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Junior Katey Jahnke quickly became obsessed with cycling while working at a bike shop in Ann Arbor.

After transferring from the University of Michigan, Jahnke decided to start a cycling club last year when she found out the

University did not have one.

“When I transferred ... I was at my peak of cycling enthusiasm.

I just knew that I had to create [a cycling club],” Jahnke said. “I tend to be an overly ambitious person.”

Her ambition doesn’t stop there. Jahnke said she has high expectations for the club’s future.

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CRUISIN’: Students can partake in Semester at Sea and sail around the world. Jobs on the ship can be performed in exchange for voyage.

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Golfing seniors ready for season

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In their founding season, the club had up to 60 people sign up, but only had 15 active members.

They are still accepting members for this year and they hope to double the number of participants from last year.

The Cycling Club is a part of the

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Dental plan closes gaps in coverage

By Shaina Smith Reporter

co-sign for the dental since both grad and undergrad have to have insurance to be enrolled for class.”

The new dental plan costs $244 a year with a $50 Students may be aware of the drilling involved with deductible covering $1,000 worth of dental work.

“It is often overlooked that many students no longer campus construction, but some students may not know about the University’s new dental insurance plan that have coverage through a parent for health insurance, but many also do not have dental insurance,” said Scott offers teeth cleaning and reconstruction.

The dental plan has been receiving positive feedback Strothers, account executive with health care company from those who know about it, said Student Insurance Aetna Student Health.

Cromley said the dental plan covers lots of different Specialist Ann Cromley. The amendment to add the optional dental plan was passed March 2009 by the areas.

“The plan covers 100 percent of preventive services, 80 Health Service Advisory Committee.

Junior Brittany Kennedy is one of the students who percent of basic services and 50 percent of major services for participating dentists,” she said. didn’t get the memo about the dental plan.

Oct. 1 is the last day students will be able to sign up “I didn’t know we had one, but I need it,” she said.

Graduate Student Trustee Antwan Jones said while for the dental PPO plan, which will cover them from the Graduate Student Senate first proposed the den- Aug. 1, 2009 to July 31, 2010. If students miss the October tal plan, Undergraduate Student Government took the deadline, there will be another opportunity to sign up in December for coverage from Jan. 1 to July 31, 2010. reins on the project. “[Dental] was originally for graduate students, but USG See TEETH | Page 2 are the ones who have the legislation to include dental into the health plan,” Jones said. “GSS basically had USG

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Unlike most study abroad programs, Semester at Sea takes students to multiple countries.

And while Semester at Sea is not an official BGSU study abroad program, the University of Virginia does give students course credit, which can transfer, said Paul Valdez, part-time recruiter for Semester at Sea. He said most credits should transfer to BGSU, but it’s wise to check before going on a voyage.

Valdez’s last voyage took him to places like Mexico, Hong Kong, Turkey, Egypt and Thailand.

He said he worked as a resident advisor on his voyage, which is similar to an RA on campus.

“I got paid to sail around the world,” he said.

Senior Sarah Shepherd recently returned from her summer voyage, which included stops in Italy, Croatia and Morocco, among others.

Her favorite aspect of the trip was how the classes incorporated the countries they visited into the lessons. Shepherd also enjoyed her time in Egypt when she and a few friends took a taxi to see the pyramids and ended up staying at the driver’s house learning about Egyptian culture.

“I got to see Egypt through the eyes of an Egyptian,” she said.

She said the stay was only $200 for the five days they were in Egypt. As for the course load, Shepherd said the classes were scheduled for two days a week and then five days without class.

She said the rapid pace on the days of class and the five days off can be testing on the memory, but the ship, the MV Explorer, does have everything a college campus contains. The ship has its

rundown.

She explained the “Patio Action Plan” to members, saying she Under g r aduate S t u d e n t would like to bring new furniGovernment discussed many ture and artwork to the patio to different housekeeping tasks at give it a more appealing look. last night’s meeting, including She became aware of the patio’s the steps they’ve taken to reno- lack of aesthetics after it was brought to her attention that the vate Jerome Library.

Dean from Jerome Library Sara library is seen in two different Bushong paid a visit to the meet- stops on campus tours. Bushong ing to discuss how much she added that because of this fact, has worked with Sen. Clayton she would hate it if a prospective Stewart and her goals to bring See USG | Page 2 life to the outdoor second f loor patio space that currently looks

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Kelsey Smith, of Huron, Ohio was cited for underage under the influence at Founders Quadrangle.

Complainant reported an unknown subject removed a decorative wagon wheel from her fence and broke it within the 100th block of Wolfly Ave. Damage is valued at $25.

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Joseph Register, of Cleveland, was cited for paraphernalia.

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Scott Jordan, 20, of Elida, Ohio, was cited for possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and underage possession of alcohol and Wyatt Steiner, 21, of Bowling Green, was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia within the 100th block of Manville St. 6:34 A.M.

Complainant reported loud noise on the corner of Pike and Prospect streets.

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MidWest Collegiate Cycling Conference, which consists of several Big Ten schools, as well as the University of Toledo. They participated in two races last year, including a road race hosted by the University of Notre Dame and a race at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind. Seniors Matt Miller and Jennifer Chaffin, two of the club’s original members, said they are very passionate about cycling.

Miller, who sat out last season with an injury, said he averages 25 to 30 miles for a ride.

He even has a strategy to deal with Bowling Green’s infamous wind, which can be a cyclist’s worst enemy.

“We start out our rides going into the wind, so it is easier on the way back home,” Miller said.

In the club’s second year, they hope to get the club more

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“When I envisioned BG’s Cycling Club, I wanted to make it something that would bring the campus and community of Bowling Green together.”

Katey Jahnke | Cycling Club founder involved in the community.

“When I envisioned BG’s Cycling Club, I wanted to make it something that would bring the campus and the community of Bowling Green together,” Jahnke said.

The club will be walking their bikes in upcoming community parades and there are also talks of a community race to raise funds for the club, as it is funded out of pocket.

Chaffin said they tried to hold a bike wash fundraiser last year.

“We ended up cleaning up more cars,” Chaffin said.

The Cycling Club is open to all riders, including triathletes.

Jahnke said the club is for people who love to ride, and the

focus is to have fun.

The club is also for competitive riders. Jahnke said the club hopes to become more competitive in their second year, and will participate in more races this season.

“The team just needs to get more members,” she said. “Our biggest problem is that we never have enough people who will dedicate the time and the effort to help us out with events and fundraisers.

“We need more people ready to be a bigger part of our organization.”

Students interested in joining the club can contact Jahnke at her e-mail address kjahnke@bgsu.edu.

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school year was brought to the attention of all members of USG, which was $10,300 less than last year, t reasurer Bria n Gerker said.

Several senators raised concerns about where USG is spending its money, such as rented artwork hanging in the USG office and a convention held in Texas that some members attend annually.

Sen. Joe Edens was concerned the budget would become tighter if tuition increases in the spring, but Gerker assured members that would not be an issue.

