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With the winter months ahead, the University Greenhouse gives students a chance to keep warm. “Since 1968, the Greenhouse has kept a collection of plants from the dry desert and tropical areas, to show diversity of plants two different habitats,” said Greenhouse keeper and horticulturist, Frank Schemenauer said. Open to students, faculty and the community, the Greenhouse is open to many tours and class projects. “We give weekly tours to schools and groups who visit campus,” said Schmenauer. “The Greenhouse is used for botany experiments and class projects for students and we like people to come in and ask about growing plants. We even

give the community and st udents cuttings [a piece or a root of a plant to grow].” Senior intern Corey Reasonover explains his first experience at the Greenhouse. “I came there first to see about growing Ginkgo biloba from seed and eventually bonsai,” said Reasonover. Reasonover said Joe Baker, who retired in 2008, gave him direction on how to care for plants and essentially how to take care of the Greenhouse. He said his love for plants made him stick around. “As an intern, I do a lot, keep the facilities clean, prepare spaces for classes a n d water

plants,” said Reasonover. From banana and orange trees, hibiscus flowers, cacti, Venus fly traps, wilting weeds and others Reasonover also has to catalog the plants. “My favorite duty is cataloging the plants in our collection by species. So we know what we have and what we need,” said Reasonover. “There is a lot of meticulous taxonomy going behind the scenes.” Other students who have taken science classes have also been to the Greenhouse for class projects. Senior Sausha Parham took two biol-

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Demonstration questions Columbus’ hero status By Sarah Bailey Reporter

Christopher Columbus should not be a national hero, according to a group demonstrating yesterday, despite the rainy weather. The demonstration, held at the Union Oval at noon by a group of students, community members and retired faculty, was against the celebration of Christopher Columbus, calling him a “cruel and brutal man by contributing to the slave trade and first mass genocide.” Senior Keith Kovacs said that while some schools are still getting this holiday off, people just aren’t facing the facts. “Columbus was worse than Hitler,” he said, explaining, “While Hitler was responsible for the deaths of six million people, Columbus was responsible for eight million.” Fawn Crawfoot, a community member who attended the University when there was an elementary school in Hanna Hall, said she is against the celebration of Christopher Columbus for personal reasons. “I speak for Native Americans when I say Columbus was a monster,” she said. She said she remembers her grandmother’s house being burned down, facing prejudices and nasty names as she grew up as a Native American. The demonstration included what Crawfoot explained as a prayer circle, as she and another member of the group traced the shape of the oval, starting at the left and going to the right. “This is a prayer for everybody of all colors, to show that everyone should be respected,” she said. “I won’t let others bring my people down.”

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This year, students will be provided with a plethora of healthy food choices from the Balanced Choices program. Balanced Choices is a health and wellness program started four years ago with Chartwells, the food provider for the University. Patrick Hannan, the Executive Chef of University Dining, said the program is being developed for the University. Balanced Choices is a program that will provide new recipes for students to try, and each food item will have icons that describe to students what is in the food. The plan is to place a Balanced Choices banner at the beginning of each line at all dining locations on-campus. The banner

will explain what the program is and the significance of the icons. The dining locations will list the definition of each icon and there will be pocket guides for students to grab. The chefs are building up their culinary skill sets for the recipes before putting the entire program into action. The culinary chefs are also planning on doing demonstrations once they are prepared. “We want to start it because it’s a part of the profile that we think fits in higher education and universities,” Hannan said. Daria Blachowski-Dreyer, the Associate Director of Nutrition Initiatives, said that food service is meant to be an

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FREE SPEECH: Freshmen Dylan Terry and Chloe Beard with community members Errol Lam, Faye Lam, and Fawn Crawfoot during yesterday’s Columbus Day demonstration.

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Healthy food options for students in Balanced Choices By Emily Tucker Reporter

Many such as Crawfoot suggest something like a “Heritage Day” instead, to celebrate everyone, including Native Americans, and the history of their own specific heritages. Celebrating Columbus Day encourages people to ignore and support racist practices that are embedded in social, economic, political and judicial systems, according to the demonstration group’s event Web site on Facebook. S ophomore Da n n i McConnell said how students face the difficulty of thinking of Columbus in a different way. “When we go through our education, we learned Columbus was a great person and character,” she said, “We have problems thinking otherwise of Columbus because this is what we’ve always been taught.” The ethnically diverse demonstration group, McConnell said she hopes, will help people be aware of the correct history of Columbus. Errol Lam, a retired faculty librarian at the University, explained how Columbus accidentally found the Americas, and that he didn’t discover them. “We’d like to make students a little more aware of the founding facts,” he said, “When Columbus found people in the Americas, he called them Indians, when in fact they were really just natives, people who had been there for years. He was an explorer sailing the seas, but people shouldn’t be honoring Columbus because he didn’t know where he was, thinking he had found India.” States such as Alaska, Oklahoma, and Arkansas now celebrate “Discoverer’s day”

