The BG News April 2, 2009

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2 THE BG NEWS ESTABLISHED 920 A daly ndependent student press servng the campus and surroundng communty. AT BGSU.EDU: ml forget tovotero< your next UbG representatves ths week Get nformed by readng about the '(v»pw$com Thursday Aprl 02, 2009 Volume 03. Issue 29 WWWBGVIEWSCOM The Fnal Stand to begn Students partcpatng n Humans vs. Zombes wll face off tonght at 0:50 p.m. Page 3 Canadan wrter vsts campus Montreal natve Monque Proulx spoke yesterday as the tenth speaker n the Pallster Francophone Canadan Lecture Seres Page 3 Mercer Road ncdent enough reason for change Despte the collson that gave a student pedestran multple njures, columnst Josh Whetherholt s dsgusted that cty and Unversty polce aren't sure f stop sgns or stoplghts should be nstalled on Mercer Road Pag* 4 Athests, lead by example Smrkng, mockng and cursng at street evangelsts won't help athests gan respect from the relgous, columnst Andrea Wadsworth says. but beng respectful back wll Page 4 Flood waters rsng along the Gulf Coast Gulf coast communty resdents prepare for another round of ran as they eye the rsng water levels Page 5 Football n the sprngtme Sprng s here and wth that comes the sprng football practces. Although practces are only n the "drll stage" knew coach Dave Clawson sad thngs ; progressng k Page 6 Casno ssue back n the spotlght By Austn Arnold Reporter Even though Issue 6 faled last November, one Oho group s stll nteresred n puttng a casno wthn the state, n fact, more than one. Accordng to the Oho lobs and Growth Plan Web ste, Oho voters wll have a chance to approve a state consttutonal amendment that wll call for a casno to be bult n the ctes of Cleveland,CoIumbus,Cncnnat and Toledo. The amendment, f passed, wll also lead to $ bllon n prvate nvestment, $200 mllon n lcensng fees, 5600 mllon annually n tax revenue and an estmated 20,000 more jobs. The possblty of new jobs and economc growth through ths proposed plan has some people excted. One n partcular s Toledo Mayor Carty Fnkbener. Toledo Publc Informaton Offcer lason Webber released a statement va e-mal concernng Fnkbener s stance on (he plan. "Mayor Fnkbener has been a staunch supporter of havng a casno bult on Toledo's waterfront, snce t would undenably create jobs and further make Toledo's waterfront the premer Connectng the dots of psychology / W0T0 ILLUSTRATION BY RACHEL RADWAMSKI I IHEBGNEWS Unversty professor expert on sprtualty and mental health By John Payne Reporter Kenneth Pargament s a busy man. Between teachng hs two classes, hs research, hs countless ntervews and hs never-endng dutes as a husband and father, the psychology professor was recently named the edtor-n-chef of the Amercan Psychologcal Assocaton's frst handbook on the nvolvement of relgon and sprtualty n psychology. Studyng the relatonshps between sprtualty and mental health has been Pargament's callng card snce he frst came to the Unversty n 979. Over the past three decades, he has watched the world of psychology evolve to the pont where he s one of the foremost experts n hs feld. When the BBC, USA Today or The New York Tmes need an authorty, they call Pargament. Even before he earned hs doctorate degree from the Unversty of Maryland, he yearned to learn what makes people tck. I le stll remembers the bleak, behavorstc vew of human nature that prevaled when he entered the feld. And he stll dsagrees wth t. "It used to be that few people were nterested," he sad. "They were the knd of people who ddn't mnd beng obscure. But that "The feld s gettng more attenton from unverstes and around the world n general." Kenneth Pargament Professor has changed a lot. The feld s gettng more attenton from unverstes and around the world n general." Pargament humbly hnted that hs own research has made qute an mpact on the subject. Among the dozens and dozens of books lnng the shelves of hs offce are several that he publshed hmself: "Sprtually Integrated Psychotherapy: Understandng and Addressng the Sacred," "Forgveness: Theory, Research, Practce" and "Relgon and Copng: Theory, Research, Practce." By hs own count, he has also publshed over 75 artcles durng hs tenure at the Unversty. Wth all ths nternatonal attenton and scholarly acclam, why doesn't Pargament move on to a larger, more prestgous un- See PROFESSOR I Paqe 2 entertanment destnaton of Northern Oho," he sad. A casno n Toledo could also provde nearby entertanment for Unversty students. Sophomore Pat Teslng lkes the dea. "Yeah, I would probably make a couple of trps up to Toledol f there was a casno. It wouldn't be a regular thng, hut I would go. Wth the economy the wa\ l s. f t brngs jobs. I don't thnk t would hurt and t could warrant a spke n revenue," he sad. However, some are not n favor of a casno beng bult so close. Sophomore Clayton Meyer beleves the negatves a casno brngs to a communt) outweghs the postves. I agree that a casno could CASINO qe 2 FAME: Former Unversty student Derrck Jones poses wth "Law and Order: SVU" star Marrska Hargtay. Unverstyalumnustohead to Cannes hlm Festval By Stephane Spencer Repore' People lke Derrck Jones were bom to make ordnary humans, mere mortals, feel gulty for takng naps n the afternoon. At3, Jones hashsmaster'sdegrce from the Unversty, has publshed four hooks and as of ths May, wll be fraternzng wth the gltzest names n show-bz at the Cannes Flm Festval n France. "I lke to be busy." lones sad. Indeed. Now enrolled at Oho Unversty to pursue flm. Jones had the dea to enroll n the Amercan Pavlon MISSION POSSIBLE FOR S Student Flm Program when he saw another classmate glancng over the pamphlet a few mnutes before class. "I could do that." lotus remembers thnkng. The pamphlet boasted "partcpatng n educatonal workshops, semnars, ptch sessons and roundtable dscussons'' wth people lke Spke lon/e. Mchael Moore and Jude I aw. After fnshng the applcaton flled wth essay questons, recommendatons and resu mcs. lones was See JONES Page 2 CELEBRATING SERVICE: George Rce was the keynote speaker at the annual TRIO Collegate Servces awards banquel TRIO ncludes a set ol programs and scholarshps geared to assst students wth lmted ncome through college and graduate school by grantng ad. tutorng and advsng. What do you thnk should be done to protect pedestrans on Mercer Road? ALEXFRIESNER Freshman. Busness "You're n college, not kndergarten. Look before you cross." Page 4 k Senortheater major to act n last muscallnto the Woods' ByAllsonBorg.lt Reporter Senor Cory Stonebrook wll go on stage, "Into the Woods" and out of the Department of Theatre and Flm ths Sunday, when he acts durng the fnal performance of the muscal drected by doctoral canddate Davd Sollsh. Stonebrook, who plays the lead role of the Baker, has partcpated n nne Unversty productons pror to "Into the Woods," and ths weekend wll be hs last tme actng on the man stage. For all hs experence. Stonebrook ddn't start out as a theater major. After begnnng hs college career as a flm student, Stonebrook started hs route to a theater major when Mchael Ellson, assocate professor n Theatre and Flm and faculty advsor for "Into the Woods," saw hm standng by an audton lst for "How to Succeed n Busness Wthout Really Tryng." Stonebrook sad Ellson asked f he was gong to audton, and he ended up dong so. "My love for theater just knd of slowly came back." Stonebrook sad. Stonebrooksadhehadalways wanted to act n a producton of See PLAY Page 2 CHRISTINA MCGINNIS {8GNEWS PERFORMANCE: Students Jacke Jerleck. EHe Messmger. Jmmy Wlson and Ashley Brown perform a scene from 'Into the Woods" showng ths weekend n the Eva Mare Sant Theatre. VISIT BGVIEWS.COM: NEWS, SPORTS. UPDATES. 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3 2Thusday.Vl BLOTTER WEDNESDAY, APRIL :5 A.M. Joseph Florev 45. of Bowlng Green, was arrested for dsorderly conduct whle ntoxcated after he was found passed out n the grass and unable to care for hmself :49 A.M. Mchelle Lawrence. 20. of Bowlng Green, was arrested for theft and underage drnkng after he walked behnd the bar at Zggy Zoomba's and grabbed a $27 bottle of lquor jnd attempted to walk out the door. 2:3 A.M. Melssa Rausch. 2. of Bowlng Green, and Jllan Petz. 2. of Strongsvlle. Oho, were arrested for burglary after enterng a resdence on North Enterprse Street wthout the resdent's permsson. 2:49 A.M..Vllam Schaaf, 9. of Eaton. Oho; joshua Olcret. 8. of Unontown. Oho, and Sean Kelly. 