By Kristen VasasCity Editor

On the night of Feb. 1, clinical psy-chology doctoral student Carmen Oemig gathered with her friends at the Cla-Zel Bar in downtown Bowling Green for a friend’s cel-ebratory birthday party.

Only a short time later, she would be rushed to the Wood County Hospital with fractures to her facial bones, a shattered nose and three broken teeth — chang-ing her life forever.

Oemig became an assault vic-tim that night when the then-unidentified 28-year-old Joshua Baker chucked a shot glass across the room after getting into a fight with another patron.

“There was just this incredible force that hit my face and I could feel my teeth were broken and see the blood pouring out of my face,” Oemig said. “I remember thinking ‘why would someone do this?’”

Oemig was left without answers for more than a month before Baker was arrested and charged with felonious assault. According to the Ohio Revised Code, a feloni-ous assault occurs when a person knowingly causes serious physi-cal harm to another with a deadly weapon or by dangerous acts.

And Oemig is not alone. Within two weeks at the end of February, four other felonious assaults took place in Bowling Green, including a burglary, a kidnapping and two attacks on police officers.

“It’s a coincidence everything happened all at once like that,”

Bowling Green Police Lt. Tony Hetrick said. “We can’t point to any one thing to be a factor.”

Hetrick said the city normally sees an increase in crime in the springtime when the weather gets warmer and people spend more time outdoors. The month of April also marks the month before graduation, which brings an increased number of viola-tions because of the rise in party goers.

“Crime drops off complete-ly after graduation, and we get pretty quiet for awhile,” he said. “There is no rhyme or reason to some of it. It just happens.”

For Oemig, the timing of the assault doesn’t matter. Regardless of what month the attack occurred in, she still has to face the issues it created, she said.

“When there’s a trauma like this, your power and control are taken away,” she said. “There are medical, emotional and legal realities that then can be really disruptive [and] it takes time to re-orient.”

Allies in Mental Health coun-selor and therapist Pamela Skeeter-Hunt, who specializes in trauma cases, said the worst thing an assault victim can do during the recovery process is deny the attack ever happened.

By trying to suppress the inci-dent, Skeeter-Hunt said victims could actually make the process of emotional and physical recov-ery worse.

Assault victim speaks about her trauma

City police note recent rise in felonious assault in downtown area as warm weather approaches

PHOTO PROVIDED BY CARMEN OEMIG

BEFORE: Carmen Oemig, pictured above, before she was assaulted at the Cla-Zel Bar.

AFTER: Carmen Oemig after the assault at the Cla-Zel Bar.

By Jesper BekkersReporter

Dale Smith had his first contact with other planets when he was in the third grade.

Now, he is a 60-year-old astronomy professor and the director of the University’s planetarium.

“A friend gave me a children’s astronomy book, and I was fas-cinated,” he said. “Thirty-three years later, I met the author of the book.”

The author sucked Smith into the world of other planets miles away from planet Earth and Smith said he has been a part of the world of science ever since.

“There are only a few plan-etariums and astronomers, but when you’re part of the group then you’ll always be,” he said.

Even though he has always been a part of that out-of-our-world world, he didn’t like sci-ence as a young man.

“The science classes [in high school] were not being taught very good, the level was medi-

um,” he said. “I really liked English, math and history. Today in my astronomy classes I always try to put history in it, to put the information in per-spective.”

I think that students should always take a wide range of classes. You don’t know what knowledge you need to have in your future area of work. I still use a lot of knowledge that was taught during high school — something I could never pre-dict.”

After high school Smith want-ed to study astronomy; a friend of his had the same major in Seattle and spoke highly of the program.

“My friend found the school great, so I went doing that,” he said.

Smith came to the University in 1983 when he was informed there was a job opportunity and the faculty was investing in a planetarium.

