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Volume 104, Issue 150 Tuesday, May 4, 2010 www.bgviews.com
THE BGBG NEWS ESTABLISHED 1920A daily independent student press serving the campus and surrounding communityTHE BGBG NEWS
By Max FilbyReporter
Students of the University’s most active organizations not only gain valuable experience when they get involved — they are also monetarily compensated.
Highest members of the Undergraduate Student Government and the University Activities Organization receive salaries and scholarships to compensate for the time they give to the University. Salaries and scholarships range from $100 to $4,570 a semester.
USG president, vice presi-
dent, speaker and chief admin-istrator are the only USG mem-bers that receive compensation each semester, according to the USG bi-laws.
Currently, the chief adminis-trator, vice president and speaker each receive $1,750 a semester that can be put towards school expenses or personal needs.
“The chief administrator han-dles all undergraduate parking appeals,” said Alice Cook, USG and GSS secretary. “That’s where a significant amount of funding comes from for that position.”
The USG president is com-pensated $4,570 a semester, or
in-state tuition, not including general fees.
“When you work 40 to 50 hours a week, it’s not really possible to have another job,” said Sundeep
Students control ‘green,’ eco-friendly movement on college campuses
Editor’s note: This is part two in a three-part series looking at sus-tainability at six Ohio four-year public universities.
By Ella Fowler and Gina Potthoff
The BG News
When colleges are trying to encourage eco-friendly living, they often turn to students to do the promoting.
Courses, majors and sustain-ability programs contribute to a college’s sustainability efforts, but getting students involved enough to create eco-awareness
is another way of teaching the subject outside the classroom.
The BG News decided to look at six Ohio four-year pub-lic universities — BGSU, Kent State University, University of Toledo, University of Cincinnati, Ohio University and Ohio State University — and their student environmental movements.
Fourth-year UC student Francesca Bonapart thinks the campus green movement is defi-nitely coming along, with a num-ber of student eco-organizations. As an architectural engineering technology major, Bonapart’s career choice impacts her interest
NEWS SERIES | UNIVERSITY SUSTAINABILITY
See STUDENTS | Page 3
IntroductionCollege recruiters work hard
to attract prospective students. They flaunt their college for its academic achievements, its alumni and often its sports. But there is a new criterion moving
its way up the list — sustain-ability. If a college isn’t green, some students might choose a greener school. In a survey by the Princeton Review of 10,300 college applicants, 63 percent stated a college’s commitment
to the environment could affect their decision to attend. Students are looking into how sustainable their prospective colleges are and if they don’t make the grade, then they don’t make the cut.
Student leaders financially compensated for work
See SALARIES | Page 1
in sustainability.“Sustainability is a big thing
with building design,” she said.Bonapart is a member of
the Sustainability Coalition, a student group formed in 2009 as an official subcommittee of President’s Advisory Council on Environment & Sustainability. The coalition has a direct con-nection to the UC administra-tion and is able to influence decision making on campus, said Shawn Tubb, UC sustain-ability coordinator.
“When you work 40 to 50 hours a week,
it’s not really possible to have another job.”Sundeep Mutgi | Former President
Looking back at University leadership over the past 100 years shows similarities, differences in presidents past
By Christie KernerReporter
Each University president leaves a different legacy of reputation, suc-cess and failure. But many stu-dents only know their names as the buildings scattered through-out campus.
The past and present presidents of the University are Homer B. Williams, R.E. Offenhauer, Frank J. Prout, Ralph W. McDonald, Ralph G. Harshman, William T. Jerome, Hollis A. Moore Jr., Paul J. Olscamp, Sidney A. Ribeau and Carol A. Cartwright.
Some served many years while others served two. Some were liked by students and some were not; many faced times of war, while all faced financial issues.
“As I reflect on the history of Bowling Green, just about every president has had to face enor-mous challenges on the financial front,” said former Vice President and former Secretary of the Board of Trustees, Richard Edwards.
Presidential personalitiesThe stories of the University’s
presidents are diverse due to vary-ing time periods and varying pres-idential personalities.
“I think each president has left his own very special footprint on the University,” Edwards said.
President Williams served the longest term from February 1912 until September 1937. He would later serve two more months when his successor, Offenhauer, was killed in an automobile acci-dent after 16 months in office. Offenhauer was seen as a man of great charm and impressive
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GARDENING: Students at the University of Cincinnati participated in a container gardening workshop March 2, 2010.
RYAN PIROG | THE BG NEWS
STROH: Kerm Stroh, in the orange, listens to athletic director Greg Christopher during the Stroh Center Topping-off ceremony held Monday evening. Christopher spoke about future athletics in the stadium and the positive impact the center will have in the community.
A NEW BEGINNING
Dr. R..E. Offenhauer president from 1937-1938
PresidentsCentury
Dr. Michael R. Ferrari interim from 1981-1982
Dr. Frank J. Prout president from 1938-1951
Dr. Ralph G. Harshman president from 1961-1963
Dr. Carol Cartwright president from 2008-present
Dr. Sidney A Ribeau president from 1995-2008
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1:47 a.m.Hugo Alejo, 32, of Bowling Green, was cited for open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle, and Bulmaro Garcia-Mendez, 24, of Bowling Green, was arrested for driving under the influence and open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle within the 500 block of E. Wooster St.
