 machine at their Jackson, Miss., headquarters. The State of Ohio plans to spend $6.4 million on the blood-alcohol devices that are the subject of legal challenges in other states questioning whether the machines are reliable.

Breathalyzer test sparks statewide controversy CLEVELAND (AP) — Backers of a portable breath-alcohol testing device are renewing their request for the state to spend $6.4 million to buy the machines, even as lawsuits challenging the Intoxilyzer 8000 continue around the country.

The state departments of Health and of Public Safety want the Ohio Controlling Board to approve spending for 700 machines at the board’s meeting today.

The panel approved the machines in November, then agreed to reconsider the order after learning that several states have questioned the devices’ accuracy.

Owensboro, Ky.-based CMI Inc. says its Intoxilyzer 8000 machine is being used in about 10 states and is reliable.

In Arizona, a judge has ordered company and state

officials to produce the software that runs the machines by today to help answer questions about alleged errors.

Judge Deborah Bernini of Arizona Superior Court ruled earlier this year that 25 defendants charged with drunken driving after being tested by the Intoxilyzer 8000 need information about the software to defend themselves.

The state has appealed the ruling.

In Florida, judges in two counties have ordered CMI to give up the software and are fining the company each day it fails to comply. Minnesota sued CMI in March, saying a contract the company signed allows Minnesota to look at the firm’s software.

Ohio officials contend the device has been tested under various temperature and cli-

mate conditions and passed.

They note the machines have also been approved by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The Ohio Department of Public Safety has reviewed lawsuits filed in other states and found no reason why Ohio shouldn’t move ahead, said Joshua Engel, the agency’s chief counsel.

CMI contends the lawsuits are part of an orchestrated tactic by defense attorneys nationally to stall drunken driving cases.

The company says it would release the software information to anyone in Ohio willing to sign a nondisclosure agreement.

Defense lawyers say the agreement is too burdensome and the company acknowledged no one in the country has agreed to its terms.

Booster seat legislation looks out for child safety CINCINNATI (AP) — Proposed Ohio legislation requiring booster car seats for children ages 4 to 8 has drawn opposition in the state Senate, despite passage by a wide margin in the House and strong support from public safety advocates.

The National Transportation Safety Board says Ohio is one of only seven states that does not require the seats for young children above the age of 3. The NTSB says the seats are vital for child safety.

But critics of the bill have raised concerns about government intrusion into parenting policies and a primary enforcement provision that would allow police to stop motorists solely for not using booster seats.

House Bill 320 passed the Ohio House of Representatives 82-10, but proponents are struggling to get Senate support.

The bill, introduced by state Rep. Shannon Jones, RSpringboro, is currently before the Senate’s Highways and Transportation Committee. “We in the state of Ohio are always late to come to any type of passage of safety legislation, but we’re not talking about adults here,� said bill sponsor state Rep. Shannon Jones, R-Springboro. “We’re talking about children who need to be provided with the safest way to travel in a car.�

Current state law requires that children age 3 and younger and less than 40 pounds must be restrained in car safety seats, but the new bill would require booster seats for children ages 4 to 8 and shorter than 4-foot-9.

Jones said Ohio law already mandates seat belt usage for children 4 and above, and her proposal would amend existing law to ensure that children are in booster seats so the seat belts are in a safer position.

The NTSB and the Boost Ohio Kids Coalition, which has been lobbying for the legislation, say research shows

“We’re really talking about children who need to be provided with the safest way to travel in a car.�

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The NTSB says vehicle crashes are the number one cause of fatal injuries for ages 4 through 34 and more than 3,500 child passengers aged 4 to 8 died in traffic crashes from 1998 through 2007. Half of those children who died were unrestrained, while most of the remaining ones were improperly restrained in seat belts designed for adults, said NTSB member Debbie Hersman. “If you just put a child 4 to 8 in a regular seat belt for adults, the belts can cut across the stomach and cause soft tissue injuries or across the neck, leading to spinal cord injuries,� she said.

To be safe, seat belts must be positioned across stronger parts of the body, she said.