Bowling Green receives honor for preservation By Anthony Phillips Reporter

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George Bush’s plans to preserve American hometowns comes home to Bowling Green. Recognized by the White House, the Preserve America honor informs tourists that Bowling Green is a community that preserves its cultural and historical aspects. Tina Bradley, city grants administrator, worked in 2008 to gather all the information for the recognition in a binder, which was all condensed down

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educational experience. The program is meant to help prepare students for the real world and how there are so many options. “As time goes by, faculty and students will start to see a lot more of this interwoven into the regular menus,” Blachowski-Dreyer said. Higher education chefs designed recipes that contain certain food criteria such as less processed food, no trans fats, no saturated fats and a measured amount of proteins. They also leave less of a carbon footprint. More local produce is going to be used as well. Icons were designed to go with each recipe. For example, if a student picks up an item that has the vegetarian symbol on it, that means there are no animal fats in the product. Also, selected products will have the “fit” icon, which means it’s lower

in calories and has no saturated fats. “We design the icons to match the recipes, and we build the recipes only through a certain group of chefs,” Hannan said. “Our unit does not develop a balanced choice recipe and put on icon on it. It has to go through our national nutritionist to meet that criteria.” Jane Crandall, a dietitian at the Health Center, said she will encourage students to look into the Balanced Choices program. Students will have an easier time understanding what they are eating because they will not have to look at calories and add them up. Students can look at an item and know what exactly they are eating. “Students want to know what they’re eating,” Crandall said. “They want to know how to eat healthy.”

COLUMBUS From Page 1 in substitution for Columbus Day and in respect to Native Americans, Kovacs said, supporting the alternative. He said things aren’t going to automatically change when it comes to how people see and continue to see Columbus. “I can’t see the capital of Columbus changing anytime soon,” he said.

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“The community people do appreciate our heritage and culture,” Quinn said. “The recognition just screams that out.” Wendy Stram, executive director of the Convention and Visitors Bureau, said the recognition looks great for any community. “It is something that you can put on your community’s resume,” Stram said. Bradley said what really has come out of this recognition over anything else is community pride. “We have for many, many years been focused upon preserving our cultural and historical treasures, but it is in the fact that now there is some mindfulness to the fact that others are saying this too,” she said. Stram said she is proud of our community as well. “I am very pleased that we have a community, a historical society, a downtown and a university that are all doing a really great job in preserving our history,” she said.

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America Program. “I think from everything I have heard, the reassessment From Page 1 has come back that they feel it into a few short paragraphs is strongly a benefit,” Bradley on the Preserve America Web said. “I do look for the funding to be reestablished in 2010 site. “I learned a lot about the or 2011 at the latest.” Mayor John Quinn said he community doing this, and I live here and work here,” thinks the Obama administration will continue the Bradley said. She said this was an unusu- funding in 2010 with matchal project for her because, as ing grants. Quinn said if grants become the grants administrator, she mostly looks at grants, loans available they will most likely and other funded programs, be used for planning purposwhich excludes Preserve es. According to the Preserve America. Being deemed a Preserve America Web site, many America community is purely things come with this recoga recognition, Bradley said, nition including a certificate, since the government has no a road sign, authorization to funding available for Preserve use the Preserve America logo and a place in the Preserve America communities. However, under the Bush America directory. In addition, the recognition administration some funding was available. Bowling Green may attract tourists by letting received the recognition Dec. them know Bowling Green 10, 2008, so the city was unable finds importance in its culture and history. to request any grants. Quinn said the recognition In 2009, Bradley said the government reassessed the is more for tourists and peoimportance of the Preserve ple outside the community.

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Fighting LGBT discrimination By Morgan Addington-Hodge Reporter

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FENCING: Ashley Bokar (left), a freshman business major, spars against Daniel Ellison, president of BG Fencing Club and a senior sociology major, using epees. The BG Fencing Club is not affiliated with the University except as a club and meets in the Eppler North Gymnasium.

Intramural Sports Department offers a variety of sports for students to enjoy for a one-time individual fee Despite departmental budget cuts, students can join multiple University teams By Austin Arnold Reporter

The Intramural Sports Department offers students a variety of activities such as flag football, dodgeball and even water polo. Morgan Montgomery is a student supervisor within the Intramural Sports Department said that there is a lot to gain from participating in intramural sports. “Intramurals is good for students because it’s involvement with the University, it’s enjoyable, it’s movement and there is a lot of opportunity for companionship as well,” he said. Tim Pedro, who is a student manager in charge of setting up events and overseeing officials, also said he thinks students should get involved.