2:16 a.m.Resident within the 2000 block of E. Napoleon Road was warned for loud music disorderly conduct.
3:02 a.m.Steven Dearth, 22, of Port Clinton, Ohio, and Brandon Herms, 23, of Bowling Green, were arrested for felonious assault on the corners
of East Merry Avenue and North Enterprise Street.
3:05 a.m.Tarah Foreman, 19, of Grand Rapids, Ohio, was cited for underage under the possession of alcohol.
3:44 a.m.Complainant reported possible gun shots within the 100 block of Ridge St., but upon police arrival it was found to be a Drano bomb.
4:03 a.m.Resident within the 200 block of E. Napoleon Road was warned for loud noise.
9:12 a.m.Katelyn Bishop, 20, of Bowling Green, was cited for litter free premise within the 300 block of S. College Drive.
1:56 p.m.Complainant reported an unknown subject keyed the entire passen-ger’s side of her vehicle, damage valued at $1,000, within the 500 block of Ridge St.
2:58 p.m.Complainant called to report a fight broke out within the 300 block of Palmer Ave.
CORRECTIONPOLICYWe want to correct all factual errors. If you think an error has been made, call The BG News at 419-372-6966.
In The BG News graduation tab article “After 53 years, student will fin-ish college after dropping out of high school,” Lovey Leavell received a phone call three and a half years ago from a friend encouraging her to go back to school, not five years ago.
appearance and was liked by many students and faculty mem-bers, according to “The History of Bowling Green State University,” by James Overman.
Larry Weiss, co-chairman of the Centennial Committee, has experienced a great deal of the University’s history and its presidents.
“I’ve been around for six dif-ferent presidents and each has had their own strengths for the University,” he said.
Weiss remembers the nickname given to President McDonald was
“Black Mac.”“[Students] didn’t like him,”
Weiss said. “But he did a lot of good things, he just had a tight fist with students.”
McDonald was known as a perfectionist and a man of high standards. His reputation as a hard worker led others to believe he had no other interests but the interests of the University.
“Each President has had his own operating style and had to deal with their own particular
issues,” Edwards said.President Moore cared deep-
ly about the beauty and look of the campus.
“Before the start of school he would get into his golf cart and take a tour of the school,” Edwards said. “He was a stickler for detail.”
Controversy, war and our Universities’ presidents
The struggles of the war also caused a great deal of problems for some University presidents.
President Jerome from Syracuse, N.Y., served as the sixth president in 1963 and dealt with the pres-sures and protests of the Vietnam War. When the Kent State shoot-ings took place, there was uneasi-ness at the University.
The president provided a sweet memory for Weiss as a student.
“I wrote a letter to the editor when I was upset and [Jerome] wrote me a note to come meet with him,” Weiss said. “I thought the world of him.”
The University was one of the only schools that remained open during May 1970 after the Kent State shootings because of Jerome’s ability to connect with his students.
“Jerome let the students have a peaceful protest,” Edwards said.
Jerome allowed students to gather together to talk out their frustrations about Vietnam and other social issues.
President Prout served as the third president in 1939 and faced the pressures of World War II. However, he is known for over-coming those pressures by the growth of the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Business Administration, according to Overman’s book.
President McDonald, who served from 1951 to 1961, also faced controversy during his tenure.
There were a number of factors that lowered the morale of both faculty and students, according to Overman. One of the major causes of this was the rapid change in personnel. Almost half of the faculty members were at the University for less than five years and made it difficult for faculty to gain a new unity with one anoth-er. Many resented McDonald for what they believed to be a one-man administration.
Presidents serve the University
Some presidents served shorter terms than others.
President Harshman served as the fifth president in 1961 and served a quick term. Harshman took office nearing retirement age, but during a time of real cri-sis. Student and faculty morale at the University was at an all time low following McDonald’s resig-nation. His sense of justice helped quiet the arguments being made, according to Overman’s book.
Richard Edwards was appoint-ed executive vice president with Provost Michael R. Ferrari, who was appointed as interim presi-dent in 1981 after President Moore died due to a blood tumor that developed from a blood disease.
“President Moore had such a good working relationship with students,” Edward said. “Moore was very persuasive and persis-tent; I just couldn’t say no to him.”
Interim President Ferrari was forced to deal with a series of financial crisis and other difficult matters.
“Both Moore and Ferrari were very inclusive, always reaching out and really worked hard on faculty
staff relationships,” Edwards said.Paul J. Olscamp was appoint-
ed president 14 months after Moore’s death, with much of the University population upset about his appointment. Many believed the Board of Trustees were keep-ing secrets about their selection process, which led many to resent Olscamp, according to Overman’s book. This would change.
Over the course of his 12-year term, academics would improve greatly. He also played an active role in the University’s financial situation.
“Olscamp had an entirely different operating style,” Edwards said.
President Sidney A. Ribeau would follow in 1995 and serve as an active president among stu-dents and faculty.
Ribeau asked Edwards to be a member of the Centennial Committee.
“I’ve really enjoyed it,” Edwards said. “It’s mostly fun to work with people on campus.”