9. of Lberty Townshp, Oho, were cted for dsorderly conduct and underage drnkng after all subjects were observed fghtng whle ntoxcated. k ONLINE: oo to bqvewscom for the complete blotter lst CORRECTION POLICY We want to correct all factual errors. If you thnk an error has been made, call The BG News at CASINO From Page IIMIC jobs, Inn I lnnk would create a lot of problems as well. In areas wth casnos, you see a lot more crme and thngs lke that," he sad. The proposed consttutonal language has been sent to State Attorney General Rchard Cordray. If he approves, the Oho lobs and Growth Commttee can start collectng sgnatures so the ssue can be placed on the November ballot. "Overall I thnk t would help the economy." Teslng sad. "It mght take some tme to see a beneft because people aren't spendng money rght now. I would defntely look nto votng for t though." vst us BGVtews JONES From Page notfed that he was guaranteed a spot among the 50 the program accepts every year. But thcre'sa slght snag. The nternshp s unpad. It'salso across the world. Plane fare and spendng money are left up to the ndvdual and could mean between S6.000 to $8,(K)0 out of lones personal pggy bank. To help wth some of the costs, lones hosted a move nght at the Cla-Zel on March 2. Showng hs own flms, lke the short documentary "63," a story about hs chldhood home, or even actng n "Bg Black Good Man," a move he made last year. It was a "modest, respectable crowd" lones sad, and helped to rase "a couple hundred dollars" towards the dauntng expenses of hs trp. And he's no stranger to the flm festval scene. Short documentares have been hs forte snce leavng Bowlng Green and "63" has been n front of audences across the country. Featured n the San Dego Black Flm Festval, the Texas Black Flm Festval and the langston Hughes Afrcan Amercan Flm Festval, lones nssts hs flms are not solely PROFESSOR From Page versfy? "BGSU's program s really a hdden gem," he explaned. "Well, maybe not anymore. There's such a great program here that people have begun to notce. Ths Unversty s one of the man centers for ths knd of study." The fact that hs wfe s a therapst based n Toledo mght have kept hm around as well, but I'argament prased the Unversty as beng ncredbly receptve even when many nsttutons were not. Some of hs most renowned work nvolves the ways n whch people use relgon to cope wth major lfe stresses. These studes strred up controversy when they suggested that a relance on a hgher power dd seem to help reduce mental turmol n dre stuatons. Though they weret't the frst of ther knd, I'argament defended the neutralty of the studes. "People are just so passonate about the topc," he sad. "Athests are passonate about beng athest, and devout ndvduals are equally passonate about ther own fath. Where there's emoton there's power. What makes the dfference s for people to try to "It's a personal story, not necessarly a black person's story." Derrck Jones Former student for a black audence. "I ddn't make t to be a black flm for black flm festvals," he sad. "It's a personal story, not necessarly a black person's story." In France, lones can put what he's learned all these years of college and n the real world to good use. le knows he probably won't be the next Steven Spelberg, but some of Spelberg's col leagues may beatlhefestvalthsyearandcould even be watchng one of hs flms n the Short Flm Corner n an area just outsde of the tents where fame seems to seep through the cracks. In the meantme, he's workng on a full length documentary about the Lucasvlle rots of 993 and networkng full tme. He scored the move nght at the Cla-Zel from help from one of hs fraternty brothers and hs recommendaton for the flm program from hs former advsor and Assstant Dean of Students Deb Novak. "I'm stll connected to BG n a lot ofways.'hesad. dgest these fndngs. There are n lany cu rous but skept cal people out there, and that group s growng. There s no complete neutralty when t comes to relgon. But what gudes our research s curosty. We're open to whatever there s to learn. We make sure to avod overly smple statements." Pargament's own sprtualty admttedly nfluences hs work, hut hs lewsh fath s balanced out by the opposng perspectves of hs colleagues, such as psychology professor Annette Mahoney. Another mportant project under Pargament's supervson s the frst major study of the role of relgon n the famly. As part of the research, I'argament and hs colleagues are keepng n touch wth 75 pregnant couples through the frst year after gvng brth. The only real problem he has mght seem lke a blessng to most: "My bggest challenge s how to choose between so many nterestng thngs," he confessed. "There's just too much to get at. Ths s such a new area of study, and the more we learn the more there s to learn. I get overwhelmed sometmes. But there are a lot worse stuatons to be n," he added wth a laugh. It sounds lke he's more than capable of copng. 045 N.Man 7B Bowlng Green, Oho Management Inc. Student Housng meccabg.com HAVE A WITTY OR FUNNY CAPTION FOR THIS PHOTO? BG NEWS FILE PM0T0 YOUR CAPTION HERE: Submt your capton to capton.contest@bgvews.com or at bgrews.com for your chance to have your photo and your capton appear n next Thursdays ssue of The BG News. Be sure to nclude your contact nformaton to be consd- ered for the contest Wnner wll be selected by The BG News PLAY From Page "Into the Woods." "'Into the Woods' has been one of my favortes for a whle," he sad. "I've always wanted to be n t. I always wanted to play ths role, but I thought I was too young." Stonebrook sad hs character, the Baker, has to "go nto the woods to break a spellcastbyawtchwholves next door." He and hs wfe have to collect Cnderella's slpper, lack's cow (of lack and the Beanstalk), Lttle Red Rdng Hood's cape, ALPHA XI DELTA ALPHA XI DELTA and Rapunzel's golden har and gve them to the wtch so they can have ther happly ever after and have a chld. The muscal shows the sde of fary tales that audences rarely see: what happens after happly ever after. The show, whch was orgnally drected on Broadway by lames Lapne and showcases musc and lyrcs by Stephen Sondhem, mxes the experences of many fary tale characters and explans that granted wshes come wth a cost, accordng to the department Web ste. "There's a great message that the audence gets through the story," Sollsh sad. "There are consequences to your actons, and sometmes when you get your wsh, t's not always for the best." Sollsh sad he knew Stonebrook would be a good choce for the lead role, partly because Sollsh had played the Baker, and he saw smlartes between hmself and Stonebrook. "He just has a vulnerablty that the Baker needs. He's very honest n hs actng," Sollsh sad. "Honestly, when I played the part back when I was hs age... a lot of what saw n myself, see n hm n ths part." Stonebrook's fellow senor cast members also had good thngs to say about hm. "Cory's just the sweetest man, and he's one of the easest actors I've ever had to work wth," sad Kelly Rogers, who plays the Stepmother. "He's a catch for any theater person who wants hm n ther show." Tommy Thurston, who plays lack, sad he wll mss workng wth Stonebrook and the other senors. "It's overwhelmng because I'm sad because t's our last show together, and I'm happy because I feel honored to work wth them for one last tme," Thurston sad. "It's gong to be an awesome experence dong a show wth them one last tme." Holly Blnn, the Wtch n "Into the Woods," sad she wll also mss performng wth Stonebrook and Thurston. "It's knd of hard to thnk that I may never be performng wth them agan," Blnn sad. Stonebrook's goal s to be an actor n ether Chcago or New York. He wll be actng n a couple of callback audtons n Chcago wthn the next couple of months, and he wll hear the results of an audton at the West Vrgna Publc Theater sometme ths month. Stonebrook sad he's glad hs last performance s "Into the Woods." "It's a challenge... but t's taught me so much about beng an actor and ganng endurance as a performer," he sad. "It's been a postve experence. I'm glad t's my last one. It's a good one to leave on." "Into the Woods" starts tonght at 8 p.m., and addtonal performances wll be Aprl 3 and 4 and 8 p.m. and Aprl 4 and 5 at 2 p.m. n the Eva Mare Sant Theatre. my Auto Servce Centers At Tuffy... We Fx Cars And Treat You Rght! Tryng to fnd an auto mechanc that you can trust? OUR "Good," "Better" or-best" OIL CHANGE $eoo Q OFF lotto. Moslem art let tmfc.»? TUFFY BUCKS $*»A00 n 0FF 20 We Offer Complete Automotve Repar 8r»*>*E>rJmthwct>M Art/Uwy FREE gj'llmmhn -««JSS»S Bowlng Green (49) m * 087 S. 