The touchy topics of the budget caused some giggles and tension across the room, which prompted President Sundeep Mutgi to tell the senate to “stay civ il,” adding t hat a ll members are students and equal.

In addition to t hese topics, more than 10 new proxies and senators were sworn in, including the new senator for the Rodgers Quadrangle seat, Brandon Double.

“It’s a good leadership opportunity,” Double said, noting he was very excited to get started.

student chose not to attend the University based on the look of the Library.

“It’s not what we think it should look like,” Stewart said, saying he noticed the problem while working as a tour guide last May. He also said that working with Bushong and her assistant, Kari Johnson, gave him a lot of contacts in order to make improvements.

W hi le proposing his resolution, Stewart asked for “support and push for the much-needed changes” for the patio space. The resolution was saved to be voted on next Monday.

Another topic discussed came up after Director of Public Safet y James Wiegand talked with members about reaffirming its “support for the $20 transportation fee and establishment of a downtown shuttle route.” Other changes he addressed include the new rule that faculty will pay for reser ved spaces and permits.

A lso, a proposed USG budget for the 2009-10

VOYAGE From Page 1 own student union, dining halls, recreation center, dormitories, a clinic and a library. The ship has also been modified to include nine classrooms with projectors and wireless Internet.

The 600-foot, seven-deck tall ship holds more than 1,000 people at full capacity, including almost 700 students. The MV Explorer, unlike many of their past ships, is owned by Semester at Sea and was built in 2002.

Fall marks Semester at Sea’s 100th voyage since they first set sail in 1963.

Since then, faculty have had many prominent figures come to speak with the students during a required class called Global Studies, including Mother Teresa and Fidel Castro.

For Shepherd’s voyage, she said one person who came to speak during her voyage was the Greek minister of education.

Valdez said guests called interport students or faculty members were also on the voyage for a certain amount of ports and gave students insights to the countries and cultures they belong to.

Shepherd said the levels of poverty in some of the countries she visited was shocking.

“You know about it, but coming from such a privileged country you kind of put [knowledge of poverty] on the backburner,” she said.

Shepherd said all the tourist sites were great, but seeing children with skin hanging off their bones smile meant a lot more.

“It is not just a cruise around the world. It is not just a vacation.

With the experiences you end up having, it is a transformation.”

Valdez said.

Semester at Sea costs vary from less than $10,000 to more than $22,000 for the semester. Financial aid is available for Semester at Sea, but certain scholarships and grants may not transfer, including athletic scholarships and some private university scholarships and grants.

“For the experience, I would pay 10 times that much,” Shepherd said, noting she still talks to people she met from other countries and plans on seeing many of them again.

To find out more about Semester at Sea including itineraries, costs and classes, students can go to their Web site at semesteratsea.org.

Car dealers fight slow sales after end of Clunkers Your Views

By Tom Krisher The Associated Press

YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich.

— As Gene Butman Ford opened its doors Saturday, salesmen outnumbered the shoppers looking at a depleted stock of cars and trucks, and it didn’t appear that many customers were ready to buy.

Like many dealers across the country, the dealership in Ypsilanti Township, Mich., west of Detroit, is suffering from a Cash for Clunkers hangover, and Sales Manager Paul Grahl isn’t sure when it will end.

“We’re getting some traffic, but my business is a long way from healthy,” said the longtime salesman. “We suspect it’s going to be 90 days before we get back to any kind of normalcy.”

The clunkers program lured hundreds of thousands of people to dealers in July and August with government rebates of up to $4,500 to trade in older, inefficient vehicles for newer, more fuel-efficient ones.

While most dealers are grate-

ful for the boost, they’re paying for it now with fewer customers. The government rebates drew people into the market who otherwise would have kept driving their clunkers due to uncertainty over the sputtering economy. Those customers might have made their purchases later in the year.

“It was good while it lasted,” said Phil Warren, sales manager at Toyota Direct in Columbus, Ohio. “Now we’re a little bit concerned about what happens next. The program may have just taken a lot of people out of the market.”

Making matters worse, many dealers depleted their stocks with clunker sales, and automakers have been slow to ramp up production to replenish the lots. Grahl says Ford has built the cars he ordered but mysteriously hasn’t shipped them. So the selection isn’t very good for people who do want to buy.

“We’ve noticed that,” said Amy Whiting, who with her husband, Frank, was shopping this weekend at a Pontiac-BuickGMC dealer near Butman Ford.

“You drive in the lot and it’s

gone.”

Dealers across the country reported sparse selections on their lots as inventories shrunk to near record low levels. At the end of August, GM reported 379,000 cars and trucks in its supply, about half of what it had in August of last year. Ford Motor Co. had 243,000 cars and trucks, down from 461,000 a year ago.

David Kelleher, who owns two Chrysler dealerships in the Philadelphia area, said he sold out of many products.

Kelleher usually has 350 to 400 vehicles at each of his lots, but said the clunkers program reduced that to around 50. He, too, has ordered replacements and is awaiting their arrival.

Some economists are predicting that clunkers and other stimulus programs will pull the economy out of a recession this quarter. Consumer confidence rose from a reading of 65.7 in August to 70.2 in early September as measured by the University of Michigan-Reuters survey.

Yet employment is still on the decline. Companies shed

216,000 jobs in August and unemployment rose to 9.7 percent, its highest level since 1983.

So in many ways, the Whitings, in their mid-20s and both secure in their jobs, represent a large chunk of buyers who remain in the market: They had to buy because their 1997 Plymouth Breeze sedan had so many things go wrong that it wasn’t worth repairing.

The clunkers program brought a drop in rebates and other sales incentives in August from every major automaker but Hyundai Motor Co., Nissan Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. Chrysler had the steepest drop, from $4,604 to $3,405, according to the Edmunds.com automotive Web site. But slow September sales could drive them up again.

Kesel, like many dealers, still hasn’t been paid for most of his clunker sales.

“Most dealers are in a cashflow crunch because of the federal government not paying up on this,” he said.

The government reported Friday that it has approved

$1.22 billion in reimbursements, about 40 percent of what is due. The Transportation Department said it is on track to pay eligible dealers by Sept. 30.

The rebates, which ended Aug. 24, led to more than 690,000 new car sales at a taxpayer cost of $2.88 billion.

As a result, U.S. sales of cars and light trucks rose to 1.3 million in August, a roughly 30 percent increase from July.

But now that the clunkers program is over, industry analysts expect poor September sales, even lower than the July rate.

Even though customers are few now, dealers still are happy that Cash for Clunkers helped them in a difficult year with sales running at an annual rate of around 10 million. As recently as the first half of this decade, U.S. automakers sold around 17 million units per year.

The clunker sales, though, will help the Upper Peninsula dealership network to keep going if times get even worse.

“Because the CFC program was there, we were able to squirrel away a nut for winter,” Mahan said.

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At Universities nationwide, trendy majors mirror current issues

By Lauren French The GW Hatchet (U-Wire)

Unlike most fads, popular college majors do not often come and go. In fact, the three most popular majors — business administration, social sciences and education — have been the same since 1985, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

But with the advent of new technology and the need for a greener economy, there are five new “on-the-rise” majors, according to an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education published earlier this month.