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“Students can gain the opportunity to still play the sport that they liked to play before college through intramurals, and meet new people at the same time,” he said. Senior Hope Hernacki, also a student manager, said intramurals offered an opportunity to play a sport that she always wanted to play. “I really enjoyed playing flag football because I never had a chance to play football in high school,” she said. “So, it was fun to experience what that sport was like.” Hernacki has participated in a number of other intramural sports such as volleyball, water polo, dodgeball and softball. “I played sports in high school and intramurals is a great way to carry on the competition that you are used to having in

the past,” she said. “It’s also a great way to get some exercise and it helps relieve some stress from school as well.” Some students may have noticed the increase in price to play intramural sports. Just a year ago, there was a team fee of about $50; now, there is an individual fee of either $15 for a semester or $25 for the whole year. “Part of the change is because the Intramural Department’s budget received cuts,” he said. “The other reason is because, with the old system, team captains were responsible for the team fee and a lot of them ended up getting shortchanged by their teammates. The individual fee takes the burden off of the team captains.” Montgomery said that the new policy is better for an

additional reason. “Once you pay the individual fee, you can participate in as many sports as you want for either the semester or the whole year, depending on how much you pay,” he said. “Before, you would have to chip in for every sport you played. Now, you pay once up front and then you can play as much as you desire.” The championship winner of each sport receives a championship t-shirt and their photo is posted on the Intramural Department’s Web site. For a list of all the intramural sports that are available and when they are offered, students can visit the Intramural Department’s Web site at www.bgsu.edu/ offices/sa/recwell/intramurals.

The effects of discrimination in the community were a main focus during yesterday’s Brown Bag Lunch Event. Jane Rossery was the main speaker at the event and was invited to speak about her involvement in the recent passing of two pieces of anti-discrimination legislation. The first, about discrimination within Fair Housing, passed unanimously. The second, about discrimination within employment, public accommodations and pubic education, passed 6 to 1. Rossery spoke about the legislation but the focus quickly changed to discrimination in general when the discussion moved into a more open forum. Just because The University has a history and tradition of acceptance doesn’t mean that discrimination doesn’t happen, a faculty member of the University who wished to remain anonymous said. She said she believes there are definitely instances of discrimination on campus and in the community in general. Other faculty members present mentioned that specifically because it isn’t welcoming most of the University staff and faculty don’t live in the community. Chris Frey, one of only two men at the Brown Bag Lunch, is an openly homosexual professor in the college of education. Frey said he came to the event because he wants to be involved in his community. He tells his students about his sexual orientation at the beginning of each semester. Frey said that telling his students seems to actually help them. “I want them to know that it’s part of who I am and it informs how I look at the world.” Frey said. Frey said he wants his students

“I would never hold hands, especially not walking down Main Street.” Chris Frey | Professor to realize that at some point in their professional futures they will almost certainly come in contact with students and coworkers who are part of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transvestite (LGBT) community. Frey also said he feels that coming out to his students at the beginning of each semester helps to make his LGBT students feel more comfortable in his class. Frey has never experienced discrimination due to his sexuality but said he doesn’t feel entirely safe from it. “I would never hold hands, especially not walking down Main Street on a weekend night,” Frey said. Rossery mentioned that the legislation, while working for a broader group, was mainly focused on rights for members of the LGBT community. Rossery is a lesbian and was surprised and upset by some of the opposition for the legislation. “I was very disappointed that I had friends and neighbors who didn’t feel I should have the same rights as them,” Rossery said. Rossery said one argument of the opposition for the legislature was that discrimination didn’t happen in the city. Rossery said she was surprised people were so ignorant, and the expressions of others at the event reinforced Rossery’s surprise. “BG is a welcoming community and many of us have been able to experience town that way,” Rossery said, “but it’s not consistent for everyone.”

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“ Columbus was worse than Hitler.” — Keith Kovcs, University senior, on his views of the Columbus Day [see story, pg. 1].

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What do you want to protest? “Environmental destruction.”

Overpriced stuff at campus marketplaces.”

I’d protest the fact that people waste too much.”

“The tuition increase, it’s ridiculous.”

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Global poverty trends ignored throughout history HAMA BBELA COLUMNIST Eighteenth-Century Britain thrust mankind into an era aptly titled the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution was an era when agrarian animal-based society was replaced with a mechanized society. Advances in technology led to advanced agricultural techniques that gave Western Europe huge surpluses in food and raw materials. The Industrial Revolution led to an explosion in human populations in cities around the world. The revolution created an empire out of Britain and helped turn America into the economic behemoth it was destined to become. The foundation and infrastructure that facilitated some of mankind’s most daring exploits were built on the groundwork of the Industrial Revolution, which facilitated resurged efforts by nations to colonize the rest of the world and gain natural resources. Yet, amidst this nation building and conquering, society’s lifestyles improved only slightly and populations grew exponentially. The thing the revolution didn’t completely destroy was poverty. Poverty would increase in many countries that never had it, especially in the developing world. In developed countries, the conditions of poverty would be largely eradicated, but even then large numbers of people would still be ignored by the gains of the Industrial Revolution. It’s sad to find that even in today’s digital revolution, we are still grappling with increased poverty levels in both developing and developed countries. Sure, British poverty levels are better than those during Victorian England, as described in Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist.” Yet the truth is that in these powerful