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4 WWWBGVIEWS.COM CAMPUS Thursday Ap.l? TIME ON HIS HANDS Battle between Humans, Zombes to reach grand fnale tonght By Mchelle Olmtad R«portet BENIOHMAN STUDY TIME: Slhouetted n front of a beautful Aprl day. senor Jakm Collns takes some tme to enjoy the scenery whle studyng for a test. The Hroko Nakamoto Clock Tower s an solated locaton for students to study and overlook the campus GET A LIFE CALENDAR Of EVENTS Seme events uta from events bguak 8 a.m. - 9 p.m Exhbt #: BFA Senor Thess Exhbt Unon Gallery Space French Canadan wrter reads excerpt from new book Montreal natve Monque Proulx 'a woman wth an ncredble curosty about lfe' Students dartng from buldng to buldng, clad n green bandannas and sportng Nerf guns are hard to gnore anywhere. Although ths has been a common sght on campus wthn the past week, the end s drawng near as the Fnal Stand between I lumans and Zombes wll commence at 0:30 p.m. tonght. For students stll baffled by the pecular behavor of ther peers. ths s all a part of an offcal student organzaton raled l»; Undead. "Humans vs. Zombes," n a nutshell, s an elaborated verson of tag that takes place once a semester However, t s clear t s no ordnary game of tag. Accordng to the BG Undead Web ste, "All players start off as humans, wth the excepton of a set number who have volunteered, and are chosen to be Orgnal Zombes. The Zombes wll start the 'nfecton' by tag gng, or feedng' on members of the Human team. The Zombes must tag a I luman at least once PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MICHELLE OIMSTEA0 UP AGAINST THE WALL:.'. every 3 days, otherwse they 'starve out,' and are then out ol normal game play." Humans maj defend themselves from Zombes wth approved equpment. Nerf-style foam blasters, PVC blowppes wth soft loam darts, balled-tp socks and marshnallows all fall under the category of approved equpment Players must also wear a current BG Undead bandanna ether on ther head (Zombes] or around ther arm or ankle (HUIIUUU.) Starcases, buldngs and loadng docks are among the "sale zones" where nether team can be stunned. BG Undead Presdent Landon Kng, sophomore, s currently on the Human team. Experero ng reactons from both sdes ol the spectrum, Kng takes student comments wth a gran ol salt." "We've had, actually, a putty decent m\ of good comments and had comments," Kng sad. "I know n semesters past, we've UNDEAD 0 a.m.-- 3 p.m. Alca's Voce: Ctzens Aganst Domestc Volence Unon Lobby 3 p.m. -6 p.m. Human Resources Awards Unon p.m pm NWO/COSMOS Collaboratve Councl 246 Math/Scence Bldg By Kyle Reynolds Senor Reporter French Canadan screenwrter and novels Monque Proulx has drawn nspraton from cty lfe for many of her works, but for her latest novel she s drawng nspraton from the country. Last nght. Proulx read excerpts from her most recent book "Champagne." translated nto Englsh as "Wldlves." She spoke at the Unversty as a part of the Pallster Francophone Canadan Lecture Seres. Proulx s the tenth speaker n the seres, whch ams to educate students about Francophone culture, sad Chrstne Drennen, nterm drector of the Canadan Studes Program. "The purpose of the seres s to brng another culture nto our campus communty and we hope for people to gan from ths See WRITER Page 5 New at BGSU No Paper. No Lnes. No Problem. ebll, epayment & erefund comng Aprl 6, 2009 GBIIII monthly bursar bllng notfcaton wll be sent to your BGSU emal account. Sgn up your parent for bllng nformaton access. epayment: new enhanced Web ste for payment servces, payment search, payment hstory Enroll your parent as an authorzed payer. erefund: from n lne to onlne enroll n electronc bankng drect depost for your fnancal ad refunds! To enroll: log onto my.bgsu, clck "Bursar Bll Vew/ Pay" for your new servces page. For nformaton: go to offces/bursar BGSU Offce of the Bursar 32 Admnstraton Bldg. Phone: Fax: ' bursar@bgsu.edu

5 <J "People are just so passonate about the topc. Athests are passonate about beng athest. and devout ndvduals are equally passonate about ther own fath. Where there's emoton there's power." - Kenneth Pargament. Unversty professor, [see story, pg. ], Thursday. Aprl rbuplbun IHtwIKbbl What do you thnk should be done to protect pedestrans on Mercer Road? "Sdewalks on both sdes on the road because cars don't drve on them." NATASHA LEE. Sophomore. Educaton "I thnk they should have a stoplght because t would help pedestrans." CYDNIE EKEY. Freshman. Educaton "I thnk that once you turn 50 you should have to retake your drvng test" JAZMINEBYRD. Sophomore, Geography "Put an actual stoplght or put a crossng guard to gve them rght of way." JAMES CHEFFEN. Freshman. Psychology k VISIT US AT BGVIEWS.COM Have your own take on today's People On The Street? Or a suggeston for a queston? Gve us your feedback at bgvewscom Some acton should be -.taken after pedestrans ht on Mercer Road larlcr ths week. He B(l News ran a story about Evan Detsch, a Unversty freshman, who was struck by a car whle tryng to cross Mocet Road wth hs grlfrend Lndsay Blosser and hs roommate. Despte settng off the blnkng lghts at the crosswalk to ndcate a pedestran crossng, the drver stll ether ddn't see Detsch and company or wasn't payng enough attenton to avod strkng hm. However, accordng to a representatve of the Bowlng (Jreen Polce Department, ths one accdent, almost kllng a student, won't he enough to change anythng on Mercer. I say, why the hell not? How many students s gong to take gettng run down before somethng as smple as stop sgns or stop lghts beng nstalled wll happen? Wll t smply take someone gettng Tt and dyng from ther njures, before ths s taken serously? Detsch was crossng Mercer and. after seeng the car was not slowng down, pushed Blosser out of the way. leavng her vrtually unscathed wth only brused tendons n her foot. Detsch took the man bnnt of the car, a Btck drven by a 67-year-old man, knockng hm 20 to:«) feet away. - Ths knocked out Detsch's teeth, broke hs jaw and nose and gave hm a mnor concusson as well as took a chunk out of hs rght foot after hs shoe came off. The drver was later charged smply wth a falure to yeld and ;gven a SI20 fne. I'm not here ' to demonzc the drver, hut a j$20 fne s all he got? I've had speedng tckets that cost more, land Uat was wthout smashng 'someone's face nto concrete 'after httng them wth my vehcle. Hther I got taken for the proverbal rde, or ths drver got off j farly easly. If you've ever drven down j Mercer after dark, you know t's "dffcult to see pedestrans tryng to cross and the blnkng yellow flghts don't do much to help. In : fact, I thnk often tmes people {'crossng on Mercer who use the yellow lghts smply rely on the, lghts to protect them from drv- Jers, whch doesn't entrely make, sense. If a car s comng at me,. I'm not gong to assume he sees *me and keep meanderng my : way across, I'm gong to get the ; hell out of the way. I myself have come close to httng people on Mercer smply "A stop sgn or set of lghts would really make a dfference and, f set n place earler, could have prevented what happened to [Evan] Detsch." because t's so hard to see on that n>ad. A stop sgn or set of lghts would really make a dfference and, f set n place earler, could have prevented somethng lke what happened to Detsch. Ths would help prmarly at nght when pedestrans are harder to see by drvers, but ths would also help durng the day. Students and other people are tryng to get across the street wth cars and buses takng up all four lanes of the sm?et. makng t vrtually mpossble to cross at all. It really s a wonder an accdent of ths nature ddn't happen earler. Not only would puttng stop sgns or stop lghts on Mercer help pedestrans have a better chance of crossng the street wthout major njury, t would be easer on traffc as well. Tryng to pull out onto Mercer or rum off t n de mddle of the afternoon s such a headache I have started to avod t completely by just gong the long way to or from class. If stop sgns were added and cars ddn't just have to dart out n front of other cars to get on de street t would be better for everyone. Somethng beyond just blnkng yellow lghts at crosswalks needs to be placed on Mercer to make drvers take notce, slow down and gve students a farer, safer chance to cross the street. Stop sgns or lghts would be extremely effectve n ths regard and would not only keep pedestrans safe, but would make thngs easer for drvers as well. There s no reason the cty or Unversty should wat for another ncdent lke what happened to Evan Detsch before they take acton and try to protect everyone usng Mercer, whether they are drvng or walkng. To even make t seem lke they are consderng otherwse s appallng. Respond tojosl at ltenews9jffews.com SPEAK YOUR MIND Got somethng you want to say about an opnon column or news story? Hare's how to get n touch wth us for letters to the edtor: E-mal us at thenews@bgnews.com. Drop a note nto our new comment box at the Unon Informaton Center Call us at Come to our newsroom n 20 West Hall. WALKING IS STILL HONEST WEa,WllM*.C0MT(!oLCAnF /Y)D CAUGHT W BAT". Mr* GONNA (SEIBSE IT Wro THE UttDSAftUMILESfftM tfete. NPM. BESIDES, M<W M> TWO WEEKS, WHICH ftenttftw PRfBASMHWETO ST WXGH SEVEW- (VtWD-NUMBIMG- LECT0ft