The fields of study gaining popularity at undergraduate institutions around the country are service science, health informatics, computational science, sustainability and public health.

Health informatics is gaining popularity because of the renewed discussion of health care reform in Congress, according to the Chronicle article.

“There is just no shortage of growth in the information field,” said David Dolling, dean of GeorgeWashingtonUniversity’s School of Engineering and Applied Science. “We have people working with all kinds of information, especially information assurance.”

In the recent stimulus package, $19 billion were pledged to digitize health care records across America, according to the Chronicle article. This means that the health care industry will need a new kind of professional, one who can read and update digital records, which is what a health informatics major teaches students.

“Electronic health records have been mentioned by both sides of the aisle as a way to save health care dollars,” GWU professor of health administration Robert Burke said in an e-mail. “Policy makers realize there are not a sufficient number of people trained to design, implement and maintain these systems.”

“There is just no shortage of growth in the information field.”

David Dolling | GWU Dean Computational science, often confused with computer science, is less about the study of computers and more about how to use the computer as a tool, according to the Chronicle article.

A service science major would focus on the science of how people use daily services, from telephones to ordering coffee, the Chronicle said.

While these majors might not break into the Princeton Review’s list of the most popular majors anytime soon, their existence does show that in a time of economic and environmental uncertainty, universities are responding with a new set of skills for students.

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CORNHOLE: Members of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity play a game of corn hole in the Union Oval with friends while they wait for more students to participate in their fundraiser for Relay for Life and March of Dimes that will be going on in the Union all week. Students can pay $1 to throw as many bean bags into the corn hole as they can in one minute. “We raise as much as we can for March of Dimes every year,” fraternity treasurer Kofi Gyebito said.

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“The Carter Center actually goes with the nets to Kanke and also educates the villagers on how to use them,” Satkoski said. “Clarke Mosquito Control helped a lot by matching what we made dollar for dollar.”

Having the Carter Center deliver the nets personally helps prevent the nets from falling into the wrong hands and being used for something other than their intended purpose, according to Satkoski.

“One concern was if the nets were shipped over by themselves if they would be used for things other than what they were anticipated for,” Satkoski said.

“Corruption could have occurred by villagers reselling the nets or using them for clothing instead.”

This semester there are three classes working on the project.

“I hope that we keep progressing and are able to help as many people as we can,” said Satkoski.

“With more classes and volunteers working on the Malaria Project we can keep helping to save more families.”

Thanks to stimulus, UMass students to receive $1,100 rebate Undergraduate students at University of MassachusettsBoston can expect $1,100 back from their university in two installments this year. The rebate resulted from a second round of stimulus money that came to UMB over the summer.

In February, the UMB Board of Trustees implemented an emergency $1,500 fee increase to fill a $102 million revenue shortfall.

When the fee hike passed, UMB President Jack Wilson promised to refund students if the university got further funding from the sate.

Responding to the shortfall, a result of a decrease in state funding for the university’s 2008-09 budgets, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and the state legislature gave UMB a portion of federal stimulus money over the summer.

“Higher education is not immune to the budget crisis, as you all know,” Patrick said in a press conference held at the UMB Campus Center this spring. “Unfortunately, we can’t avoid every difficult decision in higher education, even with the help of the federal recovery funds, but thanks to those funds we can soften the blow.”

Though the stimulus for UMB was not enough to refund the entire $1,500 increase to all students as Patrick said it would in his speech, it has softened the blow.

Wilson announced in a press release at the beginning of August that the university intends to make good on a commitment he made in February to rebate at least some of the fee increase if the university was able to get stimulus money.

“We are able to go forward with this rebate because of funding steps taken by Patrick and the legislature,” Wilson said. “[They] have made excellence and affordability at UMB a top priority.”

Sorting through fall financial aid packages to determine which students are not eligible for the $1,100 is a tedious task, said Judy Keyes, the director of financial management at UMB. There are 6,577 students who need to be reviewed so that students with

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“Each situation needs to be examined individually,” Keyes said. “With billing and financial aid in flux we probably won’t have the full picture until [Sept.]

18 for full time students, and later, probably the end [of] September, for part time students.”

The rebate will be broken into two installments of $550, one issued in the fall, and the other in the spring. Students who have already paid for school this fall may get their $550 check as early as the tomorrow, but the Bursars Office needs to wait for the Financial Aid Office to finish their review before sending a rebate to any students who are getting financial aid this year.

“The flip side to the coin is the school can’t really afford the rebate,” cautioned Student Trustee Tara DeSisto, the elected student member of the Board of Trustees. “From what I have heard, the only reason we can make this happen is the second wave of stimulus money came in, but that money is scheduled to dry up in 2011.”

Fee increases hinge heavily on state funding for higher education, which has steadily declined over the years. Without the stimulus money, most UMB Trustees, including DeSisto, feel that fee increases would be inevitable. However, in numerous interviews, UMB trustees and administrators have reiterated that their commitment to keeping fee increases lower than the rate of inflation year to year has not changed.

Wilson concluded the press release by offering assurances of the administration’s goal to put students first.

“Our consistent position has been to keep student-charge increases as low as possible, thereby ensuring access and affordability,” he said.

So far UMB has accomplished this despite budget difficulties, DeSisto explained. Someone has to pay for quality education, whether it is the state or the students.

“From what I’ve seen, the UMB Trustees are committed to keeping this school affordable and diverse,” DeSisto said. “I’m not as confident about how committed the state is to funding public universities adequately.”

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Malaria is one of the most Last summer, Courtney Satkoski, dangerous diseases in Africa.

Florida Gulf Coast University Worldwide, more than 3 billion interdisciplinary studies pro- people are at risk of catching it fessor, and Neil Wilkinson, an and almost 1 million people die instructor, organized the Malaria each year. The disease, caused by Project. It is an ongoing civic bites from infected mosquitoes, engagement program designed spreads from person to person to raise public awareness about quickly.

“Every 30 seconds, a child dies malaria’s spread in sub-Saharan from malaria,” Satkoski said.

Africa.

There are 38,000 families in The project grew to be one of the most successful community Kanke and the goal is to give each initiatives in FGCU history. It even family a net.

“Nets are $5 apiece,” said garnered attention from a former Satkoski. “The Carter Center’s United States president.

Satkoski and Wilkinson worked goal was to send 38,000 nets over with the Carter Center, an organi- and so far we have sent roughly zation started by former President 4,000.”

Satkoski had her Foundations Jimmy Carter.

The project raised funds to of Civic Engagement class get send bed nets to Kanke, Nigeria. involved with the project. There The bed nets, dipped in insect were 24 students working on the repellent, can protect a family Malaria Project for five weeks.

“Our original goal was to raise of six from female mosquitoes, $5,000. We ended up with $11,000,” carriers of the disease.

“Kanke is just the first village we Satkoski said.

An additional $13,000 came are working with,” Satkoski said.