industrialized countries, poverty is real. The fact that poor people still exist should shame all societies, industrialized and developing. It should shame us as a sign of a misappropriation of priorities. Nations are too busy trying to build their nuclear arsenals, fight terrorism and get oil that we have lost sight of providing people with an ability to sustainably feed themselves. One of the many causes of poverty is how nations define it — a hungry homeless person walking in Toledo is quite different from a child in southern Sudan or India. Poverty has different faces, but generally has more similarities than differences. Defining what it really means to be poor, regardless of the context, probably doesn’t mean anything to the poor mother in some Favela in Sao Paolo or in some Parisian ghetto. Yet the reality is that how a society chooses to define poverty shades how it chooses to respond to it. Many societies usually create a so-called poverty line, a kind of marker below which people are declared poverty-stricken. This marker will vary, but generally poverty stricken people are plagued by extreme levels of hunger, illiteracy, lack of health and decent housing. Inaction still follows these definitions. We have all heard grand speeches at the UN or by heads of state, promising to make sure everyone lives above the poverty line. Inaction accompanies these promises, the result of many of the wealthier people being lulled into believing that because poverty isn’t in their immediate vicinity, it doesn’t need to be dealt with, or politicians spending their time perpetuating wars that create more poor people. The causes of poverty tend to be the same in developed and developing nations. In many cases, the poor are blamed for their situation by wealthier members of society. The truth

is, many people work but don’t earn the type of wages that would allow them to escape poverty in their respective societies. One thing that connects poverty around the world is that it tends to be the same people that society marginalizes. Victims of poverty are normally ethnic minorities, children, women and the elderly. Society’s age-old perception of poor people has also further eroded society’s ability to solve poverty. One common presumption heavily linked to racism is that poverty is the result of some pathology or deviance. In other words, the poor person’s behavior or state of being is abnormal and has lead to poverty. The poor are often viewed as unmotivated, rebellious, apathetic, stubborn, unskilled and illiterate. We get to a point where societies think the cure lies in changing the person, meaning many feel it was through ethical conduct and moral values that poverty can be alleviated. Leaders choose to reject structural modifications in favor of the poor because they view poverty as a behavioral problem. Societies are heavily structured to favor the interests of the policy makers, governors and the rich. As citizens of countries, all those that realize that poverty in the world is one of the greatest sins on the planet. People should pressure governments worldwide to quit squabbling about oil, nuclear proliferation and war. Poverty is modern society’s oldest problem and most ignored, as compared to the man-hours spent on inventing frivolous toys like sports cars that go really fast and serve no real purpose. Respond to Hama at thenews@bgnews.com

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Helpful behavioral advice for a night out on the town with friends SARAH FOLMER | COLUMNIST Being young and in college means many of us take the opportunity to go out with our friends to do anything other than homework. The past few weekends, I have gone out to BG bars to spend time with friends and get out on the dance floor. The cliché movie scenario running through my mind of finding a trendy nightclub quickly disappeared. Maybe my idea of going out and having a fun time is old fashioned, or maybe it is just unrealistic in today’s world. Whatever the case may be, seeing the drunken orgy develop as the night went on was appalling. There are ways to avoid looking like a moronic and horny drunk though, and hopefully the rest of this column will guide some of you to better behaviors. If a woman says that she doesn’t want to dance, this isn’t the time to make a scene and debate her reasons. It could be because she wants to just dance with her friends, she truly isn’t interested in you or maybe she doesn’t want to simulate sex to bad rap music

— which seems to be the trend. If you insist on taking up room on the dance floor, could you at least move your feet and arms a little and pretend that you are actually going to dance? There’s nothing more annoying than having a group of guy friends stand in the middle of the floor and stare at other people. You may think it seems creepy to gawk from a distance, but it is far less disturbing than towering over the ladies and staring aimlessly. If you know every word to a rap or hip hop song, there is no reason to shout it at the top of your lungs. Everyone around you can already hear the noisy tune coming from the giant speakers and adding your contribution to the song is unnecessary. If you are a woman and happen to have some drama in your life, please do us all a favor and leave it at home. The women’s restroom is constantly filled with mascara-running tears, groups of friends telling the drunkest in the group that she is too good for her boyfriend, and enough perfume to smell like a French whorehouse.

It would be great if we could all just go to the restroom for obvious reasons, and leave the counseling sessions somewhere else. If you happen to be in a relationship, try not to assume that every single person is trying to take away your significant other. There have been countless numbers of fights at the bars over someone talking to another person’s girlfriend or boyfriend. This egotistical domination gets really old really fast and if you happen to have jealousy issues, then therapy is out there somewhere. Finally, if you are desperately in need of a good fist fight, try to take it outside so the cops can arrest you much sooner. Drunkenly brawling in a crowded bar ruins the time of people around you and causes quite a bit of extra work on the employees. Going outside helps you get handcuffed faster and it allows more people to see how stupid you look. Hopefully some or all of these tips will give you and those around you a better experience at our local watering holes. Respond to Sarah at thenews@bgnews.com

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WASHINGTON — Soldiers and others in dangerous roles that once were behind front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan have long complained about how hard it is to prove their combat experience when applying for disability due to post-traumatic stress disorder. That could soon change. The Veterans Affairs Department has proposed reducing the paperwork required for veterans to show their experience caused combat-related stress. Even just the fear of hostile action would be sufficient, as long as a Veterans Affairs psychologist or psychiatrist agreed. The Veterans Affairs Department says the change would streamline claims and recognize the “inherently stressful nature� of war service. The agency is accepting comment until Oct. 23. — Kimberly Hefling (AP)