The University would then bring retired President of Kent State University Carol Cartwright to serve as the University’s first woman President.
“I’ve been the first female at a lot of different points through-out my career,” President Cartwright said.
Cartwright served as the inter-im president before being asked to take office.
“She is the most active on cam-pus — she is just everywhere,” Weiss said. “She’s really a great representation of the University.”
Cartwright is a passionate woman who advises everyone to go after what they want.
“I’m a person who believes you should follow your dreams, assess your own interests and passions and see where you go,” she said.
Cartwright sees the legacy she leaves behind as a team effort by everyone involved in her administration.
“I really understand the power of a team,” she said. “It’s not a personal legacy because what we will accomplish will be done as a team.”
Her administration looks to turn enrollment around as well as put new energy towards develop-ing University infrastructure.
“I admire her energy and vision,” Edwards said. “I think she’s doing an extraordinarily effective job.”
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Mutgi, USG president. “It was nice to have that money for mis-cellaneous stuff.”
Next year’s USG president, Kevin Basch, is looking to change the current system of stipends for USG officers so it will change with any future budget cuts.
“When USG takes a budget cut, we’ll be taking a cut too,” Basch said. “That way we’ll be a more efficient organization.”
If USG continues to use its allo-cated money as it has in the past, the current financial reserve sys-tem could run dry by 2013, said Joe Edens, chairman of internal affairs. To avoid this problem, USG members will be preparing a new budget this summer in order to present it to the Senate by the fifth meeting of the fall semester.
The new USG budget will also address past decisions that called
for additional stipends to certain USG members.
“Unfortunately our archives system is really poor,” Edens said. “But we’re going to be looking back at some 2005-2006 decisions and we could be adding some stipends.”
Last summer, the USG president received $1,944, while the chief administrator received $1,500.
“Few campus jobs are as demanding,” Cook said about USG officers. “It would be hard to have a job and carry out all the responsibilities.”
Graduate Student Senate offers its president an administrative assistantship due to the position’s more demanding requirements, Cook said.
UAO is another organization that offers its officers money in the form of scholarships.
The UAO president, vice presidents and directors each have the opportunity to receive
scholarships based on evalu-ations, according to the UAO constitution.
UAO directors can receive up to $100 worth of scholarships, vice presidents can get a $250 scholarship and the president receives a $1000 scholarship.
“An executive board and UAO members cross evalu-ate their work,” said Alecia Hitchman, UAO vice president of administrations. “If they’ve completed 90 to 100 percent of it then they receive their whole scholarship.”
Unlike USG officers, all money earned by UAO members must go towards schooling. No sum-mer UAO members receive scholarships as an incentive.
“I don’t really think that an incentive is necessary, but it definitely helps to draw people towards leadership,” Hitchman said. “We do put a lot of time into everything so it’s nice that we have those incentives.”
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Bonapart has noticed more students are getting involved in environmental issues, planting more trees, recycling and think-ing more about what they as stu-dents can do to branch out in the green movement.
All universities analyzed did have some recycling program and some even organized recycling and energy-saving competitions to motivate students.
At UT, residence hall Parks Tower earned first place in the 2009 “Blackout” competition. The competition monitored ener-gy consumption from Oct. 15 through Dec. 15, and compared that number to the previous year. Whichever residence hall showed the most improvement won.
“Our residents did an excellent job of making sure they were turning off lights when they weren’t needed,” UT Hall Director of Parks Tower Sandra Alef said.
“We also had TV nights in the lobby so if more than one person was watching the same televi-sion show, they could all watch together instead of separately.”
UT requires all first year stu-dents at orientation to watch a presentation about sustainable transportation options. Students
can also join one of its two organi-zations focusing on sustainability issues, said Director of Residence Life Jo Campbell.
OU has at least eight green student organizations, with pur-poses ranging from improving recycling methods in dining halls to encouraging the Greek com-munity to go green to an inde-pendent webzine titled “College Green” that covers environmental news in southeastern Ohio. OU is also home to the largest “compost vessel” in the nation, which OU created in January 2009. The com-post vessel holds up to 28 tons of organic waste.
One sustainability effort stir-ring up student support at OU is the creation of the “eco house” near campus, which OU trans-formed in 2005 by adding green features, including a garden, solar panels, a solar thermal water heater and an energy-effi-cient washing machine. Each year, three students live at the house, said Erin Sykes, sustain-ability staff member at OU. The
“eco house” is also used for edu-cational purposes to show how people can live eco-friendly.
“Classes and school groups come here to see what green liv-ing is all about,” Sykes said.
BGSU is also hoping to add an “eco house” to the list of properties students can rent. The “eco house”
would be an environmentally-friendly residential unit with all the latest green design, com-posting for students committed to living green lives.
“Right now, it’s in the admin-istrative phase,” said Laura Winebarger, vice president of BGSU’s Environmental Action Group. “We just signed the pro-posal … We’re still trying to figure out if it’s even possible to use one of the university-owned houses.”