“When the Carter Center starts to from community donations.

Community members also move city-to-city, we will move donated items, such as gift cards, with them.”

The efforts raised thousands of to raffle. One business owner dollars more than planned. Carter allowed students to host an event was so impressed by what the at a venue free-of-charge.

FGCU students raised money FGCU students did that he wrote by holding events such as car thank you letters to the students.

“We are inspired by the enthu- washes, bake sales and a 5K race.

Once the nets were purchased, siasm you have dedicated to this historic effort and are glad to the Malaria Project’s partners, know that we have a generation the Carter Center and Clarke of conscientious young citizens Mosquito Control, stepped in.

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“When I envisioned BG’s Cycling Club, I wanted to make it something that would bring the campus and the community of Bowling Green together.”

— Katey Jahnke, junior, on the creation of the University’s Cycling Club [see story, pg. 1].

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What club would you create on campus?

“A sports club. I like sports and know a lot of other people who do too.”

“Harry Potter club, there are so many fans and there’s role-playing.”

“Detroit Lions club, so we can complain about how much they suck together.”

“A campus tell-all club for students to talk about professors before they take classes.”

STEVE SMART, Freshman, Business

JESSIE MINARD, Freshman, Special Education

KEITH GIESLER, Senior, Supply Chain Management

TEMPEST MOSS, Sophomore, Journalism

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9/12 demonstrations may not be as ‘grassroots’ as claimed KYLE SCHMIDLIN FORUM EDITOR

On September 12, 2001, the entire nation — and much of the rest of the world — mourned the loss of 3,000 innocent American lives.

On September 12, 2009, conservative groups attempted to remind us all of that feeling of unity by marching on Washington, D.C., and protesting what they see as the out-ofcontrol spending policies of the current administration.

It seems like a noble enough venture. Through a handful of powerful, well-funded nonprofit organizations like FreedomWorks and the aid of exposure through Fox News hosts Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity, Americans across the political spectrum have been reached and are at last saying, “Enough is enough.”

But several questions do arise from this, and the two most important are: Who is actually being reached, and who is actually reaching them?

WashingtonPost.com posted an entire slide show of the protestors, sometimes referred to as “Tea Party Protestors.” The protestors themselves, and especially cheerleaders like Beck, often refer to the group’s incredible diversity — they are people from all across the country and from all walks of life, they say.

But looking at the 13 pictures posted as part of The Post’s slideshow doesn’t suggest that at all. In the entire crowd, across all 13 pictures, I strained to find a single face of color. Probably some were there, but too few to be captured on film — unless the photography of every major media outlet, including Fox, was determined to ignore them.

The observation isn’t meant to suggest anything overtly sinister, and certainly not anything

racist, about the protest or the nature of its organization. But for all the talk of how so many Americans are part of the movement, and how the movement encompasses people from so many spheres of life, it is worth noting.

Perhaps part of the problem is that the ultra-conservative message has limited appeal. First off, to be truly moved by the protests one has to believe President Obama is both a fascist and a Marxist, that he occupies both extremes of the political spectrum. There is no doubt that the movement and its unfortunate talking points have roots in conservative think-tanks and pundits like Hannity and Rush Limbaugh.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) came under fire several weeks ago for referring to town hall protesting as an “astroturf” movement, as opposed to naturally-evolved and community organized grassroots movements. She was quickly denounced by many of the conservative talk show hosts, both on television and the radio.

However, there is truth in Pelosi’s possibly crude claim.

Take a look at one of the biggest organizers of Saturday’s demonstration in Washington, FreedomWorks, chaired by former Republican Rep. Dick Armey of Texas.

On Aug. 5, itsWeb site instructed its members to “Use the talking points and questions to pin down where legislators stand on these important issues” (the talking points were provided on the page) and telling them “it is essential that we don’t let the pressure up.” The entire article, including their talking points, can be retrieved at www. freedomworks.org/publications/august-recess-town-hallmeetings.

In any properly functioning democracy, this is precisely what the people should be doing.

However, it is a wide stretch to believe that FreedomWorks is a

grassroots organization of any kind.

Even giving as much credit to the movement as possible — perhaps saying that FreedomWorks is merely a conduit for their organization, that it is only helping usher along something it had no part in the birth of — it’s hard to accept that the organization’s interest lie with ordinary working people.

A month ago, Armey resigned from his position in the powerful lobbying firm DLA Piper.

He indicated that the reason he was resigning was unfair castigation of DLA Piper and its clients, which include major pharmaceutical industries (BristolMyers Squibb) and insurance companies (MetLife), as well as the oil industry (BP America).

The health care industry’s involvement should come as no surprise, given Armey’s opposition to President Obama’s health care plans. But the latter is plainly ironic, given FreedomWorks. org’s home page’s link to a Web site claiming to be primarily concerned with lowering gas prices.

Still, conservative media outlets have been painting the picture of a completely democratically-organized grassroots effort sweeping the entire nation. But when the trail of funding and leadership leads to massive corporations, former Congressional leaders (Armey was the House Majority Leader from 1995-2003) and powerful multinational law firms like DLA Piper, one must question the movement’s validity.

The protestors are well-organized, well-funded and loud.

Many of them are ordinary Americans with very real fears.

Regrettably, it is through these fears that the country’s most powerful interests are working. Democracy and unity have absolutely nothing to do with it.

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Health care is misunderstood

By Jonathan Zappala The Maine Campus (U-Wire)

The debate about health care reform has possibly been more public than any other legislation in the history of our country.

The media, for the most part, has failed to report on what is actually in the bill. They are failing to do their jobs as journalists and are doing a much better job of giving President Obama free support. Citizens still found ways to learn what is in the bill and they showed up to congressional town halls this summer and asked the questions that only the conservative media have been asking. To the surprise of the Democratic leadership, people were angry, but instead of listening to their opinions, they downplayed the outrage.

Nancy Pelosi lead the attack against the town hall-goers — most of whom had said they have never done anything political before — by calling them unAmerican in an op-ed article for USA Today. Ironically, when it was the Republican administration that was being criticized, it was patriotic to question the government, according to Hillary Clinton in 2008. These citizens are mad at being lied to by politicians, but also fearful of what might happen if the health care reform bills are passed in their current state.

Having a public option is the principle issue in the current bills. President Obama says it will create healthy competition, but in reality, a business that needs to make a profit cannot compete with the federal government that does not have to. He has since backed off this issue some and is now proposing that it only be applied in certain states where there is little competition.

The mandates of the bill also scare many Americans.

Employers would be forced to insure all their employees or pay high taxes, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but this would drive many small businesses that can’t afford to insure their employees out of business.

Individuals would also be taxed under the current plan for not having health care.

One of the misconceptions about the bill Americans feel lied to about is that President Obama says we can keep our current insurance. But page 16 of the thousand-page house bill seems to make individual plans illegal.

From the time this bill takes effect, anyone with an individual plan will not be able to change it or get a new one because they will no longer be available. And once the public option has put private companies out of business many years from now, and we will have a system like that of Great Britain and Canada and

nobody will have their current insurance plan.