MIAMI — A 15-year-old doused with rubbing alcohol and set on fire after he turned in another teen for trying to steal his father’s bicycle is at extremely high risk for organ failure and infection, his doctor said yesterday. Michael Brewer was heavily sedated and breathing with a ventilator at Jackson Memorial Ryder Trauma Center and Dr. Nicholas Namias said he is doing as well as can be expected but is not “out of the woods yet.� Brewer’s troubles started when 15-year-old Michael Bent gave him a video game and expected him to pay $40 for it, Broward County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Jim Leljedal. Brewer never paid for the game, which authorities would not identify, so Bent tried to steal a $500 custom bike that belonged to Brewer’s father, Leljedal said. — Tamara Lush (AP)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA is inviting its Twitter followers to the next space shuttle launch. The shuttle Atlantis was moved to the launch pad yesterday for its planned liftoff on Nov. 12. The shuttle will deliver more goods to the International Space Station. For the first time ever, NASA is holding a liftoff Tweetup. The first 100 NASA Twitter followers who sign up will get a tour of Kennedy Space Center and a front-row seat for Atlantis’ launch. Registration opens Friday. NASA has had Tweetups before, but never for a shuttle launch. — Matthew Lee (AP)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pakistan’s foreign minister said yesterday he would return to his country satisfied that a multibillion-dollar U.S. aid package does not hurt Pakistan’s sovereignty. Shah Mahmood Qureshi said U.S. assurances would “allay the fears of Pakistan.� U.S. lawmakers, however, have no plans to change the bill, which awaits President Barack Obama’s signature into law. A week after he dismissed complaints in Islamabad about the aid bill, Qureshi made a rushed return visit to Washington on Tuesday amid angry cries in Pakistan that the bill was an attempt to interfere with the military and civilian government.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — When President Barack Obama visits New Orleans, he is going to find a city wearied by the rebuilding from Hurricane Katrina and disillusioned with its leadership. Obama is set today to make his first visit to the city since he became president. More than $126 billion has been committed to New Orleans’ recovery, but bureaucratic snags and finger-pointing by officials have slowed progress. After Obama took office, he ordered some of the red tape cut to get federal funding flowing to the city. Administration officials say that’s freed about $1 billion for public infrastructure in Louisiana so far this year.

KAZAN, Russia — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday challenged Russians to open up their political system and embrace diversity and dissent, saying that Cold War-era thinking would limit their prosperity in the 21st century. Clinton spoke to university students in Moscow and also in Kazan, the capital of Russia’s religiously and ethnically diverse republic of Tatarstan. These informal meetings, which wrapped up a five-day tour of Europe, were aimed at helping redefine U.S.-Russia relations. Clinton appeared taken with oilrich Tatarstan, where a mosque and church stand side by side inside the Kazan Kremlin. She talked with students about how their republic, with a moderate Muslim majority, could be a model for promoting religious tolerance. — Matthew Lee (AP)

Another GOP Senator open to health care overhaul By Alonso-Zaldivar The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A second Republican senator signaled yesterday she’s open to voting for sweeping health care legislation this year, putting President Barack Obama closer to a historic achievement that has eluded generations of Democratic leaders. But Sen. Susan Collins, RMaine, told The Associated Press that the bill approved Tuesday by the Finance Committee needs substantial improvements to make coverage more affordable, contain costs, and protect Medicare. Nevertheless, she joined her Maine GOP colleague Sen. Olympia Snowe in endorsing

the goal of far-reaching changes. “My hope is that we can fix the flaws in the bill and come together with a truly bipartisan bill that could garner widespread support,� Collins said in an interview. “I think this bill is far superior to the ones passed by the Senate (health) committee and the three House committees, but it needs substantial additional work.� The ten-year, $829 billion Finance bill was approved by the committee Tuesday on a 149 vote, after Snowe broke ranks with her Republican colleagues to support Chairman Max Baucus’ middle-of-the-road plan. Yesterday, Snowe tackled the most divisive issue still on the

“I want to make sure the insurance industry performs, and that’s why we eliminate many egregious practices.� Susan Collins | Senator table: creation of a government insurance plan that would compete with private ones. While emphasizing that she still opposes the so-called public option, Snowe said in a nationally broadcast interview that she could foresee a government-run plan that would “kick in� if private insurers failed to live up to expectations that they keep pre-

miums in check. “I think the government would have a disproportionate advantage� in the event of a government-run option, Snowe acknowledged. At the same time, she added, “I want to make sure the insurance industry performs, and that’s why we eliminate many egregious practices.� If the industry didn’t follow

through on congressionallymandated changes aimed at making health care more affordable, she said, “then you could have the public option kick in immediately.� Snowe previously had proposed using the public option as an incentive, or a threat, to private insurers. This “trigger� option, or some version of it, has survived the bitter debate and scrutiny to remain a viable option for compromise. Such a statement from a Republican can be very influential in an environment in which GOP lawmakers almost universally have opposed any kind of government-run health care option to compete with private

insurers. It represents a break in party solidarity, even if finite. Health care proposals advanced in the House include such a government option. Snowe broached her standby notion again as talks among lawmakers on health care were going back behind closed doors; Senate leaders are trying to merge two very different bills into a new version that can get the 60 votes needed to guarantee passage. Collins, however, said she could not support Snowe’s idea because she thinks it would make it too easy for a Democratic administration to impose a government plan nationwide. “It would simply delay the public plan for a couple of years,� she told AP.