S ON "WE WrmtVlCE of HOME SAFETY /VvH> fbll- O0JW6 THE" RULES, YEAH, TOuUBEtfP/MWTIrvE ArOOHOW», LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Last tme I checked, pedestrans have the rght of way I was personally mpacted by the story of Lndsay Blosser and Evan Detsch beng ht bya vehcle whle crossngat Mercer Road at the Hashng yellow crosswalk lghts. have had several close calls ut that crossng myself. It seems as f drvers don't know what to do wth the yellow lghtsand smply sal on through gnorng pedestrans crossng the street. Repavng that road has smply made t more dangerous to those on foot. I don't thnk ths s just about makng thngs hetter, t s about savng lves and keepng people safe as they travel on foot throughout campus. Sayng pedestrans should be cautous aganst a movng veh- HEV0O$}lD0lI>3UST«Eaj» ITWASONLYABAfTTTAAT GoTWTOTHEHOOSTCKlfHT WDN0TjXnETHlrJ6W»SE. cle s lke makng a vctm feel culpable for an rresponsble act. Cars come around those corners wth drvers on cell phones and at speeds that do not allow the most cautous person any opton but to run out of ther way and hope they can make t before beng ht. I know from personal experence and avod havng to walk across Mercer f at all possble. Do we really have to wat for IW'TEVEH MWTHEKE (? &ARS SHOULD Go INE SOME- PLACE ELSE,,, NO SENSE IfO POTTING THE REST <* OS ItJOArJ&ER KEITH PAKIZ I THE BG NEWS someone to le klled before we put up a few stop sgns or red lghts nstead of yellow ones that are currently provng to be neffectve? I can't be the only one who has had ths experence on Mercer Road. Kay Ulery, Unversty gmd student, RlHB Counselng. Respond to Kny at llenews/"bgnews.com In an attempt to get rd of ther negatve reputaton, athests need to lead by example Ifyouhavebeenatthellnversty for a whle you have heard or seen the relgous people who preach outsde the Unon. Sometmes they sng songs, sometmes they scream nto a megaphone about how "lesus loves me so much he's gong to send me to burn n a fery pt for all eternty unless I do what he says" and sometmes they pass out pamphlets. remember sttng n ecology class n the sprng. The wndows would be open and cres of "Repent!" would float n through the wndow. Lately, I've even been seeng largcamounts of sgnage for varous relgous talks. If a label had to be placed on me, I'd say I was an agnostc wth strong athest leanngs. Does all ths relgous hubbub offend me? Not really. Honestly, even the artcle wrtten several weeks ago n The BG News statng one couldn't be moral wthout Clod ddn't offend me. Truthfully, these "overzealous" types sadden me. have to ask myself, do people have such lttle fath n humanknd that they beleve we would be hor- K "The best way to battle the rampant msunderstandng the relgous have of athests and agnostcs s not to yell and swear at them, or call them stupd or delusonal." rble people wthout the exstence of ther prvate belefs? Furthermore, do they really thnk shrekng nto a megaphone and shovng pamphlets and Bbles nto unwantng hands s gong to help thngs? These thngs rk me a lttle, but that sn't what I wanted to wrte about. Another athest know sent me a text message the other day. Apparently, people decded to gather near the relgous group and yell, mock and swear at them. They were qute smug and satsfed wth themselves. These are the same people who wll complan about the lack of respect relgons show to athests. Gee, wonder why? The best way to battle the rampant msunderstandng the relgous have of athests and agnostcs s not to yell and swear at them, or call them stupd or delusonal. That smply renforces ther slly belefs that we are not moral people, people who care about others and want to mprove the world around us. We need to lead by example. Ths s where beng what I call a "postve athest" comes n. Instead of sttng up on our "hgh ntellectual horses," we need to get out there. There are so many Chrstan chartes, why can't there be a group of athests or secular ndvduals standng for communty servce and goodwll? I thnk ths school would beneft from a free thnkers group, a place where the nonrelgous or curous can express ther opnons n safety and socalze. The next tme someone tres to yell at you through ther megaphone, try to have an actual dscusson wth them. The next tme you are approached wth a "relgous survey" and get stared blankly at when you tell them you don't beleve n a God, start a conversaton. Don't just tell them you feel ther God s stupd. Be frendly and explan why you feel the way you do. Talkng wth the speaker wll not worsen the athest mage. I lke to dscuss moral values portrayed n the Bble, partcularly the Old Testament. The amount of God-endorsed mass genocdes present s truly stag- FIND OUT W IATBGVIEWS. COM HAS TOO FFERYOU!.A TOP NEWS STORIES 0L \ he ste s updated datly \y wlh stores from the paper and onlne extras. BLOGGING Check out the sports blog for the latest n BG athletcs ARCHIVES Mss somethng? Fnd artcles and columns snce 2000 SPEAK YOUR HIND Comment on stores and columns, or send a letter to the edtor gerng. Do they really feel ths s all rght? If they don't, clearly ther morals are superor to those of thergod's. Honestly, dscusson mght not get you anywhere, especally wth fundamentalsts. But, f you can make a good mpresson upon that person, they wll remember that. I know not all relgous ndvduals beleve athests are evl and mmoral people. Ths doesn't mean they don't have a dm vew of us, though. If we can begn, person by person, to make a good mpresson upon them, perhaps there wll eventually be less bas aganst athests. It s often sad that an "out" athest would have great dffculty becomng elected to a government offce n ths country, and I beleve t (I only know of one openly athestcperson n offce). But f we start today, promotng postve athesm, perhaps one day ths won't be the case. Recall the words of former presdent George H.W. Bush: "I don't know that Athests should be consdered as patrots, nor should they be consdered as Ctzens." We need to change ths horrble atttude today, and t starts wth postve athesm. Respond to Andrea at tlenews9hgews.com MULTIMEDIA Podcasts. audo sldeshows and vdeo add to the story. 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6 WWWBGVIEWS.COM CAMPUS Thursday. Aprl UNDEAD From Page 3 had people say tha hey feel a lot safer wth us runnng around on campus. Because I mean, regardless of how rdculous we are. nobody's gong to try to do anythng llegal wth a bunch of people out at nght." "And then of course, you'll get the occasonal heckler yellng at us, 'You're not a real zombe!'" he added. Senor lovannah Harrslohnson was shocked when she frst saw the Nerf battles. "I just thnk t's a bt odd on my daly stroll to class that there are people runnng around chasng each other wth nerf guns," she sad. "My frst mpresson was, 'What the hell are they dong?'" In the mdst of the ongong battle between Humans and Zombes, an odd sght to see was a par of rval teamsters engagng n casual conversaton. Chattng n front of Rodgers Quadrangle, Alex Wlson and Erk Bertel were n a "safe zone." They had much to say about the organzaton, wthout runnng the rsk of attack. Wlson, whosonthezombe team, beleves that BG Undead s a great way to socalze on campus. "Students that normally don't go out or are good at beng very socal, they all of the sudden fnd new frendshp because they have to ban together," Wlson sad. "Everybody always gets phone numbers and we do stuff, lke have pzza partes afterward. It's a fun tme." Though on the Zombe team, Wlson remans realstc about the Humans' chances of vctory at the Fnal Stand. " honestly, personally, thnk that Humans are gong to [wn] because many of them have what's called an antdote around ther wrst." Wlson went on to explan that antdotes are a one-tme mmunty from a Zombe attack that are gven as awards for mssons throughout the WWW. week. "(The Humans'l normal tactc s to mob up n huge groups," Wlson contnued. "So when you have 00 Nerf darts comng at you at once, and then you have two mnute stuns... t's gong to be tough, but we're gong to try." Senor Erk Bertel s currently on the Human team. In regard to the Fnal Stand, Bertel remans postve about the Humans' chances of survval. "The Humans are more organzed ths semesterwthn the mssons on how to hold off the Zombe assaults... when they make a charge at us, t's easer to hold them off, and stun them all and lose no casualtes," he sad. When asked what hs preferred method of attack s, Bertel mentoned, "Nerf guns, runnng from buldng to buldng and f there's only lke two or three Zombes, charge them because they run away." "It's very stressful durng the game, but t's also a week to unwnd and just let loose. How often n college do you get to play wth Nerf guns?" Beral added. Kng shed further lght onto