On Aug. 8, President Obama said there are 46 million uninsured Americans, but last week he said there are only 30 million. So where did that 16 million go in a month? The fact is that the first number was uninsured Americans in 2007 included illegal aliens and those who did not list that they were insured on census data.

According to the Heritage Foundation, the 30 million number is not much better, because of those who cannot afford health insurance. There are 15.6 million Americans that cannot afford health care and are not eligible for Medicaid. Changing his story is almost an admission of lying.

The lesson we need to learn is that we can’t just rush into massive legislation that affects 17 percent of the economy. The Democrats need to involve the Republicans, other than just our Maine senators, so the best bill for America is written. Health care reform is also not what we need.

We need health insurance reform. Nobody in America has a problem getting health care.

They have a problem paying for it. For legislation that does not take effect until 2013, we can afford to wait and get it right, especially since so many aspects of it are controversial.

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Iran to meet world powers, hold first talks in a year VIENNA — Iran warned the U.S. and Israel yesterday it will repel any attack — while also tamping down tensions by agreeing to meet with Washington and other world powers more than a year after talks broke down over Tehran’s refusal to curb its nuclear activities.

The U.S., Iran and European Union expressed hope the Oct. 1 talks could lead to substantive negotiations — despite Iranian warnings it would not even discuss meeting U.N. Security Council demands that it freeze uranium enrichment.

— George Jahn (AP)

U.S. astronaut says legalize undocumented Mexicans MEXICO CITY — Spaceman Jose Hernandez said yesterday the United States needs to legalize its undocumented immigrants — a rare, public stand for a U.S. astronaut on a political, hot-button issue.

Mexicans have hung on every word of NASA’s first astronaut to tweet in Spanish — as Astro_Jose — since the son of migrants embarked on his two week, 5.7-million-mile mission to the international space station that ended Friday.

And they’re still listening to him now that he is back on Earth.

During a telephone interview with Mexico’s Televisa network, Hernandez pushed for U.S. immigration reform — a key issue for Mexico that has been stalled in Washington amid fierce debate.

— Julie Watson (AP)

40% of s ' d l a cM Don profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

Trinidad prime minister eager to rebut corruption claims

Bin Laden prods U.S. to end ‘hopeless’ Afghan war

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — Prime Minister Patrick Manning will welcome an opportunity to rebut allegations in court that he promised state resources to the leader of a radical Islamic group behind a bloody 1990 coup attempt, the attorney general told lawmakers yesterday.

A judge ordered the government on Friday to investigate claims by the leader of Jamaat al Muslimeen that Manning offered state lands and vowed to drop charges of damaging government property in exchange for support in the 2002 election.

The prime minister has not personally commented on the judge’s order. But in a terse address in Parliament, Attorney General John Jeremie said Manning is eager to answer the accusations in court.

— Tony Fraser (AP)

CAIRO — Osama bin Laden said in a new audiotape that President Barack Obama’s strategy in Afghanistan is “hopeless” and called on Americans to resolve the conflict with al-Qaida by ending the war there and breaking the U.S. alliance with Israel.

In the message marking the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the al-Qaida leader avoided his usual rhetoric of jihad and instead took a more analytical tone, claiming its differences with the U.S. stemmed from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

But analysts said yesterday that the message’s tone and its unusually short length — only 11 minutes, far shorter than others released by al-Qaida to mark the anniversary — was an indication that al-Qaida was struggling to maintain interest eight years after its most shattering terror attacks.

— Paul Schemm (AP)

Trial begins for Jamaican charged in plane hijack KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A trial began yesterday for a Jamaican man accused of taking a flight crew hostage on an airport tarmac.

Stephen Fray, 21, faces six charges, including robbery and assault, in the April 19 incident aboard a CanJet Airlines plane at Montego Bay’s airport. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

Three passengers who were on the plane when Fray allegedly pushed his way aboard, brandishing a handgun, are among the first witnesses expected to testify.

Fray allegedly fired into the air, demanded to be flown off the island and took cash from passengers in a six-hour standoff that ended when commandos burst in and captured him. The motive remains unclear.

U.N. political chief heading to Sri Lanka UNITED NATIONS — SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-Moon is sending the U.N. political chief to Sri Lanka to press the government to step up the release of nearly 300,000 Tamil civilians who have been detained since the South Asian nation’s civil war ended in May. Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe said yesterday he will also press the government to keep its pledges to Ban to promote political reconciliation with the minority Tamils and tackle human rights issues, including establishing a body to determine accountability for abuses during the 25-year civil war.

Pascoe told reporters that Ban decided to send him to Colombo after he spoke yesterday to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who approved the visit.

Pascoe said he will leave Tuesday to keep up the U.N.’s “high level of engagement” on “critical issues” and return over the weekend.

— Edith M. Lederer (AP)

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Florida police: No credible threat to runaway convert ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — An investigation by Florida authorities has found that there were no credible threats to a teenager who ran away from her Ohio home because she says she feared for her life after converting to Christianity from Islam.

A summary of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation into Rifqa Bary’s (RIF’-kuh BEHR’-ee) allegations was unsealed yesterday. The probe found no reports of threats against Bary in Florida or Ohio.

The 17-year-old girl is in foster care in Orlando, where a judge is deciding whether she should be returned to Ohio.

The girl ran away from her parents’ suburban Columbus home in July, saying she feared being killed for changing religions.

Mormon church releases Spanishlanguage Bible edition SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints is publishing its own edition of a Spanish-language Bible.

It’s the first time the Mormon church has published an edition of the Bible in a language other than English.

The new edition became available starting Monday.

Utah is home to more than 120 Spanish-language LDS wards and branches. Spanish speakers make up a major part of the church’s 13 million worldwide membership.

The church says a print run of 800,000 copies has already been completed. It says the edition is similar in purpose to the church’s 1979 English version of the King James Bible.

Punishment led to New Mexico dad’s shooting

Judge: King children must meet to discuss estate

Prosecutor to pursue death penalty in Ga. slayings

Military high court to hear Abu Ghraib appeals

Albuquerque, N.M. — A police report made public yesterday says a 10-year-old New Mexico boy accused of fatally shooting his father says he did so because his father was punishing him.

Investigators with the Belen Police Department yesterday turned over to the district attorney’s office the report and other evidence gathered at the family’s home after the Aug. 27 incident.

District Attorney Lemuel Martinez says his office has 60 days to review the case and determine whether to file charges against the boy in juvenile court.

Martinez declined to discuss any details of the case.

Police allege the boy shot 42year-old Bryon Hilburn with a rifle in front of the boy’s 6-year-old sister and then flagged down an officer outside the family’s home in Belen, just south of Albuquerque.

— Melanie Dabovich (AP)

ATLANTA — A judge has ordered the surviving children of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King to hold a shareholders’ meeting to discuss their father’s estate.

The Rev. Bernice King and Martin Luther King III sued their brother, Dexter King, last year to force him to open the books of their father’s estate. The lawsuit claimed Dexter King, the estate’s administrator, has refused to provide documents concerning the estate’s operations.