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Football Notes: Barnes adds new Web site to season’s accolades mom couldn’t be happier that Ruggiero came through on his word. “They asked me if I wanted it, Before this season, it was said by offensive coordinator Warren and I was like ‘Of course, why not?’” Ruggiero that senior receiver Barnes said. “I said ‘It’s cool. I have Freddie Barnes was going to be to tell my mom.’ I sent her the link and she’s been happy and can’t famous. “Coach Ruggiero, when he first stop smiling.” But the origin of the idea for a site met my mom, the first thing he said was that he was going to is in limbo. Coach Dave Clawson asked make me famous, and I laughed,” Barnes said. “I can never forget that assistant director of athletic combecause right now all this stuff is munications Dave Meyer who’s idea the Web site really was. While happening.” Barnes leads the nation in recep- Meyer said it was his, Clawson had tions (75) and receiving yards (722), a different idea. “It was completely, 100 percent appeared on ESPN yesterday and now has his own Web site courtesy my idea,” Clawson joked. Regardless of whose idea it was, of the athletic department. At www.freddiebarnes.com, quarterback Tyler Sheehan wants fans can find statistics, pho- to make sure the site stays relevant tos and videos of Barnes. His all season long. By Andrew Harner Sports Editor

FOOTBALL Barnes gets air time on ESPN2 BG senior wide receiver Freddie Barnes was guest on ESPN2’s show First Take on Wednesday airing at 11:35 a.m. and again at 1:35 p.m. A video of the interview is available at the new athletic department website for Barnes, www.freddiebarnes. com

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ON THE WEB: Barnes got his own website after his exploits this season.

“I’ll let Freddie handle that and take care of all the Web site stuff,” Sheehan said. “I’ll make sure I keep giving him the ball so he can stay up on that.”

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Sophomore Emily Kauth swinging hard and making the most of her playing time By Chris Sojka Reporter

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There was a time last year when the volleyball coaches weren’t sure if Emily Kauth could play the middle hitter position and they considered moving her to the outside. Kauth proved them wrong. “[Kauth] had a really good spring and went home over the summer and really worked hard,” coach Denise Van De Walle said. “She came back in terrific shape and is one of our top players right now on the floor. She needs to stay in the middle.” The 5-foot-11 sophomore from Vandalia is absolutely one of the top players on the floor right now for the Falcons. The statistics say it all. Kauth is second on the team in kills per set (2.70) and second in attack percentage (.289). She is second on the team in blocks with 40, second in points with 236.5 and second in kills with 200. Corey Domek has an idea why Kauth has as many kills as she does. “She could rip the cover off the ball,” Domek said. “Emily’s a stud. For her first year playing, I think she’s a huge force on our team. She’s really taken over some matches and really dominated.” Domek and Van De Walle were on the same page when discussing Kauth’s hitting ability. “I think Emily has the best arm swing on the team,” Van De Walle said. “She hits fast, very fast. When she swings at the ball, it gets on the floor fast and that’s exactly what you need.” But even though the players and coaches know she has the best arm swing on the team, she is very modest about her talent. “I don’t know. Sounds good. Whatever,” Kauth said of being the

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5. Good Percentage: Not only has Kauth been picking up kills, she’s also been effecient. Recording a .289 hitting percentage this season.

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With Emily Kauth having a breakout season for volleyball, we take a look at her top five reasons for her performance this season: 1. Consistency: Kauth is one of two Falcons to have played in all 74 sets this season. She is also one of three players to have started all 21 matche. 2. Killer: With 200 kills; Kauth is one behind Kaitlin Jackson for the team lead; it’s even more impressive after he lack of playing time last season. 3. Aced: In addition to her exploits at the net, Kauth has shown prowess behind the serving line picking up 14 aces this season. 4. Blocks: So far this season the sophomore has picked up 40 blocks in 21 matches.

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Thank god for Scott Hamilton. While the figure skater and Bowling Green native is most known for his Olympic exploits, I’m more excited for what he might have just done for college hockey. Hamilton along with Garry Galley and Mike Pikul (both members of the 1984 NCAA Championship Team) have teamed up to “Bring Back the Glory,” to both the BGSU Ice Arena and the hockey program. If their fundraising campaign is successful, Hamilton’s team could effectively save two college hockey programs from going the way of the dinosaurs. Yes that’s correct, two programs. Head south 586 miles and you’ll get to the University of Alabama Huntsville, a school who might be in a much warmer climate than BG, but still loves the game played in sub-freezing temperatures. This season will be the swan song for the four-team College Hockey American Conference, of which Huntsville is a member. While the other three teams (Bemidji State, Niagara and Robert Morris) have all found conferences for the future, Huntsville is about to be left out in the cold. The Chargers tried to find a new home earlier this season, when they applied for admission into the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. After Nebraska-Omaha declared it was leaving the CCHA for the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, many thought it was a shooin that Huntsville would take their place along side BG in the CCHA. However, that wasn’t the case as the conference rejected the application on August 11. “It’s disappointing, because now we’re the only school, out

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SPIKE: Emily Kauth goes up for a kill earlier this season.