what the Fnal Stand wll ental. "What has to happen s the lumans are gong to have to hold the locaton for a certan amount of tme," he sad. "Then they have to move to a second locaton that we tell them after that desgnated tme perod. Once that happens, whatever the Humans start off the msson wth, they have to get a thrd of that number to that end locaton, otherwse the Zombes wn." "We have 32 Humans aganst 0 Zombes... we'll see how quck the tde turns, Kng sad. "The Humans are dong better ths year than n semesters past," he sad. After an exhaustng week of strategzng and stunnng, the wnnng team wll earn no physcal award at the Fnal Stand. Rght now, braggng rghts arc the only trophy for vctory. vst us out BGVews '.com BROOKE MOTT IHEBGNEWS DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES: Guest speaker, saeenwter and storyteler. Monque Prouk gave a readng at Jerome Lbrary as pan of the Canadan Lecture Seres n horor of Jants L Pal lster. WRITER From Page 3 understandng of the French experence n North Amerca and maybe challenge typcal belefs and understandngs," Drennensad. The excerpts from "Wldlves" dealt wth a wde range of topcs from posonous mushrooms to rape. She drew her nspraton for ths book on the summers she spends n the country outsde of her hometown of Montreal. "I love Montreal but I can't lve there n the summertme." she sad. "Summertme s an opportunty for me to look around." Summer n the country s tme for Proulx to connect wth nature. "Nature allows me to be alone and wrtng s a soltary actvty," Proulx sad. "It takes years for me to wrte a book and nature gves me the confdence to wrte the books." Proulx really conveyed the pan of her characters durng the readng, sad Canadan Studes Instructor Peggy Cunnffe. "The purpose [of the seres] s to brng another culture nto our campus communty..." Chrstne Drennen Canadan Studes "She s a woman wth an ncredble curosty about lfe and through her wrtngs you can really feel and experence the most dramatc moments of these people's lves." Proulx sad she has no plans to wrte any screenplays n the near future because the people n the flm ndustry don't keep wrters n the loop about the projects they are workng on together and the current budget cuts throughout the ndustry are makng gettng a flm produced very dffcult at the tme. "You are workng for someone else and f your name s not on the contract they won't menton you," Proulx sad. "I don't need the money that much ether, but f I'm attracted to an nterestng project I'll consder t, but I'm focusng on books now." 6 THEBGNEWSSUDOKU SUDOKO To play: Complete the grd so that every row, column and every 3x3 box contans the dgts to 9.There s no guessng or math nvolved. 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7 SPORTS Thursday.Annl/.TOW SIDELINES 6 Martnez, Indans have postve outlook on 2009 FOOTBALL Donte Stal I worth facng bg trouble, beng charged wth DUI Manslaughter Last month n Mam. FL. Donte Stallworth of the Cleveland Bowns struck and klled a pedestran. It was later dscovered that he was ntoxcated at the tme of the ncdent. On Monday he was charged wth DUI Manslaughter ONLINE The BG News Sports Blog Be sure to log on to The 8G News Sports Blog for contnued coverage of your favorte Falcons sports teams. Vst the blog for contnued updates on Dave Clawson's frst go-around at sprng foot- ball practce, and later n the week well have lve blogs for Softball and baseball. OUR CALL Today n Sports Hstory 986-NCAA adopts 3- pont basketball rule (9 feet 9 nch dstance). 977 Montreal Canadens set NHL record of 34 straght home games wthout a loss- TheLst Today we're takng a look at the top fve pcks of the NFL Draft. Here's how we thnk the top fve pcks wll look on Aprl 24.. Matthew Stafford: The Lons need everythng, and a franchse quarterback s a good place to start. Assumng that's what Stafford really s. Tradng the pck to Denver for Jay Cutler would also make a lot of sense. 2. Eugene Monroe: The Rams lost Orlando Pace last season. To make matters worse, ther quarterbacks spent the majorty of ther tme on the ground a year ago. Ths bg left tackle whle not flashy, would be a step n the rght drecton. 3. Aaron Curry: The Chefs acqured ther quar- terback through free agency, now t's tme to sure up the defense. Ths beast of an outsde lnebacker s a lot lke Patrck Wlls two drafts ago. All he's done s make two Pro Bowls and wn Defensve Rooke of the Year honors. 4. B.J. Raj: The Seahawks faled to put adequate pressure on the quarterback last season. Raj. a bg defensve tackle, dom- nated at Boston College. 5. Everette Brown: The Cleveland Browns wll snag the approprately named defensve end. Wth new coach Erc Mangn, a lover of the 3-4 defense, now n town, tfe Browns wll need an off jhe edge pass rusher. t A f- mf A t ^^^^^H SUIT UP: The Falcons are back m acton for sprng practce, whch started Monday. The annual Oartge & Brown game s scheduled for Aprl 25. '.A«e7 ^^ SW? elf^%8^e* ETHAN MAGOC I IHEBGNEWS Back n acton Sprng football practces underway for Clawson, Falcons By Andrew Harrer frst four sprng practces, there Sports Edtor arc Mll sonc lngerng ones hamperng a few Falcons. Wth the wnd whppng across Soon-to-be-senor offensve the football team's practce felds lneman Brady Mnturn had a outsde Doyt Perry Stadum, shoulder scope a few weeks ago coach Dave Clawson sad thngs and wll be sttng out the sprng are progressng. season. Whle the team s stll mostly Mnturn and Shane Steffy wll n the "drll stage" of practce, be holdng down the lne after there was some tacklng durng Brandon Curts and left lnk drlls and a ht of scrmmagng. graduated. In one drll where the offense Runnng back Jason Rce s makes a screen pass close to the stll recoverng from the knee end zone on the sdelne whle njury he sustaned durng last the defense tres to prevent the season's game aganst Buffalo. touchdown, the defense made 25 And whle nether wll partake stops compared to the offense's n sprng practce or the sprng nne touchdowns. game, Clawson s hopeful both And whle practce s the man wll be ready by the start of sumfocus of the team rght now, mer camp. there were stll some loose ends "We see no reason they regardng the team Clawson won't be 00 percent for camp," ted up. Clawson sad. Injury report Ransom report Whle there hasn't been any Runnng back Erc Ransom sgnfcant njures durng the has been fghtng hard follow- Ml' fv KtlTHSRAKOCIC APWCTO NOT YET: Dusty Baker and the Reds had a dsappontng season last year. Tleyll look to compete ths season, but mght stll be a year away Baker, Cncnnat gettng set for 2009 season Joe Kay SARASOTA. F'la. Two red baseball caps hang from hooks on the sde of the wooden locker. Three bats and a black equpment bag are stashed on the top shelf. A padded foldng char rests aganst the sde panel. Ths was Ken Grffey Ir.'s place. The locker that used to be the focal pont n the Cncnnat Reds sprng clubhouse s now a storage space. No name above t. No unforms nsde. The locker the last one n a row nterrupted by a hallway to the traner's room was a magnet durng the nne years CJrffey spent wth hs hometown (cam, a remnder of what the Reds were all about. Then, power. Now, ptchng. See REDS Page 7 ng a par of knee njures datng back to September 2007 when the ntal njury occurred aganst Mchgan State. And whle the rehab process has been long for Ransom, Clawson sad the team s fghtng to get hm another year of elgblty, hs sxth, from the NCAA. Ransom s runnng and able to change drecton, but he s not yet nto football playng shape, and Clawson and the medcal staff don't even know f Ransom wll get back to football form. Above the rest Whle Clawson sad there s a battle for the startng spot at all postons, as of now, soon-to-be senor Tyler Sheehan s the top quarterback. "Tyler has clearly shown that he's ahead of the rest of them," Clawson sad. And wth good reason: he has more experence. * AT BGNEWSSPORTS.COM: Be sure to log on to The BG News Sports Blog for a sldeshow of sprng football practce. Sheehan has started the past two seasons for the Falcons and also played some as a freshman. In total, Sheehan has passed for 6,006 yards and 43 touchdowns whle rushng for 356 yards and 0 touchdowns. Hs man competton n camp s from last season's backup Andrew Beam who runs the second-team offense n practce. Beam played n sx games See FOOTBALL I 7 GOODYEAR, Arz. (API Vctor Martnez whstled and laughed hs way through battng practce, then jogged back to the Cleveland Indans' sprng tranng clubhouse hummng a salsa tune. "It's not long untl the season and everybody s happy and excted," the swtch-httng catcher sad yesterday. " love beng wth these guys, and we are ready to go and wn games." The Indans leave Arzona tomorrow. They wll play two weekend exhbton games n Houston aganst the