Coretta Scott King died in 2006 and Yolanda King, the Kings’ eldest child, died in 2007 — leaving the three remaining siblings as the sole shareholders and directors of their father’s estate. It is set up as a corporation, but there has not been an annual shareholders’ meeting since 2004.

— Errin Haines (AP)

Brunswick, Ga. — A prosecutor says he will seek the death penalty for a 22-year-old man charged with killing his father and seven others inside the family’s mobile home in coastal Georgia.

A Glynn County grand jury indicted Guy Heinze Jr. on eight counts of murder yesterday.

District Attorney Stephen Kelley says the mass killings justify the death penalty.

Heinze was charged with the slayings days after he reported them in a frantic 911 call in which he cried “my whole family’s dead.”

The victims included Heinze Jr.’s father, uncle and several cousins who lived in the mobile home just north of the port city of Brunswick.

An attorney for Heinze Jr. has said his client was not involved in the slayings and will be exonerated.

— Russ Bynum (AP)

Hagerstown, Md. — The U.S. military's highest court has scheduled oral arguments next month on two appeals stemming from the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

The appeals of former Sgt. Michael Smith, an Army dog handler, and former Spc. Sabrina D. Harman, an Army military police reservist, are the first the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in Washington has agreed to hear since photographs of naked detainees in humiliating positions shocked the world in 2004.

— David Dishneau (AP)

Clues point to inside job in Yale killing

By Pat Eaton-Robb The Associated Press

would not provide details and denied broadcast reports that police had a suspect in custody.

Yale officials said the building NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Clues increasingly pointed to an inside where Le worked would reopen job yesterday in the slaying of under increased security. Still, a Yale graduate student whose some students worried about body was found stuffed inside a their safety.

“I’m not walking at nights by wall five days after she vanished from a heavily secured lab build- myself anymore,” said student ing accessible only to university Natoya Peart, 21, of Jamaica. “It could happen to anyone, anyemployees.

Police yesterday sought to calm time, anywhere.”

Michael Vishnevetsky, 21, of fears on the Ivy League campus, saying the death of 24-year-old New York, said he did not feel Annie Le was a targeted act. But safe when he made a late trip they declined to name a suspect to his lab Sunday in a different or say why anyone would want to building. “It felt very different kill the young woman just days than how I usually felt,” he said.

Twenty-year-old Muneeb before she was to be married.

“We’re not believing it’s a ran- Sultan said he’s shocked that dom act,” said officer Joe Avery, a killing could take place in a a police spokesman. No one else secure Yale building.

“It’s a frightening idea that is in danger, he said, though he

there’s a murderer walking around on campus,” said Sultan, a chemistry student.

Police found Le’s body about 5 p.m. Sunday, the day she was to marry Columbia University graduate student Jonathan Widawsky, lovinglyreferredtoonherFacebook page as “my best friend.” The couple met as undergraduates at the University of Rochester and were eagerly awaiting their planned wedding on Long Island.

Police have said Widawsky is not a suspect and helped detectives in their investigation.

The building where the body was found is part of the university medical school complex about a mile from Yale’s main campus.

It is accessible to Yale personnel with identification cards. Some 75 video surveillance cameras monitor all doorways.

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ALL SMILES: President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden share a laugh during a small campaign rally on top of the Lucas County Public Library in downtown Toledo.

Election trouble brewing for House Democrats in 2010

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NEW YORK — Despite sweeping Democratic successes in the past two national elections, continuing job losses and President Barack Obama’s slipping support could lead to double-digit losses for the party in next year’s congressional races and may even threaten their House control.

Fifty-four new Democrats were swept into the House in 2006 and 2008, helping the party claim a decisive majority as voters soured on a Republican president and embraced Obama’s message of hope and change. Many of the new Democrats are in districts carried by Republican John McCain in last year’s presidential contest; others are in traditional swing districts that have proved tough for either party to hold.

From New Hampshire to Nevada, House Democrats also will be forced to defend votes on Obama’s $757 billion economic recovery package and on energy legislation viewed by many as a job killer in an already weak economy.

Add to that the absence of Obama from the top of the ticket, which could reduce turnout among blacks, liberals and young people, and the likelihood of a highly motivated GOP base confused by the president’s proposed health care plan and angry at what they consider reckless spending and high debt.

Taken together, it could be the most toxic environment for Democrats since 1994, when the party lost 34 House incumbents and 54 seats altogether.

“When you have big sweeps as Democrats did in 2006 and 2008, inevitably some weak candidates get elected. And when the environment gets even moderately challenging, a number of them are going to lose,” said Jack Pitney, a political science professor at Claremont McKenna College in California.

Since the mid-19th century, the party that controls the White House has lost seats in virtually every midterm election. The exceptions were in 1934, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt navigated the Great Depression,

and in 2002, after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, strengthened George W. Bush’s image as a leader.

With history as a guide, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., who heads the party’s House campaign committee, said he has warned colleagues to be prepared for an exceptionally challenging environment going into 2010.

But Van Hollen said voters will make their choices on the strength of the national economy and will reward Democrats for working aggressively to improve it.

“We passed an economic recovery bill with zero help from Republican colleagues,” he said.

“I think voters will see that and will ask themselves, ‘Who was there to get the economy moving again, and who was standing in the way?’”

Democrats must defend as many as 60 marginal seats next year, as opposed to about 40 for Republicans. Among those, about 27 Democratic and just 13 Republican seats are seen as especially ripe for a party switch.

Some involve incumbents stepping down to run for higher office.

For example, Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Penn., is mounting a primary challenge to Sen. Arlen Specter.

Sestack’s seat, until then safely Democratic, now becomes a top GOP target. The same goes for Louisiana Rep. Charlie Melancon, a Democrat in a GOPleaning district who also is seeking a Senate seat.

But Republicans are on the losing side of that equation as well. Two Republicans in heavily Democratic districts — Reps.

Mark Kirk of Illinois and Joe Gerlach of Pennsylvania — are vacating their seats to run for Senate and governor, respectively.

At least one Republican is considered extremely vulnerable: Joseph Cao of Louisiana, who defeated Democrat William Jefferson after the nine-term incumbent was indicted on corruption charges. The district, which includes most of New Orleans, is considered one of the most Democratic in the country.

Beyond that, most of the clos-

est races involve Democrats who rode the Obama tide in 2008.

They include at least four in Ohio, a perennial presidential swing state that has been battered for years by a persistently weak economy. Two represent bellwether areas: Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy, whose district covers most of Columbus and its suburbs, and Rep. Steve Driehaus, whose district includes much of Cincinnati and its suburbs.

Each won with the help of a strong showing among Obama supporters, and each faces face a rematch with the candidate who narrowly lost last year.

“I don’t know if Kilroy or Driehaus have any particular problems, but we have a bad economy, the president’s popularity has gone down, and conservatives are aroused and angry about government spending, cap and trade and the health care plan,” said John Green, a political science professor at the University of Akron.