Golfers take swing on the road Men finishes sixth out of 17 at Bearcat Invitational By Christopher Rambo Reporter

Those who closely follow golf know that the players who win the most are those who continually put themselves in contention week after week. The same player is highly unlikely to win every week, but the one who gives himself the most opportunities is usually the one able to string together the most sustained success. The BG men’s golf team certainly gave themselves an opportunity to win the Bearcat Invitational in Hebron, Ky. This week — they were in second place going into the final round — but the Falcons could not quite follow through, shooting a 313 in cold blustery

“The whole key to tournament golf is just to keep giving yourself a chance to win coming down the stretch. We’ve been able to do that now for three out of four weeks so far and have come away with two victories.” Garry Winger | BG Golf Coach conditions on Tuesday to finish 6th out of 17 teams. Despite the fact that his bunch could not take advantage of their opportunity, coach Garry Winger is pleased that the team gave themselves a shot and is fully aware that if they keep doing so, then good things will surely con-

tinue to happen. “The whole key to tournament golf is just to keep giving yourself a chance to win coming down the stretch,” said Winger. “We’ve been able to do that now for three

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Yout leads the way for women’s team By Morgan Carlson Reporter

The underclassman on coach Stephanie Young’s golf team took the lead this weekend, as the women competed in the Mid-American Conference Preview in Fishers, Ind. Freshman Susannah Grunden and sophomore Paula DiFrancesco were the Falcon’s top scorers at the preview. Grunden shot a 223 (79-78-76) to tie for 11th place, while DiFrancesco, in her first tournament of the season, tied for 67th with a 252 (79-92-81). “We all went out there to put solid scores together,” DiFrancesco said. “We stayed

Susannah Grunden Finished 11th place in the individual tournament focused and played our game.” Grunden is still on-pace for the season round average record, improving her average to 77.91 this past weekend. BG ultimately finished in 14th place in a 16 team field, coming off a 16th place finish the first day of competition. The women say they knew they

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NOTES From Page 6 month if he continues to meet Clawson’s standards. “We’re hoping it works out, but ultimately that will be up to P.J.,” Clawson said. Sophomore Keith Morgan has filled in for Mahone since the suspension, recording 41 tackles, one fumble recovery and one interception this season. Mahone had recorded 21 tackles in two games before the suspension.

COLUMN From Page 6 of the 58 [college hockey programs] that is not the member of a conference,” said Huntsville athletic director Jim Harris, who is a BGSU alumnus. It seems one of the issues with Huntsville’s application wasn’t a problem with Huntsville at all, perhaps the biggest con against their addition to the CCHA lies at North Mercer Road in Bowling Green. If BG’s hockey program had a certain future, the CCHA shouldn’t have had a problem allowing the Chargers into the conference. But, with BG’s recent turmoil and swirling rumors, the conference looked after its own interests. Currently the CCHA has 12 teams (soon to be 11 after Nebraska-Omaha leaves for the WCHA), and an odd number of teams would cause a scheduling fiasco that would undermine the current grouping system. It’s not fair to Huntsville, who has proven they more than belong in the college hockey world. While they don’t have a national championship banner hanging in their arena, they still have compiled a 389-296-50 record and made the 2007 NCAA tournament, something BG hasn’t done in the past 18 years. They’re also scheduled to host the 2012 Frozen Four and NCAA Title game, which just adds to their appeal as a CCHA member. The program even made national news this past weekend, when they upset CCHA powerhouse and No. 5 team in the

Phillips safe Freshman kicker Jerry Phillips has not lost his starting job. After battling some minor injuries last week, Phillips was given the green light to take the first kick, but he was also on a tight leash. “I watched him pre-game, and he said he felt healthy but I saw he was kicking the ball low,” Clawson said. “If we had an issue with the first kick, we were going to make the change.” His first kick was low, blocked and turned into an 82-yard touchdown for Kent State. country Notre Dame in South Bend. For a little bit of perspective, that’s something BG hasn’t done in 16 tries dating back to January 29, 2005. According to Harris the plan for now is to try and maintain the Huntsville hockey program as an independent, which will be a very difficult process going from 10 nonconference games a season to around 30. This will be even more difficult since every other school in the nation will have a conference schedule they must commit to during the middle of the season. The difficulty in scheduling alone and the lack of precedent for a non-conference team making the NCAA tournament, could be just a few of the factors leading to the program’s demise. So why is Harris alma mater privileged to determine whether or not his current school will survive on the ice? Hopefully Hamilton and his fundraising committee have answered Huntsville’s prayers of salvation, because now the existence of hockey in two college towns is resting on his goldmedal winning shoulders. It doesn’t even matter that Hamilton isn’t a hockey player or even technically an alumnus of BGSU (he received an honorary degree in 1994), he still holds the power to save both an ice arena and two college hockey programs. And if Hamilton can help save collegiate hockey for two universities, well then we can once again all thank god for Scott Hamilton.