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Out-of-this-world professor is a member of the elite As a child, astronomy professor fell in love with the Milky

Way galaxy and now runs the University’s planetariumAs a child, astronomy professor fell in love with the Milky

Way galaxy and now runs the University’s planetariumAs a child, astronomy professor fell in love with the Milky

RACHEL RADWANSKI | THE BG NEWSLOOKING TOWARD THE STARS: Professor Dale Smith holds programs in the planetarium for local school children to instruct them about the stars and planets.

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“I had finally figured out how to work and take 17 credit hours and be involved on campus while maintaining a 4.0 GPA and then life happened. involved on campus while maintaining a 4.0 GPA and then life happened. involved on campus while maintaining

Planning a wedding, finding a job for Planning a wedding, finding a job for next year and preparing for graduate next year and preparing for graduate Planning a wedding, finding a job for next year and preparing for graduate Planning a wedding, finding a job for Planning a wedding, finding a job for next year and preparing for graduate Planning a wedding, finding a job for

school has divided my focus and made next year and preparing for graduate school has divided my focus and made next year and preparing for graduate

it harder to stay focused on school.” it harder to stay focused on school.” school has divided my focus and made it harder to stay focused on school.” school has divided my focus and made

“At 5:45 every morning I have to go “At 5:45 every morning I have to go to school, Monday to Friday I cannot to school, Monday to Friday I cannot skip class. I don’t even want to think to school, Monday to Friday I cannot skip class. I don’t even want to think to school, Monday to Friday I cannot

about what would happen if I got sick. I’ve had many nights with no sleep about what would happen if I got sick. I’ve had many nights with no sleep about what would happen if I got sick.

followed by full days of teaching.”I’ve had many nights with no sleep followed by full days of teaching.”I’ve had many nights with no sleep

“My senior year is much harder than “My senior year is much harder than most people’s I know. I keep remind-most people’s I know. I keep remind-“My senior year is much harder than most people’s I know. I keep remind-“My senior year is much harder than “My senior year is much harder than most people’s I know. I keep remind-“My senior year is much harder than

ing myself of how hard I’ve worked most people’s I know. I keep remind-ing myself of how hard I’ve worked most people’s I know. I keep remind-

to get where I am and how far I’ve to get where I am and how far I’ve ing myself of how hard I’ve worked to get where I am and how far I’ve ing myself of how hard I’ve worked

come. And I count down the days come. And I count down the days to get where I am and how far I’ve come. And I count down the days to get where I am and how far I’ve

until I graduate.”until I graduate.”come. And I count down the days until I graduate.”come. And I count down the days

“My friends with other majors are all still working hard. We are all trying to get out of here and get a job at the still working hard. We are all trying to get out of here and get a job at the still working hard. We are all trying to

same time. I would say the biggest same time. I would say the biggest challenge is finding a job, especially challenge is finding a job, especially same time. I would say the biggest challenge is finding a job, especially same time. I would say the biggest same time. I would say the biggest challenge is finding a job, especially same time. I would say the biggest

with these economic times.”challenge is finding a job, especially with these economic times.”challenge is finding a job, especially

“I am not taking any classes this semester. On Mondays I do have a semester. On Mondays I do have a “I am not taking any classes this semester. On Mondays I do have a “I am not taking any classes this

seminar course. This requires a few seminar course. This requires a few research papers, case studies, and a resume. Every other day I spend a resume. Every other day I spend in my internship at Wood County’s in my internship at Wood County’s a resume. Every other day I spend in my internship at Wood County’s a resume. Every other day I spend a resume. Every other day I spend in my internship at Wood County’s a resume. Every other day I spend

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“You can’t stuff anything and put it away in the back of your mind,” she said. “It’s realistically impossible because it’s still there and always will be.”

Instead, Skeeter-Hunt encour-ages all victims of assault to talk to someone they trust when they’re ready. For some victims, this can mean confiding in a therapist, while others can simply turn to close friends and family, she said.