The mother of a 6-year-old Ohio child seriously injured while restrained by a seat belt supports the bill. Kristin Bendickson’s daughter Katie, now 10, wasn’t in a booster seat when the family was involved in a crash. Bendickson, 41, of Troy, said her daughter lost her spleen from injuries caused by the belt cutting into her abdomen. “We really thought we were being as safe as possible, but we didn’t know about the need for booster seats,� said Bendickson.

Many parents are unaware that the seats are necessary to make seat belts fit properly, said Brian Newbacher, spokesman for the Ohio Conference of AAA Clubs, which is part of the Ohio coalition pushing for the law. “Parents do look to laws for guidance, and research has shown that in states with booster-seat laws, parents are 39 percent more likely to use them,� said Newbacher. “If Ohio continues without a law, we’ll continue to have low usage.�

Newbacher also said 40 of the 43 states with booster-seat laws have primary enforcement, which has been shown to increase compliance.

The coalition also includes the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the Ohio Insurance Institute and hospitals, among others. “We see the injuries and the pain and suffering children go through from improperly fitted seat belts, and we believe this legislation is absolutely necessary,� said Susan Laurence, injury prevention coordinator at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.

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Ohio wants to put aviation careers back on the map Higher education is working to make it happen DAYTON (AP) — Ohio wants its colleges and universities to help educate students for careers in business aviation.

The push comes as private aircraft company Netjets Inc. has expanded in Columbus and as companies increasingly see private planes as an alternative for executive travel.

Sinclair Community College in Miami Township near Dayton is beginning an introductory business aviation course next month. The two-year college has had success sending graduates of its aviation technology program off to airlines as pilots, flight dispatchers and flight attendants.

The Ohio Board of Regents is working with aviation or aviation support programs at a number of colleges around Ohio, including Sinclair, Cincinnati State, Ohio State, Ohio University, Kent State and Bowling Green State University, said Tom Fellrath, director of the regents’ Ohio Skills Bank.

Business leaders have told Ohio’s chancellor of higher education, Eric Fingerhut, that they see a need for specific programs to train students for business aviation.

Fingerhut believes such programs can help build a job market within Ohio and begin to stem the tide of college-educated students to other states, Fellrath said. “We would love to see them achieve their career goals here in Ohio,� Fellrath said.

The business aviation job market is slowing down

during the economic recession, but baby boomer retirements in the industry continue to create openings, said Steve Brown, the National Business Aviation Association’s vice president for operations.

Some of Sinclair’s current and former aviation students are already taking advantage of the opportunities in managing and flying airplanes for business executives. Some executives view the aircraft as a way to manage travel more efficiently, while others squeeze in mid-air meetings between destinations.

Jamie Thomas, 28, of Centerville, graduated from Sinclair in 2002 and later received a four-year degree in management and leadership from Wright State University. In 2003, Beavercreek entrepreneur Raj Soin hired him to fly and oversee his corporate aircraft.

Two years ago, Thomas also started his own company, Maximum Flight Advantages LLC, which buys, sells and manages aircraft for businesses. He advises students considering a business aviation career to get a well-rounded education in mathematics, science and business. “I’ve spent hours going through a purchase agreement that’s two inches thick,�

Thomas said. Corporate pilots are sometimes directly involved in the plane’s maintenance and fueling, and they must also address passengers’ needs, such as providing food and ground transportation.

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A battlefield medic stopped the bleeding, and now the soldier was at the closest field hospital. He still could die.

The hospital medics had to stabilize his condition so that a doctor, farther behind combat lines, could work on him. “What’s your name?� asked Army Sgt. Michael Healey, a member of the Ohio National Guard’s 285th Area Support Medical Company, based in Columbus. “Tom,� the soldier answered.

He was having trouble talking, which told the medics that he was having trouble breathing. “I’m Mike,� Healey said. “We’re going to help you, all right?�

Healey and three other medics began checking him, while Healey kept asking questions.

Tom responded for about three minutes. Just about the time he stopped, his vital signs started crashing. He couldn’t breathe.

Healey tried to put a breathing tube down Tom’s throat, but it wouldn’t go. At that point, the medics got quiet. Healey tried the tube again, and it still wouldn’t go. As the lead medic, he made the decision to cut a hole in Tom’s throat and put the tube there. That worked.

Tom was stable. “Good job, guys,� Healey said to the medics around him. “Another life saved!�

The medics laughed. “Tom� was never actually in danger.