At BGSU, two student eco-friendly groups organize most green projects. The Environment Service Club is mostly geared toward short-term green service projects, such as planting trees or campus cleanup, and EAG does more long-term projects to make the campus greener. A student-run green initiative fund also raises money through the optional $5 green fee tacked on tuition. Students or groups can submit ideas to the green initia-tive fund and the student com-mittee decides who will get the funding to carry out their idea.
Another student-led program is Friday Night Lights, in which student volunteers turn off lights in buildings throughout campus to conserve energy. Sustainability Coordinator Nick Hennessy said the program has saved BGSU $10,000 so far.
KSU recently conducted a survey
in which 81 percent of students said they perceived environ-mental threats as something society should be concerned about. Cathy Du Bois, chair of academic programs subcom-mittee of the KSU sustainability task force, said the survey also showed faculty believes student awareness and perception of sustainability is on the rise.
Twenty-five KSU student orga-nizations are incorporating sus-tainability, Du Bois said.
Net Impact is a group of gradu-ate students that works with both community and campus impact initiatives and has done a vari-ety of campus events, said Net Impact Vice President Justin Goodman.
“I would say there is a lot of interest at Kent State [in sustain-ability],” Goodman said.
He said many students on campus are curious about sus-tainability and green initiatives.
Many students, Du Bois said, don’t understand the concept of sustainability, but want to get involved when they see the words “green” or “environmen-tal.” A class was offered last semester with the word “sus-tainability” in the title, but not many students signed up for the course. But when the course title was changed and had “green” in the title, more
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RE-USE: Students at the University of Cincinnati organized and participated in a “Re-use Market” last year, similar to the student-run “Clothing Swap” at BGSU last week.
students registered for the class, Du Bois said.
“There’s a big push and peo-ple are a lot more conscious about the environment today,” said Mark Giese, academic administrative officer for the School of Environment and Natural Resources at OSU.
People need to enhance and protect the environment, but sometimes people don’t understand that.”
At OSU, the Students for a Sustainable Campus group works with students, fac-ulty and staff to bring about ecological awareness and to
address issues of energy, the environment and public health. The Students for Recycling group tries to educate the student body on the importance of recycling, according to OSU’s website.
OSU has had environmental programs since the late 1960s when protests and environmen-tal consciousness were high. Since then, the popularity of the programs dipped, but Giese said a recent rise on campus has been evident.
Editor’s note: Angela Green, Shaina Smith, Brittany Washington and Josh Whetherholt contributed reporting to this story.
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Just because the Big Bang is a theory does not mean it is not a legitimate idea
For millennia, the question “why are we here?” has intrigued man. It will likely continue to do so for all time.
But science is finally close to answering not the why, which belongs to philosophers and theologians, but the how.
The Big Bang Theory is the most commonly accepted the-ory of how the universe got to where it is today, but it is not, as it is so often characterized in popular media, a theory of the beginning of time.
What the Big Bang Theory describes is actually what hap-pened immediately after the Big Bang, a cosmological event about which we actually know very little. But that science is willing to admit its limitations doesn’t discredit the theory.
Maybe the most damaging popular misconception about science is the notion that a the-ory is something like a guess, and that any old “theory” might hold equal weight.
It doesn’t.For something to become a
scientific theory, it must start as a hypothesis. It must make predictions, followed by experi-ments, observations, peer-reviewed reports and a revised hypothesis. If it’s good, it may reach the status of “theory” — just short of fact.
The Big Bang Theory is no more dismissible than the the-ory of evolution or the theory of gravity.
Several interesting aspects of our universe make it possible to learn about things happening 13 billion light years out into space — and 13 billion years into the past.
The speed of light is incred-ibly fast, but finite and measur-able. A light year is the distance light travels in one year. So, if
we’re looking at a galaxy eight million light years away, we’re actually seeing that galaxy as it was eight million years ago. Light from our own sun takes eight minutes to get here, so what we see is actually what was there eight minutes ago.
Light is the only thing that we can use to gain any knowledge about the universe outside our own immediate solar system (which is too tiny to even con-sider on a cosmological scale — the scale is even worse than a grain of sand compared to the whole Earth). But light is enough for us to gather several key pieces of evidence for the Big Bang.
The top three are the expan-sion of the universe, the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and the abundance of helium.
We know the universe is expanding, and as of the last decade or so, we know the rate of the expansion is actually increasing due to a mysterious force, a type of vacuum energy
inherent to space itself scientists have dubbed “dark energy.”
Light from all distant galaxies is redshifted, and the further the galaxy, the more dramatic the redshift. This is known as the Doppler Effect, and as an object moves away from you, the space between you increases, stretch-ing out the waves. The faster the receding motion, the greater the redshift. Imagine standing next to a train track, and as the train approaches the pitch gets higher and higher — the waves are being compressed — and as it goes past, the pitch imme-diately drops as the waves are stretched.
The CMB is a relic of the Big Bang event. Every direction we look, space itself seems to have a temperature of roughly 3 degrees Kelvin, a standardized scientific unit which sets the zero degree at zero molecular motion. It’s what we’d expect if the Big Bang
Today is primary election day. It is also the 40th anniversary of the Kent State shootings, in which four students were killed and many others were wounded by a volley of fire from Ohio National Guardsmen sent to “control” the student rebellion.