Indeed, the “cap and trade” bill that narrowly passed the House last spring is creating headaches for several Democrats. The legislation, which would cap carbon emissions and tax industries that exceed the cap as a way to reduce global warming, is largely unpopular in areas of the country where jobs rely on oil, gas or coal production.

One Democrat most affected is New Mexico Democrat Harry Teague. His district, which McCain carried last year, is one of the largest oil and gas producing areas in the country, and Teague has faced angry crowds back home ever since voting yes.

Teague will face Republican Steve Pearce, who held the seat for three terms before giving it up to run unsuccessfully for the Senate last year.

Without Obama on the ticket, a lower predicted black turnout in 2010 could also affect Democrats in several tight races in the South. These include Reps.

Bobby Bright and Parker Griffith of Alabama, Travis Childers of Mississippi, and Tom Perriello of Virginia, who won by just 745 votes last year in a district that is 24 percent black.

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Falcons tennis coach entering 20th season

By Morgan Carlson Reporter

FOOTBALL Phillips earns MAC East POW Honors Freshman kicker Jerry Phillips was named the Mid-American Conference East Division Special Teams Player of the Week yesterday. Phillips converted a pair of field goals in a 27-20 loss to No. 25 Missouri on Saturday, including a career-long of 37-yards. He also converted two PATs in the game and was strong on kickoffs.

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OUR CALL Today in Sports History 1996—Karrie Webb wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic.

1978—The Los Angeles Dodgers become first MLB team to draw 3 million fans for a season.

1961—Golfer Jack Nicklaus wins the U.S. Amateur Championship.

The List With Penny Dean’s 20th season at BG about to begin, we bring you five facts about Dean’s career at the University: 1. Record: Dean has an overall record of 212-189 with the Falcons. She is 258-233 overall in her 23 seasons.

2. All-MAC: Dean has two athletes named to the All-MAC team last season — Kelsey Jakupcin and Christine Chiricosta.

3.Academics: The 2008-09 squad was given a public recognition award for their high APR score.

The team had three players named to the Academic AllMAC team.

4. Double-digits: Dean has posted double-digit wins in 15 of her 19 seasons with the Falcons, including seven in a row.

5. Winning streak: Dean’s team reeled off a school-record 11-match winning streak in 2005-06.

Her 2007-08 team eventually tied that record.

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LEADERS: Seniors Hannah Lambert (left) and Megan Gormley will help in leading the Falcon women’s golf team this season.

Lead by example Pair of senior golfers hope to improve in final season

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Invitational.

“I feel pretty prepared going into [my senior season],” As BG senior golfers Megan Gormley said. “I’m pretty Gormley and Hannah Lambert excited, and the team looks step up to the tee this fall, they really good this year.”

Lambert shot a career-low will be swinging for one of their 74 last season during the last times as Falcons.

Gormley, a sport manage- LPGA International Xavier ment major from Shoreview, Invitational, helping the Minn., had two top five fin- Falcons to finish second.

“I can’t believe [senior year] is ishes last season, including fourth place at the Falcon already here,” Lambert said. “I

can’t believe how fast it’s gone.

I’m really excited for this year.”

Coach Stephanie Young has nothing but positive things to say about her seniors as they go into their final season as Falcons.

“It has been a memorable three-plus years with these two young women so far,” Young said. “It’s been so very rewarding to see how far they have come and developed. I

look forward to one more season and expect this last year will be quite special.”

Lambert and Gormley will be the first seniors to have played four years under Young.

“It’s been a great experience; [Young] is the best coach I’ve ever had,” Lambert said. “I love her; everyone talks about what a great coach she is. She’s

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Arguing with myself Final score not the only thing that didn’t go right for BG in loss to Missouri I’m betting if you told BG coach Dave Clawson early last week his team was only going to lose to No. 25 Missouri by seven points instead of being beaten like an old, dusty blanket, he would anticipate singing praises about his team in the postgame press conference.

And while the former may have happened, it only happened because a flurry of miscues allowed the Tigers to rally from a 20-6 deficit to win by a count of 27-20, leaving Clawson with a tougher pill to swallow.

Inside that pill were the 99 yards his team gave away on penalties, the two red zone drives that ended with field goals instead of touchdowns, the image of Mizzou’s running back Derrick Washington and quarterback Blaine Gabbert carve their way through the defense like a Halloween jacko’-lantern and the memory of watching his team falter under fatigue through the fourth quarter.

The side effects of that pill include crankiness, anger at the sight of yellow flags and the sudden urge to focus on finishing games and drives in practice.

And the coach isn’t the only person involved with the football program who swallowed that pill.

Senior captain Freddie Barnes said on his Twitter after the game that he puts the loss on himself because he is a captain and senior.

Another senior captain, quarterback Tyler Sheehan, said the team missed many opportunities, especially in the red zone and late in the game, and knows the team needs to focus on those areas in practice this week.

“The coaches came out with a great game plan,” Sheehan said. “We executed early, and then we started not executing later in the game. I think that’s why the end result was us losing.”

BG came into the game as a 20-point underdog so at first glance, the final score makes it look like the Falcons should be proud of themselves for a valiant effort against one of the top teams in the country.

But in the end, it was just another heartbreaker.

Plenty of positives for BG after Mizzou, despite coming up short in end When asked what positives ANDREW he could take HARNER away from a 27SPORTS EDITOR 20 loss to No. 25 Missouri, BG coach Dave Clawson said just one thing before further elaborating on things his team needs to improve on.

“We played with one of the best teams in the country for three quarters,” Clawson said.

But by the time Clawson spoke publicly again yesterday, he did take notice of the improvements.

“I did think we got better from week one Troy to week two Missouri,” Clawson said during the Mid-American Conference teleconference yesterday. “Even though we didn’t win the Missouri game, we clearly made progress on both sides of the ball and special teams. And now we just want to continue that upward trend.”

Sophomore receiver Ray Hutson stepped up big in place of the injured Tyrone Pronty by catching five balls for 49 yards and his first career touchdown. Senior Chris Wright also saw increased action, making seven recep-

tions for 57 yards.

Senior Freddie Barnes also continued where he left off against Troy, grabbing another 10 balls for 70 yards. He currently leads the NCAA in receptions with 25, holding a six-catch lead over Minnesota’s Eric Decker. His 227 total receiving yards also rank 10th in the country.

BG’s running game was also able to get going again as Willie Geter ran the ball 20 times for 99 and a touchdown. That is a vast improvement from week one when he only had nine carries for 49 yards. Barnes also took a couple of direct snaps and added a pair of designed quarterback runs for 23 yards.

And all of BG’s offensive playmakers took good care of the ball as BG did not commit any turnovers. Defensively, BG forced and recovered two fumbles.

Freshman Jerry Phillips continued showing strong accuracy in the kicking game, nailing two field goals from 37 and 32 yards while adding a pair of extra points.

And so long as BG is able to capitalize on these positives and fix the majority of their negatives, the team could be on to something special.