Astros and open the season Monday n Texas aganst the Rangers. Martnez was partcularly upbeat after seeng left-hander Juan Lara n unform. A year and a half ago, Iara nearly ded n a Domncan Republc hosptal, fe had stopped hs car at a traffc lght on hs way home from a wnter league game n November 2007 when t was ht by a speedng motorcycle. Iara ncurred severe bran trauma, a fractured spne, two broken rbs, a broken arm and a punctured lung. Doctors kept hm n a coma for weeks before fttng hm wth a halo vest to support hs neck. He later had surgery on hs spne and arm. "Seeng hm here makes you extra proud to be a Cleveland Indan," Martnez sad. "Ths s the only organzaton I know, so I can't say about other teams. But people here care about every player. "You always want to work hard and play good, but we all try a lttle extra because you want to do good for the people who are good to you." I.ara, a 28-year-old who made 0 relef appearances for the Indans n , was sgned to a mnor-league contract. THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGES: Johnny Goryl marvels at the Indans' new tranng facltes. Wth more than 25 years as a specal nstructor n Cleveland's sprng camp, the stll-lmber 75-year-old sad the team's new home s nothng lke what he experenced as a young player n the late 940s. "My frst sprng tranng, we slept n a blanket underneath the grandstand," Goryl sad. "Some guys slept n ther unforms, got up at sunrse and dd some jumpng jacks, then went out on the feld. "Ths place s lkeanother world. See OUTLOOK Page 7 Indans could compete n AL Central JEFF CHIU LOOKING UP: After a dsappontng 2008 campagn. Clff Lee and the Cleveland Indans wll look to compete n the dvson. Cleveland Indans set for start of 2009 season Tom Wther* CLEVELAND Across the plaza from LeBron James' home-court offce, powerwashers blast wnter's leftovers off the seats and corrdorsnsde Progressve Feld. Wth openng day approachng, the fabulous ballpark s beng spruced up for another season. Outsde the gates, t's quet. Real quet. There's only one customer at box offce wndow No. 7, and after pckng up an extratcket for an Aprl 0 game aganst Toronto, the longtme fan summed up how many Clevelanders are feelng about the Cleveland Indans and ther chances of wnnng n 2009, "It's gong to be a show-me frst atttude," sad George Roth of Shaker Heghts, a season-tcket holder for the past 5 years. "Rght now, wth the economy, t's I,eBron and the Cavalers. Then, AP PHOTO t's the Indans. I thnk after what happened last year, fans are a lttle more retcent." As James and the Cavs take am at a frst NBA ttle and the Browns rebuld, the Indans, who grossly underperformed whle lnng tl Ml last season, are gettng mnmal attenton. Maybe that's not such a bad thng. The club's trend n recent See INDIANS Page 7 T I.

8 '*- _ SPORTS Thursday. Apr.l FOOTBALL From Page 6 last season, makng a 22-yard touchdown pass to Sh-chan and rushng the hall 22 tmes for 08 yards. Systemc approach Clawson s keepng hs new offensve system under wraps for the lme beng. "We have an dea, hut we'll he multple," Clawson sad. When he was hred, Clawson sad he ddn't lke to get marred to a system and wodd utlze hs best playmakers at any gven tme. Wth strong players returnng at recever and runnng back, chances are multple mght he tn? proper adjectve for hs OUTLOOK From Page 6 I love to watch these young guys get the chance to use all the state-of-the-art equpment and then go play." "RAPID ROBERT REMEMBERS: Hall of Earner Bob Idler, 90, sgns autographs at every Indans sprng home game and often tosses the ball around on the mnor-league felds. Eeller delghts n tellng about beng n World War II, ptchng to Babe Ruth and led Wllams, meetng a dozen U.S. Presdents and baseball legends such as Cy Young and "Shoeless" Joe lackson. "I'm 90 years old, not 20," Feller cracked when asked f he had faced lackson whle barnstornng around Amerca n the 930s and-0s. lackson was banned from baseball for allegedly bettng on the 99 World Seres n the "Black Sox Scandal." He played sempro ball nto hs late 40s and WWW. offense. No hard feelngs Lnebacker Josh Schedler left the team shortly after Clawson was hred because of an njury and to focus more on academcs. Schedler would have lkely been n the runnng be a backup lnebacker after the team lost two - John Hanelne and Erque Dozer - to graduaton. Last season, Schedler redshrted due to that njury, and he played n fve games durng the 2007 season. I love ths town Clawson sad he's enjoyed the transton nto Bowlng Green from Tennessee. "It's been a great transton," Clawson sad. "People have been really frendly." ded at age 62 n 95. "Never faced hm, but I met hm when I was 8," Feller sad of lackson. "He was workng n a textle mll n Greenvlle, S.C., tryng to make a lvng." ON THE HORIZON: Former Indans thrd baseman Travs Fryman, manager of short-season MahonngValley, works each day wth LonneChsenhall. "He's the best lstener and best learner n camp," Fryman sad of Cleveland's No. draft pck n Chsenhall, 20, s swtchng from shortstop to thrd base. Fryman made the same move n the majors, becomng an all-star at both spots. "Frst off, he's a htter." Fryman sad. "I ledrves t to the opposte feld. As he matures and learns to pull the ball, he wll gan power, but I thnk he wll combne that wth a hgh battng average. "In the feld, he's adapted to thrd a lot faster than I expected." 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Wo+Mcrt, tteje. ond loget REDS From Page 6 The Redsaretryngto renvent themselves wthout Grffey and slugger Adam Dunn, swappng long home runs for qualty starts. They traded the prolfc home run hners last season and set a new course for a franchse that's had eght straght losng seasons. "Oh, t's a 80-degree flp from what t was," top starter Aaron I Luang sad. "Snce I've been here, that's how t's been: 'Let's try to get Dunn, lmn n (Austn) Kearns when he was here, let's try to get those guys up and let them ht the long ball.'" Instead, they're tryng to wn n 2009 wth ther best startng rotaton n 5 years, an offense that's tryng to do more of the lttle thngs, and a lneup full of young players who could soon replace Grffey and Dunn as the face of the franchse. It's a season of transton. "We don't have the power, but the ptchng's gong to keep us n games and the offense s gong to have to produce and not st back and wat for that long lall," I larang sad. The rotaton s a good start. The foursome of Harang, Ednson Volquez, Bronson Arroyo and rooke Johnny Cueto all made at least 25 starts and had ERAs below 5.00 last season. That hadn't happened n Cncnnat snce 992, when the rotaton ncluded lose Rjo, Tm Belcher, Greg Swndell and Chrs Hammond. The Reds were contenders back then, wnnng the World Scres n 990 wth a sold rotaton and the Nasty Boys bullpen. They reached the NI. champonshp seres n 995 before losng to Atlanta. Then, they fell off the map. They lost a one-game playoff for the NL wld card to the Mets n 999, traded for Grffey before the 2000 season and made offense the overrdng prorty. And all they dd was lose. For the frst tme snce then, they've changed the emphass. When teams talked about trades n the offseason, t hey tred to pry one of the starters away. Ths tme, the Reds ddn't go along. "That's bg," manager Dusty Baker sad. "The one thng that we dd was we mantaned our ptchng. If we were gong to make a deal, that's what they wanted our ptchng. And we lke our ptchng a lot. So I'm just glad that we got to keep every- ' body." The rotaton s the most dependable part of the team. I larang put on weght, hurt hs arm and went 6-7 last season, but has lost 33 pounds and looks to be back n form. Volquez went 7-6 and made the All-Star team n hs frst season snce arrvng n the trade for Josh Hamlton. Arroyo went 5- despte a flare-up of the carpal tunnel syndrome that has bothered hm ths sprng Cueto showed flashes of promse durng a 9- wn rooke season. The offense s where t gets nterestng. Instead of Dunn and Grffey, the Reds wll be relyng on Joey Votto and Jay Bruce, both of whom got rooke of the year votes last season. Vono led all NL rookes wth a.297 battng average; Bruce led the Reds wth 5 homers after the All-Star break. They became the frst par of Reds rookes to ht at least 3 homers n the same season. One of the man weaknesses last season was the lack of a consstent leadoff htter. The Reds tred to fx that by sgnng center felder Wlly Tavcras, who stole annl-hgh68basesforcolorado last season but had only a.308 on-base percentage. When he got on base, he was dangerous. Trouble was. he ddn't get on all that often. Second baseman Brandon Phllps won hs frst Gold Glove lastseason.ayearafterhebecame the frst Red at hs poston to ht 30 homers and steal 30 bases n a season. Thrd baseman Edwn Encarnacon