Note that I call this event a “rebellion” and not a riot, as the history books record it. Riot means a mob out of control, and the students at Kent were not a mob, but a group of citizens exercising the right of assembly.
The student rebellion at Kent brought about another invasion when Governor James Allen Rhodes ordered units of the Ohio National Guard to assist in quelling it. Students reacted to this invasion with vigor, equat-ing it with what was going on in Cambodia. Another irony of
this situation is that the Ohio National Guard was largely made up of young men who enlisted in the Guard to get a “stay home pass” and to not have to serve in Vietnam.
The reason for the rebellion was the invasion of Cambodia by our country (of course, the Nixon Administration called it an “incursion”). The stated purpose of the invasion was to destroy the infrastructure of the Vietnamese National Liberation Front and to attack units of the North Vietnamese Army that were in Cambodia.
The real results of the invasion were the eventual destruction of Cambodia by unrestricted bombing and war, the victory of the Khmer Rouge, and the infamous “Killing Fields,” where millions of Cambodians died under the hands of the followers of Pol Pot.
Worldwide reaction to the shootings followed, unless you
People have died for your right to vote
Consider all sides before casting ballot
By Caleb FinkbeinerGuest Columnist
I would like those who are not pulling a Democratic ballot in the primary to know there is an alternative in November. In Wednesday’s Crescent News, there was an article highlight-ing the two candidates in the Republican primary and where they stand on certain issues. I would just like to let the public know where I stand.
Both candidates voiced opposition to the new health care legislation, stating the time spent debating health care would have been better served cutting taxes for the middle class. I stand behind the health care bill, and while I believe we could have had a better bill if both sides worked together, we must look at the effect it has on our district before demanding repeal.
The bill cuts taxes for 167,000 families and nearly 12,000 small businesses, and improves Medicare for 98,000
beneficiaries, including clos-ing the donut hole. That is the short list. One can go to http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/health_care/dis-tricts/new/OH5.Latta.pdf for the full report.
When addressing the two wars in the Middle East, both candidates are in favor of staying put and placing fewer restrictions on our troops. It is also my position that we need to provide all available resources to our troops — not just on the battle field, but also when they return home.
As far as staying put, I do not believe that is the position we need to take in the Middle East. We need focus on an exit strat-egy that leaves the respected countries to their elected gov-ernments and work with them as allies to ensure the safety of their people.
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Dear annoying on-campus couples,I understand you’ve probably been dating for a whopping two weeks or so now, and you’re totally “in love.” But here’s a tidbit of information: no one cares, and no one wants to see you two hanging all over each other every day. Pick a less public place to show off, like spamming each other’s Facebook walls or something. Lunch time is for eating, not for sitting on each others’ laps, making out, swapping spit and food and who knows what else. (You know who you are, couple in Founders!) And don’t even get me started on the hand-holding human roadblocks blocking the sidewalks. Pick up the pace, or pick a new place to flaunt your “true love” that will probably fizzle once you move home this summer and stop living in each other’s dorm rooms, annoying your roommate and floormates around you. (And you know who you are, too.)-LOVE SICK
Hey BGSU!You know, for an institute of higher learning, you do some really stupid crap. Why on earth would you close parking lots surrounding dorms dur-ing move-out? Perhaps so that students during 24-hour quiet hours can listen to construction? You really expect to be able to move out the two Offenhauer Towers with ten floors worth of students using two turn-arounds? Why not wait a few more days? What about the commuters? There’s nowhere to park for finals! The ice house? Thanks! I love walking across campus for an already-stressful finals time because BGSU can’t get it together. -PARKING PROBLEMS
To the little gold neon with Michigan plates:You don’t have a resident tag or a visitor tag. Stop parking in my spot. You can park wherever you want once you get an apartment here and start paying rent like I do. Next time, you’ll get more than a nasty note, you’ll get a tow bill. -SICK OF SHENANIGANS ON SUMMIT STREET
Dear bikers,Good for you for having a bike on campus, you’re getting great exercise and you get to and from point A to point B quickly. But, please keep in mind that your bikes are pretty quiet, and walkers cannot hear you behind them. Please watch out for us, and do not run us over in your haste to get somewhere. We don’t realize you’re behind us until you’re right behind us.-PISSED PEDESTRIAN
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model were correct.Another thing we’d expect
is a particular abundance of atoms. The nearby universe is comprised of roughly 74 percent hydrogen, 23 percent helium and 3 percent heavier elements. Immediately following the Big Bang event, the universe was uniformly hot enough to com-bine two hydrogen atoms, the simplest element, into a helium. Observational data matches pre-dictions nicely, the hallmark of a solid theory.
But if the Big Bang Theory refers to what happened after the Big Bang event — such as the first formation of atoms, the separation of forces and eventu-ally the creation of primordial stars and galaxies — it remains to be seen what the event itself actually was.
Scientists cannot address what actually happened because of a
fundamental block. Time is also finite. It began 10^-43 seconds after the Big Bang — that’s a 1 behind a decimal and 42 zeroes. Before this point, we cannot look. This is where the laws of nature “begin.” This limits our ability to peer back all the way up to the Big Bang.