Another option Skeeter-Hunt recommends is journaling. By writing down emotions and thoughts on paper, there is a dif-ferent kind of release compared to any other form of therapy, she said.

“One of the reasons therapy works so well is because you use different parts of your brain,” Skeeter-Hunt said. “You see things, you write things, you talk out loud, and these all really ask you to look at the trauma on a deeper level.”

Drawing on both her clinical and personal experience, Oemig said that although everyone heals differently, it’s helpful to draw on personal values to help cope with assault.

“There isn’t a right way to do this. Each person experiences assault differently and so will need to find their unique way of reclaiming or rebuilding what-ever feels lost following such a personal violation,” Oemig said. “Trauma calls up both incred-ible vulnerability and strength. It is helpful to identify and access resources that help you cope, reorient, and reconnect with what you value most.”

And while Skeeter-Hunt said assault victims need different treatments depending on the severity and longevity of the attack, she encourages all people experiencing any form of trau-ma to get help, either from close friends or a therapist.

“This is the death of a person, a psyche, that we’re talking about,” she said. “The best thing is to get therapy, get help. Don’t try to work

SMITH From Page 2al physicist and he has worked more than 10 years with Smith.

“I’m impressed by his dedica-tion to his work, and he’s very intelligent,” he said. “Smith is very open-minded about mul-ticultural issues because of his traveling.”

Xi also said Smith is not endorsed at the University for his work, but Smith is interna-tionally recognized for his work with the planetarium.

“He has an award for his service to the International Planetarium Society.”

Robert Boughton, the chair of the department of physics and astronomy, is proud to be a member of the same depart-ment as Dale Smith.

“He is a good teacher and a great colleague,” he said.

But Smith is more than a pro-fessor.

“Students see teachers only as professors, teaching is a very important part of our lives,” he said. “But planets are only a part of my interest. I’m also a photographer, and I combine that with traveling around the globe.”

Smith’s office is full of photos, maps and other indicators of his hobbies. The wall behind his desk is full with books and one shelf is full of coffee mugs. These mugs have different images from all different areas. One has an image of penguins, which represents his preference for the polar regions — an area he traveled a lot.

“The first time I went to the polar region was in the ‘80s. People thought that I was crazy,” he said. “Normally everybody goes first to Paris or London, but I wanted to go to

a place where only few people have been. The polar region is really the end of the line, you can’t go further.”

“The first place in the world I really wanted to visit was Hammerfest in Norway. My teacher from 3rd grade told so many stories about that place, and it sounded really cool. The idea of going to Hammerfest was stuck in my head for the rest of my life.”

When Smith was 26 years old, he packed his belongings into his car and drove to Alaska. He spent the next 13 weeks in that same car sleeping only in a sleeping bag.

“Sleeping in the car, waking up in nature was beautiful,” he said. “In my 20s I traveled the whole state by car; in my 30s I had more money to fly. If you want to travel, you should do that in your 20s. At that age you don’t need to think about a job,

starting a family.”On top of his office cabinet

stands a world map with push pins. These represent the places Smith has traveled. He went to small islands in the Atlantic Ocean, where the whole island knows when visitors are tour-ists.

Smith has visited almost every western country, but there are still many countries in Africa he hasn’t visited yet. Those places include Mali in Western Africa and Saudi Arabia.

“When you travel, you’ll get a much broader sense about the world than Bowling Green, Ohio or the States,” he said. “A weak-ness of America is that it’s iso-lated between the oceans and it’s much bigger than Canada and Mexico.”

“Maps shape your perspec-tive about the world. Cultures always think that they’re the center of the world. In this coun-

try it’s normal to put America in the middle of the map, and split China. Only, there is no center. When you travel you’ll get a much more exclusive view of the world, and you’ll become less small-minded.”

He also related traveling to astronomy and the exploration of Mars.

“Governments spend a lot of money looking for life on Mars. It asks, ‘what is our place in the universe?’ We’re only a very tiny planet that revolves around a star. The question is, are we alone?”