ht a career-hgh 26 homers, but remaned a streaky htter and had a team-leadng 23 errors, more than twce as many as anyone else. INDIANS From Page 6 Our vews Your Vews BGSU and years s to contend whn no one expects t to. After wnnng 93 games n the Indans dropped to78\vnsn2006. After wnnng 96 games and gellng to the AI.CS n 2007, the Indans sld to 8 wns last season. Well, t's an odd-numbered year, and n the wde-open Al. Central, manager Erc Wedge's squad s as good as any n the dvson. "We defntely have the peces we need to be Successful, sad catcher Vctor Martnez, who wll share dutes behnd the plate wth Kelly Shoppach and )ln\ some at frst. "I beleve n ths team. There are some players that maybe have not been notced before and are gong to step up. Wthout njures, ths s a very, very good baseball team." It's also one wth ls far share of queston marks. Except for Cy Young wnner Clff Lee, Cleveland's startng rotaton s loaded wth uncertanty. Rght-hander Fausto Carmona, so domnant as a 9- game wnner n '07. struggled wth hs control and mssed a large chunk nl last season wth a hp stran. Hs weght rased some eyebrows ths sprng, but the 25-year-old's snker seemed to be n much better shape. After blowng ther free-agent money on closer Kerry Wood [two years, S20.5 mllon), the md-market Indans couldn't afford a hgh-prced starter. However, they may have found a bargan-basement steal n Carl Pavano. who flamed out n New York and because of njures has ptched just 45 nnngs the past three seasons. I le'll be Cleveland's No. 3. as shaky a nddle-of-lhe-rotalon starter as you'll fnd n baseball. The Indans were encouraged by Pavano's progress durng camp, and they'll begn the season wth Scott Lews and Anthony Reyes n the Nos. 4 and 5 slots. If they struggle, help s Bowlng Green just a two-hour drve away at Trple-A Columbus, where lefthanders Davd Huff, lererny Sowers and Aaron Laffry wll he on call. In bet, Cleveland has an abundance of young talent n the upper mnors wth outfeld prospects Matt LaPorta and Mchael llrantley. second baseman Lus Valbuena and thrd baseman Wes I lodges at the top nl a class tha gves the Indans a promsng future. "Every tme I walk down to the mnor league felds and watch them play, t renforces the deptl of talent we've got," gen era! manager Mark Shapro sad. "I'm not prone to creatng expectatons n that area, but wth the realtes ol our market, that's essental to how we conduct our busness. It's talent we can buld around for years to come. Ths year's success, however, could hnge tn desgnated htter Travs Hafner bouncng back from an njury-ravaged After battng just.97 n 57 games wth a bafflng rght shoulder njury. Hafner underwent offseason surgery and nssts he's healthy agan. Hs swng sn't. Durng tranng camp, l lamer dd not drve balls nto the gaps the way he dd a few years ago. when he was arguably the Al\ most feared power htter. Shapro remans optmstc Hafner wll come around. "I beleve n the person and beleve n the track record," Shapro sad. "Obvously, everythng s not together rght now. But we feel he's movng n the rght drecton, and that t's gong to come together at some pont soon." 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9 I NATION WWWBGVIEWS.COM I Auto sales contnue to declne Bree Fowler The As n ll March proved to be anothe dsmal month "l steep declnes for U*.S. auto sales a-, low consumer confdence and job uncertanty contnued to keep buyers awaj from showrooms, but the mprovement from February sgnaled that bargan-huntng buyers nut) be provdng the momentum for a turnaround. Vutomakers sold 857,735 lght vehcles last month, a 37 percent declne from a year earler, accordng to \utodata Inc. General Motors Corp.'s sales fell 5 percent, whle Ford Motor ( reported a II per cem drop Sales at (Ihrysler, loyota, Honda and Nssan were just a few ponts better. Despte the declnes from a year ago, GM, Ford, Chrysler and rbyota all posted double-dgt mprovements from I ebruary, when ndustrywde [ s. sales l t the lowest pont n more than ' years.. - n ^^ JMj SsTS TF^~" ^M^J **s- ^r^ ~\ _^ DAVID 2AIUBOWSKI NO BUYERS: 'le company logo shnes ol ho grlle olan unsold 2009 Serra pckup truck Sales are generally better n March as warmer ternperatures help drve people to showrooms, but ndustrywde U.S -ales ncreased 25 percent from February's fgures, beatng the typcal.ncrease of about M percent and gvng rse tc optmsm that the worst may be over. Mke DGovannf GM'sexecutve drector of global market and Industry analyss, sad the market appears tc be "bounc- p n the south Denver suburb of Lttleton. Colo. ng around the bottom." Automakers' ncentve spendng last month reached a record hgh, accordng to the auto Web ste ldmunds.com. The average ncentve on vehcles sold last month was $3,69, up 30 percent from a year earler. GM and I lyunda Motor Co. spent more on ncentves than they ever have. Edmunds sad. Ford sad ts ncentve spendng was the same as a year ago. Blagojevch ndctment expected soon Mke Robnson c HICAGO \n ndctment s expected as earlj as tomorrow chargng ousted Illnos Gov. Hod Blagojevch Wth presdng Over state government awash n poltcal corrupton. I be ndctment U.S. Attorne) Patrck I. Ftzgerald s expected to produce would replace a complant chargng Blagojevch wth plottng to rade or sell Presdent lla.uk Obama's former U.S. senate seat and a host of other cor ruprjon. Whle tmng of grand jury meetngs s neve dsclosed, tomorrow s beleved n be the last before a Tuesda\ dead lne tn the complant to be replaced. I tzgerad could ask U.S. Dstrct Court Chef lodge lames I. Ilolderman for an extenson, bn all sgns pont to an mmnent ndctment. "We're just hours away from a massve paj to play ndct mem aganst Gov. Blagojevch and possbly others.' former federal prosecutor Patrck M. Collns, who sent Gov. George Ryan to prson tor racketeer ng, sad at a news conference Tuesday. In addton to the Senate sen allegatons, an affdavt accompanyng the December complant accuses Blagojevch of lvng to use hs poltcal powe n pressure the Chcago Trbune to fre edtoral wrters callng for hs mpeachment. blagojevch. 52. denes any wrongdong. But the Democrat's Dec. 9 arrest ended hs poltcal career. The Illnos Mouse mpeached hm Ian. 9. The Senate convcted hm and removed hm from offce Ian. 29, Rather than brood, though, he took off on a surprse tour of natonal televson talk shows to proclam bs nnocence. Hs ntal chef defense counsel. Edward M. (Icnson, resgned, hntng Blagojevch had gnored hs advce to stay quet. Blagojevch recently sgned on (enson's law partner. Terence I'. Gllespe. :<: m- J>fl» IT " r * * %.-!. f I ' ^^p^^^^^,e«e^^b DAVE MARTIN I AP PHOTO KNEE DEEP: Malt Galbway. left, and golf course superntendent Vance Lanqham walk through recedng floodwaters that nundated the Rver Oaks Golf Course n Geneva. Ala. More ran expected to ht the Gulf Coast Jay R*«v«s GENEVA, Ala. Water-logged Gulf Coast communtes kept a wary eye on rsng rvers and flooded roads yesterday as forecasts called for another round of ran. The West Pearl Rver, already more than four feet above flood stage at about 9 feet, had emergency offcals n St. Tammany Parsh, La., bracngfor floodng, partcularly In low-lyng areas. The Natonal Weather Servce sad the rver that forms part of the Msssspp-Lousana state lne could crest at 9.5 feet tomorrow mornng, approachng a hstorc crest t reached n Aprl 983 that caused damagng floodng. "We're not expectng sgnfcant house floodng. We're expectng sgnfcant street floodng," Parsh spokeswoman Suzanne Steymest sad. "But t's hard to predct." Another round of storms was expected n the regon startng late yesterday. The Natonal Weather Servce sad ran was forecast throughout the regon over the next two days, and the heavest amount was expected n the ltorda Panhandle, where some areas could see two to fve nches. However, even lght ranfall could add to the woes of already-drenched areas. "All the rvers are stll so swollen that t's not gong to take a lot of ran to brng them back up." sad Moble-based weather servce meteorologst leffgarmon. In Florda, Lynn Orr was walng to see what happens tomorrow before contnung to rebuld a mle of tral at the shootng range he manages off the Shoal Rver n Okaloosa County. He had spent much of the week on a tractor restorng the tral that was washed out by prevous storms, but hs work was destroyed by rans on Tuesday nght. "It was about 20 hours of work the last couple of days and we are closed agan today," he sad. Keth Wllams, who keeps track of rver floodng wth the NWSoffcen Moble, sad therehave been reports of moderate floodng n south Alabama, but nothng major. Scattered thunderstorms moved across northern lorda yesterday, causng some floodng but largely sparng major roads and buldngs. At least 0 school dstrcts n south Georga closed yesterday because of concerns about flooded roadways, and some schools n south Alabama opened late. Iloodwaters n Msssspp swept as many as 20 allgators out of ther vewng area at the Gulf Coast Gator Ranch n Orange Grove. But owner Allan Adams sad the 30-acre farm s surrounded by swamps, the gators' natural habtat, and they are not a threat to people. Parts of the Southeast have seen nearly a foot of ranfall n recent days, and a few areas had upward of 7 nches. Scores of people were evacuated, but most have returned to ther homes. Lstngs Avalable On-Lne Vst STOP by our offce & pck up the New Lstngs! 