Several possibilities exist to explain this. One current theory holds that time itself travels at intervals of 10^-43 seconds, a kind of minimum step known as Planck time. Therefore, we can’t look before this time, because there is no time before it.
One theory is that a previous universe collapsed in on itself in a “Big Crunch” and exploded back out in a “Big Bounce.”
Recent calculations make it seem unlikely we live in a cyclic universe of that type. Measurements sug-gest the universe is just going to continue expanding, faster and faster. Gravity will be overpowered by dark energy, this force of expan-sion. First galaxies, then stars and planets, then atoms themselves
will be separated by vast distances of space in what’s called the “Big Rip.”
Indeed, the expansion will become so incredibly powerful each molecule of your body will tear apart and go flying away from every other molecule of your body.
The good news is, you won’t have to worry about that unless you plan on living another 20 billion years or so.
But far from being mere speculation or mystical voodoo, scientists actually do have a firm understanding of how the universe got where it is today and where it may be headed. Expressions like “just a theory” don’t hold up to the knowledge which actually backs a theory.
If you disagree, feel free to argue against the theory of grav-ity by floating off into space somewhere.
Respond to Kyle at [email protected]
were overseas in the military and not exposed to non-U.S. news outlets. I found out about the shootings two months after they happened from an airman who was home on leave. We were hav-ing a conversation about the war and he said the government was now killing kids back home.
As I listened to him relate the event, I could not believe what I was hearing. My government, in my state, had brought the war to a college campus. If we were kill-ing students on a college campus, who would be next to die because
of the war?Soon after the tragedy at Kent
on May 17, the Mississippi State Police opened fire on a student dorm on the campus of Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss., killing two students and wound-ing at least 12 others. The students were protesting the killings at Kent and the invasion of Cambodia, and these shootings have some-how faded into the background of history. Of course, in Mississippi the shooting of a few blacks was not even newsworthy, as it had been a common occurrence in the history of that state.
This primary election day, please remember to vote and vote for those who mirror your
thoughts. This year, we have a selection of parties on the ballot, not just the corporate party and its two wings (the Republican and the Democratic parties). We also have an array of the minor parties: Socialist, Libertarian, Constitution and Green Party. So you have no excuse, vote.
If you need a reason, cast your vote in the memory of those stu-dents who died for your freedoms on this day 40 years past — the students of Kent and Jackson State who were killed for asking, “why?”
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get Americans back to work, yet he voted against all job creation bills put before him. These included the bailout of General Motors, which, if not passed, would have cost our district thousands and thousands of jobs, not just for GM, but for the countless number of automaker suppliers within our district.
He also addressed the need for “actual energy policy.” But he made no mention of renewable clean energy, one of the largest growing industries in Ohio. As an unemployed worker, creat-ing new jobs is a major con-cern of mine as well; however, cutting taxes on working class families and small businesses can not be the only approach to recovery.
To see growth, we must see investment. It is my belief that whether this comes from the private sector or the govern-ment, investors would reap
benefits from such a move as we have some of the hardest workers in America right here in the 5th District.
Both candidates touted their conservative credentials and fear of an overreaching govern-ment, but neither took time to address the issue of the day: ille-gal immigration and the rami-fications of SB1070 in Arizona. While I believe this bill will undoubtedly be found uncon-stitutional, we still must look at the precedent it sets if not overturned.
Lawmakers in Arizona stress that racial profiling will not be tolerated, but voted for a bill that not only allows but encour-ages that, with “reasonable suspicion,” any citizen can be questioned on their legal status in their state. With 30 percent of Arizona’s population being of Hispanic descent, how are officers expected to tell the dif-ference between who is here legally or otherwise?
In my view, we must first stop the number of companies with-
in our nation who hire those here illegally if we want to curb the flow of illegal immigrants coming across our borders. This would force those who are look-ing for work to pursue legal ways into our country, while allowing law enforcement to focus on the criminal element coming across our borders.
It is my hope that people will look past the letter behind my name and look at where I stand and make the choice in November to vote for the can-didate that best represents the needs of the 5th district.
Any constituents with ques-tions or concerns about these or any other issues should feel free to leave me a message at CalebforCongress.com, or send a letter to Caleb for Congress P.O. box 872 Defiance, Ohio 43512.
Caleb is a Democratic can-didate for the U.S. House of
Representatives. Respond to him at [email protected]
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SOFTBALLFulk named Athlete of the Week Freshman softball player Hannah Fulk has been named the Papa John’s Athlete of the Week this week for her efforts in the Falcons’ last six games. Fulk hit .500 at the plate for a .611 slugging percentage and an on-base percentage of .591.
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Today inSports History2002—Barry Bonds hits his 400th home run as a Giant, becoming the first player to hit 400 home runs for one team and 100 with another.1996—Jerry Bailey, aboard Grindstone, wins the 122nd Kentucky Derby.