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From then on, senior walk-on Matthew Norsic manned the kicking duties, making a field goal and three PATs. And while Phillips has struggled at times this season, the starting job is still his to lose. “I don’t want him going out there thinking it’s one bad kick and he’s getting a quick hook,” Clawson said.

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Same boat The Falcons and the Cardinals have both come out on the wrong end of several close games this season. Prior to their one-point win Saturday, the Falcons lost three of four games by seven points each. For Ball State, five of their six losses have come by 10 or fewer points.

VOLLEY From Page 6 hardest hitter on the team. She talked as if this talent was almost required of her. And with her background, it is no surprise. Kauth fell in love with the game when her mother, who played collegiately at Ohio State University, would talk about it. Volleyball was something that was always in the family. She always thought it would be cool to play in college and when she started getting older, playing club ball and really enjoying it, she then knew playing at the college level was for her. Though Kauth feels pressure at times, she handles it well and feels like she’s always being supported. “There’s pressure to perform every time you step on the court,” she said. “But I think as a team we do a good job supporting each other and encouraging each other. There’s never any class separation, which is good.” Kauth’s season goal is to hit above a .300 and to get double-digit kills each game. Domek doesn’t think she’ll have any trouble doing this. “She’s quiet at times, but she really makes it up with her play,” Domek said. “Playing in this conference, you get a lot of experience and you get to know the teams. Emily is gaining that knowledge and I think she’s going to continue to do well.”

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out of four weeks so far and have come away with two victories, so hopefully we just keep at it.” The Falcons entered the final round trailing Ball State by two shots and one ahead of third-place Miami (OH). On day one, they received superb play from Drew Preston, who put together rounds of 74-69 and Parker Hewit, who shot 72-75. However, the entire team would succumb to the difficult course setup and equally difficult weather conditions on Tuesday. Preston would shoot 77 and finish 5th. Matt Schneider could not get anything going en route to a 75 and a 25th place finish. Hewit would balloon to an 84 and fall from a tie for 8th, back to a tie for 42nd. He would be joined in the 80s by John Powers (80) and Wes Gates (81). Miami would go on to a four-shot win over Ball State. “Bad rounds will always happen in golf,” Winger said. “And unfortunately, they happened to all five of our guys on Tuesday.”

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The final round was doubly disappointing for Preston, whose 77 not only contributed to the team’s overall slide, but also cost him a chance to win the individual competition. Preston was one of only two players to shoot in the 60’s on Monday, firing a second round 69 to vault himself into a tie for the lead with Nathan Sutherland of Miami heading into Tuesday. However, things went south for the BG sophomore almost immediately in the final round. Through seven holes, he was already five over for the round and effectively out of the running. A nice birdie stretch on the back nine was not nearly enough to put the heat on Sutherland, who shot a spectacular — given the conditions — 67 to pull away from the field by seven shots. “I was disappointed with the way I played today,” said Preston. I got off to a terrible start, played a little better on the back nine, but gave much of it back with a double-bogey at 18. It just wasn’t a great day overall.” Nevertheless, it is Preston’s second top-5 finish this season and the third time he has placed in the top-15. After a rocky freshman season, he appears to be

Drew Preston Shot a score of 75 and 69 during the weekend

Matt Schneider Finished 25th at the Tournament this weekend. finding his place. “Even though I can still get a lot better, I’m overall pretty happy with the way I am playing right now,” Preston said. “It was nice to be in contention so soon again after winning my first tournament.” As for the team as a whole, Winger hopes they can parlay their fine play thus far into a strong finish to the fall season, which has only two events left. “I’m happy with the way my guys are playing right now,” Winger said. “We are going to try and catch up on some practice the next few days and be ready to head down to Dayton next week.”

Hannah Lambert tied for 75th place (256), Marisa Glew placed 78th (261) and Lauren From Page 6 Glew came in 81st (263) for the needed to improve and moti- Falcons. vated each other to move up The women will comtwo spots. pete again next Monday and “We did not want to be at the Tuesday, October 19th and 20th bottom of the scoreboard leav- in the University of Dayton Fall ing the tournament,” Grunden Invitational in Kettering, Ohio. said. “We motivated each other and ourselves and didn’t think about the past.” The Falcons shot an overall 992, good for 59 strokes behind tournament champion Ball LAST TOURNAMENT: BG State (933). The preview confinished 14th out of 16 teams at the sisted of all nine MAC teams, Mid-American Conference Preview with the exception of Kent Tournament. State, as well as eight other TOP PERFORMERS: Susannah schools. Grunden and sophomore Paula “I think it’s really good to DiFrancesco lead BG during the see the competition that we’re tournament, with a 223 and 252 going to see in the spring,” respectively. DiFrancesco said. “It was good UP NEXT: BG heads to Dayton for me to play in this as my first for the University of Dayton Fall tournament [this season], and Invitational Tournament. great for us to measure where we’re at and what we need to work on.”

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