As the University gets ready to celebrate it’s centennial, the women’s tennis team is ready for a celebration of their own.

Coach Penny Dean will oversee the Falcons for her 20th year this season, which will be her 24th year as a head collegiate tennis coach.

“Time has flown by,” Dean said. “All the years, all the young ladies, all the ups and downs, all the fabulous wins.

It is a lifetime of memories.”

But getting Penny through all those years Dean hasn’t always Was once been the easi- locked in a est thing for bathroom on her. a road trip to “On the way home [from a Xavier Xavier match], I got locked in the bathroom in a cement building near the gas station and no one knew it.” Dean said. “Eventually the police had to come and use a crowbar to get the door open.

The team was waiting out there to take my picture.”

And during one trip to New Orleans, the team’s van was stolen from the hotel valet parking lot.

“We always used the valet at our hotels and one morning we went down to get the van for practice,” Dean said. “They were taking longer and longer to get it, and no one was telling me anything. Luckily, no one had left their racquets in there, but all of our practice balls had been left. The hotel paid for taxis for us for the rest of the trip and took us to a sporting goods store to get new balls.”

But all joking aside, her players feel Dean is one of the best coaches around. Senior Samantha Kintzel feels that there is a reason Dean has held this position for so long.

“I think Penny has been a great coach,” Kintzel said. “She is understanding and inspires all of us.”

Dean played at the University of Michigan for four years, from 1963 to 1967, before graduating with a degree is business administration. She is a 14-time winner of the Toledo City Championships with five singles and nine doubles titles.

In addition to playing, Dean has worked as a tennis pro for the Shadow Valley Tennis Club in Maumee and the Toledo Racquet Club, as well as spending eight years as the tennis director for the Toledo Country Club.

From 1985 to 1988, Dean was the University of Toledo’s coach, leading her squad to four fourth place finishes in the Mid-American Conference.

With the Falcons, Dean has had many of her players named to the All-MAC first team and the Academic AllMAC team, including current player Christine Chiricosta.

For Chiricosta, Dean’s accomplishment is extra special, as Dean took over the head coaching position from Chiricosta’s mother, Sheila, who coached the Falcons for three years (1987-1990).

“This is special for me because Penny took over my mom’s job,” Chiricosta said. “I know after one great coach left, another great coach took over.”

Since the change in coaches, Dean said there have been a lot of other changes for BG and for the tennis program.

“The tennis program has come a long way,” Dean said.

“The schedule and competition are amazing now. Our facilities are improved with the new courts on campus and being able to practice indoors at Perrysburg Tennis Center. We used to have to roll out rubber-

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always been there for us, on or off the course.”

Young said she has seen these girls grow into women for the last four years, but hopes her relationship with them will not end on the golf course.

“Megan and Hannah have been through so much with me,” Young said. “I always say one of the greatest things about my job is the privilege to invest in my student-athlete’s lives each and every day. My hope is that these girls will look back on their time here having lifelong memories and walking away always loving BGSU and, of course, staying in touch with their coach.”

Some of Gormley’s and Lambert’s best memories of BG seem to have happened with their teammates. “[My best memory] is when we broke a school record after playing poorly the first day, and then coming back the second day and improving by about 40 [strokes],” Gormley said.

Lambert also recalled a recordbreaking instance.

“Playing-wise, my favorite memory would have to be last fall when we broke the school at record at our first tournament,” Lambert said. “We played with a clean slate and broke the record for 36 holes. Hopefully we can make more memories like that this year.”

Though the women are almost ready to graduate, they do realize there are a few things they can improve upon this season.

“I’d like to improve my average,” Gormley said. “I’d like to be in the mid 70s and play well at tournaments.”

Young also has a few things she’d like to see Gormley and Lambert improve upon. “[For] Hannah, we need to work on consistency in scoring which would ultimately lead to helping us secure a more consistent/ lower No. 3-5 team score,” Young said. “And Megan, I look for her to continue lowering her scoring average by paying attention to the little things and practicing with purpose. Both players have a drive and desire to step up their play, not only to go out with a bang, but also to better the team and our program.”

Women’s golf coach had high praise for her two seniors In addition to improving, the senior women also want to make sure they have a good time while playing.

“I want to go out there and leave nothing on the course,” Lambert said. “I want to be competitive and just enjoy my last season at BG.” The women would also like to offer some advice to their younger teammates as they get closer to graduation.

“Enjoyit,”Gormleysaid.“Realize that we have a great opportunity here. We’ve got the chance to play beautiful courses and go out and play golf every day.”

“Go out there and play your game,” Lambert said. “Play for what you love and have fun with it.”

Young feels that the rest of the team can learn a thing or two from their senior teammates.

“If you work hard, you can and will improve over your career,” Young said. “Both Megan and Hannah have seen tremendous improvement throughout their careers which has been the result of desire, sacrifice, love for the team and game and hard work, period. They also both manage their time efficiently and effectively.”

Gormley will graduate in December, and is thinking about grad schools and possibly pursuing law school in hopes of becoming a sports agent.

Lambert, an architecture major, is looking at grad schools out west. She hopes to stay competitive with golf and possibly work as a pro at a golf club at some point.

“Hannah and Megan have a great understanding of what we want our program to be about: striving to compete at the highest level both on and off the golf course,” Young said.

“They were very fortunate to be a part of some great teams early on with players who also left a real impact on our program. Megan and Hannah really got to experience camaraderie and a sense of team right away and they will always remember that, I think.”

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ized courts that weighed about 300 pounds each to practice in the field house in the winter.

Kids here now can’t really even conceive of what that was like.”

Under Dean, the BG tennis team was ranked nationally for the first time in the program’s history in 2007-2008.

The Falcons debuted at No. 60, moving up to No. 54 before dropping out of the polls.

During the 2007-2008 season, seniors Jenna Nussbaum and Andrea Volle ended the season as the winningest class in the program’s history. Last season, seniors Kelsey Jakupcin, Stephanie Menoff and Libby Harrison carried on the legacy of their teammates, matching the record 55 dual-match wins over four years with the Falcons.

Though these and past seniors are long gone from BG, Dean said she tries to stay in touch with her past players.

“I have been to a lot of wonderful weddings [of past players] and we have a lot of ‘baby fledgling Falcons’ out there,” Dean said. “I still feel a strong bond with a lot of the young ladies. For four years, you are a close-knit family.”

Dean has some advice for future coaches that she hopes will help them stick around as long as she has.

“Be patient.” Dean said.

“Love the game and enjoy the experience.” “[Dean] is very understanding and welcoming of the team,” Kintzel said. “She does a really great job of recruiting people who will fit in well with the team.”

On and off the court, Chiricosta said Dean is someone her teammates can look to for help in any situation. “[Dean is] everything we hope she’d be [in a coach],” Chiricosta said. “She’s very understanding about our schoolwork and our schedules.

We’re really proud of her.”

What’s next for Dean in the upcoming 20 years?

“Well, I don’t think I will still be coaching,” Dean said.

“Hopefully I will still be enjoying sports myself and watching my grandchildren compete.”

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