The ListAfter the 2010 golf MAC Championships this past weekend, we take a look at the top five performances from Longaberger Golf Club in Nashport, Ohio. 1. Cairns: Kent State’s Brett Cairns shot a tourna-ment total of 285 to finish tied for first. 2. Hahn: John Hahn kept pace with his teammate Cairns, shooting a final round low of 69 to finish tied for first. 3. Hughes: Golden Flashes’ Mackenzie Hughes shot a 286 for the tournament and finished in third place as Kent State took the top three spots. 4. Schneider: BG’s Matt Schneider shot 14-over-par to finish tied for 17th place and was the only Falcon to finish in the top 25.5. Gates: In his first appearance in the tournament, BG freshman Wes Gates
SIDELINES
OUR CALL
BG eliminated by Akron early in MAC Tournament
By Paul BarneyAssistant Sports Editor
It was short, but most certainly not sweet.
The BG tennis team saw its season come to an abrupt end Friday in the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference Championships, as the seventh-seeded Falcons lost to No. 2 seeded Akron, 4-1.
During the tournament, which was held at Sorensen Courts on the campus of Western Michigan, the Falcons dropped 5-of-6 singles match-es and were swept in all three doubles matches as they ended their season with a dual-match record of 12-10.
Freshman Katie Grubb was the only player from BG to find success in singles.
In her MAC Championships singles debut, Grubb lost just three games in a straight-sets sweep of Carolina Castro Cota 6-3, 6-0.
Friday’s match against the Zips also served as the last in the careers of senior co-captains Katia Babina and Samantha Kintzel.
Babina dropped her open-ing set to Angelika Jogasuria 6-1, 6-4, while Kintzel dropped her first set to Jogasuria’s twin sister Angelina, 6-2, 6-5.
In doubles, the duo of Babina and Kintzel dropped an 8-1 deci-sion to Zara Harutyunyan and Anya Baronayte
BG coach Penny Dean will lose the services of her two seniors from her eight player roster, which will leave a huge gap as the team moves forward.
Both Babina and Kintzel rank among some of the top ten-nis players to ever play for the Falcons.
Babina finished her BG career with a 64-45 record in singles and a 66-45 record in doubles, giving her a combined record of 130-90.
Babina’s 130 wins is good for 11th on BG’s all-time list for com-bined wins.
Her senior teammate fared just as well in a Falcons’ uniform.
Kintzel concluded her col-legiate career with a 72-42 career singles record and a 70-41 mark in doubles to fin-ish with an astonishing 142-83 overall record — ranking 6th on BG’s all-time list for combined wins.
ANDREA FEHL | THE BG NEWSSENIOR: Samantha Kintzel played in her last match with the Falcons this past weekend.
KatieBabinaSenior co-captain played in her final match as a Falcon
KatieGrubbWas the only Falcon to post a singles win
Golfers suffer tough weekendFalcons struggle to last place finish at MAC Championships
By Christopher RamboReporter
All was not well for the BG men’s golf team, as they finished out their 2009-10 campaign by plac-ing ninth at the Mid-American Conference Championships.
The Falcons concluded their weekend at Longaberger Golf Club with a 72-hole total of 1232, finishing 10 strokes behind Ball State for eighth and 13 adrift of seventh-place Toledo.
Kent State rolled to their second consecutive MAC title, posting a two-under total of 1150 and routing last year’s runner-up Eastern Michigan by 22 shots.
The Golden Flashes also dom-inated individual play by sweep-ing the top three spots.
John Hahn and Brett Cairns shared medalist honors with matching scores of three-under 285, while freshman Mackenzie Hughes finished one shot back at 286.
The Falcons were at the oppo-site end of the spectrum with only Matt Schneider placing inside the top 25.
After it was all over, coach Garry Winger bluntly summed up his feelings:
“I am extremely disappoint-ed with our performance,” Winger said. “That’s really all there is to say.”
Things would start poorly for the Falcons right from the get-go on Friday.
During a round in which scores were high all over the course, the Falcons shot a field-worst 320, with not a single team member breaking 80.
However, BG would rebound to post scores of 300 and 298, leaving them in a tie for seventh heading into Sunday, with fifth place Ohio still well within reach at just 10 shots ahead.
The Falcons were not able to take advantage though and reverted to their round one form with a disappointing 314 that dropped them to ninth.
Schneider rebounded from his first round 80 to shoot 73-75-74 the rest of the way and take home a tie for 17th in his final collegiate tournament.
“I love Matt and am going to miss him,” Winger said. “He didn’t play too bad, but me and him were both expecting bigger things this week after his fifth place finish last year. He is a little disappointed right now.”
Another disappointed Falcon was John Powers, who shot 80-76-79-86 to bring his career to a close with a 45th place finish at 321.
Turning towards the future, freshman Wes Gates fired a very
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By Christopher RamboReporter
“You must accept your triumphs and disappointments equally. There is nothing guaranteed in golf or in life.”
This beautifully simplistic quote, written by the late leg-endary golf instructor Harvey Penick, served as an anchor for golfer Hannah Lambert as she finished her last competitive round as a Falcon.
“I just kept repeating those words over and over through-out the round,” Lambert said.
“It really helped keep me calm and relaxed.”
Lambert’s peaceful demeanor certainly paid off at the MAC Championships two Sundays ago, as she overcame an open-ing round of 90 to close out her
career with an 83.The scoring progression was
certainly appropriate for an individual who finds pure joy in the day-to-day process of subtle improvement.
Coach Stephanie Young relat-ed a story from Lambert’s fresh-man year that perfectly summed up this attitude.