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Unversty attorney Patrck O'Rourke sad Churchll's frng was far and that he s usng a free speech argument to excuse hs fraud. Churchll's essay called the World Trade Center vctms "lttle Echmanns." It was wrtten n 200 but attracted lttle attenton untl 2005, when crtcs publczed t after Churchll was nvted to speak at Hamlton College n upstate New York. Unversty offcals sad then that Churchll's remarks were protected by the Frst Amendment, but they launched an nvestgaton nto hs scholarly wrtngs. Unversty offcals say the faculty commttees found a pattern of research msconduct that ncluded plagarsm, fabrcated research on Natve Amercans and an artcle Churchll wrote under someone else's name and then later cted t n support of hs work. I ane told jurors that Churchll dd nothng wrong, but even f the research msconduct allegatons were true, the queston they must answer s whether he was fred as retrbuton for the Sept. essay. 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10 WWWBGVIEWS.COM WASHINGTON Thursday. Aprl Obama's tax rase breaks promse Calvn Woodward WASHINGTON One of Presdent Barack Obama's campagn pledges on taxes went up n puffs of smoke yesterday. The largest ncrease n tobacco taxes took effect despte - Obama's promse not to rase taxes of any knd on famles earnng under $250,000 or ndvduals under $200,000. Ths s one tax that dsproportonately affects the poor, who arc more lkely to smoke than the rch. To be sure. Obama's tax promses n last year's campagn were most often made n the context of ncome taxes. Not always. "I can make a frm pledge," he sad n Dover, N.H., on Sept. 2. "Under my plan, no famly makng less than $250,000 a year wll see any form of tax ncrease. Not your ncome tax, not your payroll tax, not your captal gans taxes, not any of your taxes." He repeatedly vowed "you wll not see any of your taxes ncrease one sngle dme." Now n offce, Obama, who stopped smokng but has admtted he slps now and then, sgned a law rasng the tobacco tax nearly 62 cents on a pack of cgarettes, to S.0. Other tobacco products saw smlarly steep ncreases. The extra money wll be used to fnance a major expanson of health nsurance for chldren. That represents a step toward achevng another promse, to make sure all kds are covered. ESTEBAN FEUX AP PHOTO PACKING: In ths Feb (le photo, tobacco workers pack boxes wth Obama Presdental Seres 44 cgars on a tobacco plantaton at the Segova Cgars tobacco company Obama sad n the campagn that Amercans could have both a broad boost n affordable health nsurance for the naton wthout rasng taxes on anyone but the rch. Hs detaled- campagn plan stated that hs proposed mprovement n health nsurance and health technology "s more than covered" by rasng taxes on the wealthy alone. It was not based on rasng the tobacco tax. The Whte House contends Obama's campagn pledge left room for measures such as the one fnancng chldren's health nsurance. "The presdent's poston throughout the campagn was that he would not rase ncome or payroll taxes on famles makng less than $250,000, and that's a promse he has kept," sad Whte House spokesman Redd II. Cherln. "In ths case, he supported a publc health measure that wll extend health coverage to 4 mllon chldren who are currently unnsured." ACROSS. I r, L _ r ; ' b Salor's mop 5 Takes steps 9 Donna lead-n 4 Volcano output 5 Record spoler 6 Kndled anew 7 Start ol qup 9 U.A.E. rulers 20 Remove the rme 2 Break down, as a sentence 23 Had lunch 24 Accomplshes. 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Schwarz and 63 Tax return nfo others 65 Gun m old slang 38 Numercal endngs 67 Acheved vctory 39 Dawn Chong and Carruth ANSWERS s V H M" Q 3 S '. N, o M V s a a 0,'.,w 3 M> 0 n t o a N 0 I A N I 5 0 M - r. S 5 c M u 'J V H O 0 n H ' '. 0 3 ( V O y n * V -.;.'. ' M V f. V.'. '.. 0 t '.' M n >'. w C H - p a s b J d a 3 H. M 3 M v 0 ' M 0 e v A V V ft - Ms 3 va M -> New economc stmulus ams to help schools succeed Help Wanted For Rent Lbby Quad WASHINGTON Educaton Secretary Arne Duncan yesterday released the frst $44 bnon n economc stmulus money drected to schools, but sad strngs wll be attached to the next round of ad. The Obama admnstraton vews the stmulus as a chance not only to save thousands of teachers' jobs but to overhaul the naton's falng schools. "Ths s a hstorc opportunty, a once-n-a-lfetme opportunty, to lay the groundwork for a generaton of educaton reforms," Duncan sad yesterday at Doswell Brooks Elementary School n the Washngton suburb of Captol Heghts. Md. Duncan chose the school because t has sgnfcantly boosted achevement despte hgh numbers of poor and specal educaton chldren, a challenge that often overwhelms urban schools lke Doswell Brooks. After announcng the stmulus news n the lbrary, Duncan vsted two classrooms wth Maryland Gov. Martn O'Malley. They took turns readng the book "New Trcks I Can Do!" to frst-graders and talked about Presdent Barack Obama to ffth-graders.. "It's not just beng presdent," Duncan sad. "You can be smart lke the presdent, rght? Obama's frst order of bus- "It's not just beng presdent...you can be smart lke the presdent, rght?" Arne Duncan Secretary ness when he took offce n lanuary was passage of hs economc stmulus bll, whch provdes an unprecedented amount of money for schools double the educaton budget under Presdent George W. Bush over the next two years. Yesterday, the admnstraton made avalable half of the dollars for federal programs that pay for kndergar- Unemployment rates soar to new heghts Jeannna Av«rsa WASHINGTON Unemployment rates rose n all of the naton's largest metropoltan areas for the second straght month n February. The U.S. Labor Department reported two days ago all 372 metropoltan areas tracked saw ther jobless rates rse n February from a year earler. Indana's Elkhart-Goshen and North Carolna's Hckory- Lenor-Morganton, both hammered by manufacturng layoffs, regstered the bggest annual ncreases. The U.S. unemployment rale rose to 8. percent n February, the hghest n more than 25 years. Economsts predct the natonal jobless rate wll J Bedroom Apartments From Only $499! On selected floor plans 2 Bedroom Apartments From Only $599! 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"I thnk part of the ssue we're dealng wth s pure math as the naton changes nto a» «> 5 o '«IVYW00DAPTS. > rlm Bdrms./Studos Sprng Specal: Reduced Rcn Near BGSU. prvate pato/entrance, extra storage, pets welcome short-term leases aval. Also, no Securty * Depost and /2 off st month f vou move n > nefore"5/.m/09.* EHO«- Restrctons Apply «servces orented economy," Mllar sad. The local layoffs accelerated at furnture makers and textle producers that have been shftng work to low-cost overseas producers for a decade, and at auto supplers battered by slumpng car sales. Even the fber-optc cable manufacturers that once seemed to be the regon's hope are sufferng from a lack of orders. Cornng Cable Systems n February sad t would elmnate about 200 jobs as t shut an optcal assembly plant n Hckory. El-Centro, Calf., contnued to lay clam to the hghest unemployment rate 24.5 percent. The jobless rate s notorously hgh n the area, where many unemployed are seasonal agrculture workers. Followng close behnd were Merced, Calf., wth a jobless rate of 9.9 percent, and Yuba Cty, Calf., at 8.9 percent. Elkhart-Goshen rounded out the top four. $8 - $4+ an hour! -2 Days per week durng school Full Tme durng summer break NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED WllL TRAIN ten through 2th grade and specal educaton. In addton, Duncan wll provde applcatons for states to get money from a specal fund to stablze state and local budgets. However, loopholes created by Congress could let states and school dstrcts spend the money on other thngs, such as playground equpment or new constructon. It also could let lawmakers cut state ad and replace t wth stmulus dollars, leavng school dstrcts wth no addtonal ad as local tax revenues plummet. Duncan sad last week he wll "come down lke a ton of brcks" and wthhold the second round of funds from anyone who defes Obama's wshes. 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