He’s a training mannequin, and this was a simulation.

However, it was serious business. They hadn’t expected to have trouble with the tube.

They knew they should have kept talking to one another when that happened. But the simulations are supposed to help the medics realize where they need to improve.

Beginning in early November and continuing through January, a group of Ohio National Guard medics are spending occasional weekends with the high-tech mannequins at the Center for Medical Education and Innovation at Riverside Methodist Hospital.

The mannequins can simulate 72,000 medical conditions, including the kind of trauma that Guard medics have, and will, run into overseas, said Pamela Boyers, Riverside’s director of medical education.

The 285th spent a year in Iraq in 2006 and 2007.

The voice of “Tom� in the neck-wound scenario was played by a medical-simulation technician observing from another room. He had a computer screen full of Tom’s vital signs and adjusted his responses as those signs fluctuated.

The Guard is treating these weekendsasresearch,saidArmy 1st Sgt. Chris Thomas, a member of the 285th who also runs medical training programs for the Guard. The medics are welltrained in “point-of-wounding� care, he said. Individually, they can save the lives of people on a battlefield.

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WASHINGTON — Surviving spouses of war veterans have been wrongfully denied up to millions of dollars in government benefits over the past 12 years due to computer glitches that often resulted in money being seized from the elderly survivors’ bank accounts.

The Veterans Affairs Department said Saturday it wasn’t fully aware of the problem. It pledged to work quickly to give back the pension and disability checks — ranging from $100 to more than $2,500 — that hundreds of thousands of widows or widowers should have received during the month of their spouse’s death. “This problem must be fixed,� said VA Secretary James Peake.

The department indicated in an “action plan� provided to The Associated Press that up to millions of dollars in back payments could be given to the surviving spouses sometime after next February, once it can identify them.

To expedite matters, the VA said those who believe they were wrongfully denied payments can call its help line at 1-800-827-1000.

Congress passed a law in 1996 giving veterans’ spouses the right to keep their partners’ final month of benefits. It instructed the VA to make changes as needed to comply with the law, which took effect for spouses of veterans who died after Dec. 31, 1996.

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Celebrate the return of light with VeteransBenefitsAdministration to update its systems as quickly rhythm & joy! Fri. Dec. 19th, 7pm. at as possible to prevent future Radiance Studio, 437 S Main St, BG. $5-10 donation suggested. All hand denials of benefits. drums welcome. Boutique sale of “This flawed practice has caused Drums & Bellydance items during serious hardship for many widows,� event, 419-217-6690 for more info.

Akaka said Saturday. “Now that this STRESS RELEASE with problem has been brought to light, KUNDALINI YOGA. Ancient yoga I trust that surviving spouses will techniques for modern life. Chanting, meditation, breathwork, sound therreceive the benefits they are due.�

The VA has yet to identify the apy and relaxation included in every class. Certified teacher, beautiful exact number of widows or widstudio. New six week session Jan. owers affected, but acknowledged 12-Feb 20, classes T & Th 6:30-8pm Saturday it could be “sizable.�

For more info call 419-217-6690 Akaka’s committee estimates that or e-mail: laurakshakti@gmail.com 50,000 surviving spouses each year since 1996 could be affected, Personals based on VA numbers indicating more than 100,000 veterans die each year — some of whom may Book buy back now thru Dec. 19, have been single or divorced — Collegiate Connection, 531 Ridge. while receiving VA benefits.

Surveillance program leaked WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Justice Department lawyer says he tipped off the news media about the Bush administration’s warrantless eavesdropping program because it “didn’t smell right,� Newsweek magazine reported yesterday.

Thomas Tamm, whose suburban Washington home was searched by federal agents last year, told the magazine he leaked the existence of the secret program to The New York Times 18 months before the newspaper broke the story. “I thought this was something the other branches of the government and the public ought to know about. So they could decide: do they want this massive spying program to be taking place?� Tamm told Newsweek in what the magazine said were a series of recent interviews that he granted against the advice of his lawyers. “If somebody were to say, who am I to do that? I would say, ‘I had taken an oath to uphold the Constitution.’ It’s stunning that somebody higher up the chain of command didn’t speak up,� the magazine quoted Tamm as saying.

Tamm, 56, told the magazine he called the Times from a subway station pay phone

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