It was April of 2007, and at that point in her career, Hannah was not ready to travel with the team on a regular basis.
Nevertheless, Young had left her a list of items to work on while the Falcons were away for the weekend.
However, as random Ohio weather would have it, a freak winter storm arrived that week-end, blanketing much of the state with accumulating snow.
Undaunted by the conditions,
Hannah (along with a team-mate) dutifully went out to Forrest Creason Golf Course to practice.
After a phone call from the course director to inform Young that two of her freshmen were playing by themselves in the snow, a shocked Young said while she appreciated the effort, it would be quite all right if they stopped.
“Incidents like that just show what kind dedication Hannah has,” Young said. “I knew from that day forward that she had something very special inside.”
Lambert was introduced to golf at a very young age by her father, Bruce, and ever since their evenings spent chipping together in the backyard, her passion for the game continues to blossom.
“My dad told me that if I played golf, it needed to be because I loved the sport,” Lambert said.
“He never once forced me to play; I always looked forward to going out and practicing. I just really thank him for allowing me to enjoy the game and be free with it.”
Outside the ropes, Lambert devours golf books, always eager to absorb any morsel of inspira-tion or advice.
On the course, she has been what Young calls “one of the most coachable student-athletes I have ever had.”
After admittedly being over-whelmed during her fresh-man year and struggling to a scoring average of 97, Lambert resolved to doing whatever was necessary to improve for her sophomore year.
“I was really nervous dur-ing most of my freshman year, and I think that held me back playing-wise,” Lambert said. “I just tried to relax and focus on doing whatever was necessary to getting better every day.”
Her sophomore season repre-sented a complete turnaround.
She shaved 12 strokes off her freshman average to improve to 85.17. Since then, she has been a
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“There aren’t really any excuses; we just did not handle the situation like we should have. The guys who are returning next year really need to make a full commitment over the
summer to improve.”Garry Winger | BG coach
Lambert finds life success through game of golf
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respectable third round 71 to help him finish tied for 29th with a total of 308.
“It was great that Wes was able to travel to every tournament as a freshman,” Winger said. “This experience should hopefully prove to be invaluable as he con-tinues his career.”
Sophomores Parker Hewit and Drew Preston each struggled on the final day, shooting 83 and 78, respectively.
The pair finished one shot apart from each other, with Hewit tying for 40th at 315 and Preston com-ing in a tie for 42nd at 316.
While there was plenty to cheer about during the season, the ending certainly left Winger with a bitter taste.
“I don’t really have an explana-tion for how poorly we played,” Winger said. “There aren’t real-ly any excuses; we just did not handle the situation like we should have. The guys who are returning next year really need to make a full commitment over the summer to improve.”
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mainstay in the Falcon starting lineup, traveling regularly with the team and serving as a solid rock for Young to count on.
“Hannah has brought so many intangible factors to our team,” Young said. “Her contributions are impossible to quantify with statistics. She has always shown up and done whatever we have asked of her. She has been extreme-ly selfless from day one.”
A devout Christian who regu-larly attends Bible study, Lambert said her spiritual growth has undoubtedly helped with golf.
“I realized that I am not playing golf just for myself, or for my family and team-mates,” Lambert said. “I am also playing for God. That has helped my outlook on the game tremendously.”
That assertion helps reveal that there is far more to Lambert than just golf. She is
an extremely gifted and dili-gent student who will graduate cum laude this weekend with a degree in architecture.
Up next is graduate school at Ohio State University, which Hannah hopes will be the next step in her dream of one day becoming a golf course designer.
“Academic success is a very high priority for coach Young,” Lambert said. “Every year we set a team GPA goal as well [as an] individual GPA. I have always seen school as a personal challenge to try and do my best with whatever is put in front of me.”
Lambert is active in a myr-iad of campus activities. The notables include Kappa Phi, Mortar Board Honor Society, Athletes in Action, and the Student Athlete Advisory Committee.
She has also studied abroad in London and Paris, and was named to the 2010
“Who’s Who” among students in American Colleges and Universities.
“Coming into college, I knew I wanted to get involved and I’m very happy that I did,” Lambert said. “I have gotten to meet so many different people and go through so many different amazing experiences.”
This Saturday, almost two weeks to the day after finish-ing her golf career, Lambert will conclude her academic career at BG when she receives her diploma.
As the first graduate to spend four full years under her direc-tion, Young said watching Lambert walk across the stage is sure to be a bittersweet moment.
“Watching Hannah grow into the fine young woman she has become has been a special
experience,” Young said. “I am certainly going to miss her, but I am also extremely proud of her and excited about all that lies ahead in her life. She has meant a great deal to me and the rest of the team.”
Due to the richness of her col-lege experience, both on and off the course, Lambert expects to be fully prepared for what-ever life’s journey has in store
— whether it involves triumph or disappointment.
“Bowling Green has been a wonderful, perfect fit in so many ways,” Lambert said.
“From an athletic, academic and social standpoint, I don’t think I could have made a better decision.”
“Bowling Green has been a wonderful, perfect fit in so many ways. From an athletic, academic and social standpoint, I don’t think
I could have made a better decision.”Hannah Lambert | BG golfer
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