“Go back 1,000 years and the Europeans didn’t know about the Native Americans. [There] were separated worlds. Could this also be possible with other planets? I think it could, and that there are other species in the universe we don’t know of. Only it’s not Superman.”

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By Danny RobbinsThe Associated Press

DALLAS — The Dallas school system was rocked by allega-tions yesterday that staff mem-bers at an inner-city high school made students settle their differ-ences by fighting bare-knuckle brawls inside a steel cage.

The principal and other employees at South Oak Cliff High knew about the cage fights and allowed the practice to con-tinue, according to a 2008 report by school system investigators.

“More than anything, I’m in shock and disbelief — shocked that this could ever occur and shocked that it would be con-doned by a professional admin-istrator,” said Jerome Garza, a member of the Dallas school board.

The report, first obtained by The Dallas Morning News, describes two instances of fight-ing in an equipment cage in a boys’ locker room between 2003 and 2005. It was not clear from the report whether there were other fights.

Superintendent Michael Hinojosa told the newspaper there were “some things that happened inside of a cage” and

called the fights “unacceptable.”No criminal charges were ever

filed, and there was no mention in the report of whether any-one required medical attention or whether any employees were disciplined. A district spokes-man would not comment.

The allegations came to light during a grade-fixing investiga-tion that eventually cost the high school its 2005 and 2006 state basketball titles. School officials

were suspected of altering stu-dents’ grades so that they could remain eligible to play for South Oak Cliff, a perennial basketball powerhouse in one of the poorer sections of the city.

In an interview with the Morning News, Donald Moten, who retired as principal last year, denied any fights were held.

“That’s barbaric. You can’t do that at a high school. You can’t do that anywhere,” Moten said.

Dallas school accused of staging fights

FIGHT CLUB: Employees of the South Oak Clif High School staged cage fights among troubled students making them settle their differences with bareknuckled brawls in a steel utility cage inside the boys locker room, shown above.

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SPRING BREAKING: Seniors Wesley Strieter and Ben Hartluy hopped around the Olscamp stage sharing their adventurous spring break stories with CRU. The original concert was cancelled and CRU held an event last night titled “Walk the Line,” an icebreaker involving opening up to other people. The topic for the evening was spring break in an effort to share stories and have fun.

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Fair aids in summer job recruitmentBy Eric Reed

Reporter

Find it, grab it, apply for it, work it.

Students were out in force hoping they could find a job to work this summer. Approximately 621 students showed up yesterday at the Summer Job Fair in the Union Ballroom, 119 of those students showed up in the first 20 min-

utes.There were 41 organizations

with over 80 recruiters for stu-dents to choose from.

“The bottom line of the job fair is students getting summer jobs, not only so they can make some cash, but also so they can learn transferable skills,” Peg Bucksky, coordinator of the job fair, said.

Summer jobs weren’t the only ones available. Some organiza-tions were also offering intern-ship opportunities and even full-time job positions.

“We’re looking for year-round staffing and we know college students have classes, so they work part-time and we work around their schedules,” Kathy Sutton, recruiter for J.F. Enterprises/Barney’s/360 Fitness, said.

Some students were look-ing for full-time positions, and were willing to take what was offered.

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Even the recently graduated were in attendance to find a summer job.

“I’m here because I need something to get through the summer,” said Jason Toney, alumnus and licensed music teacher.

Employers saw quality and professionalism displayed more at this job fair compared to other job fairs.

“BG students come in a lot more prepared. Even when I receive an e-mail it’s worded much more politely and profes-sional,” Jay Wagoner, recruiter for The 577 Foundation, said.

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Back in 1981, a proposal was put before the Bowling Green City Council to license rental housing. The concern was that rental housing conditions were deteriorating. The council defeated the proposal 6-1.

Fast forward to December 2008. A simi-lar proposal was on the council’s table. The for-mer councilman who proposed the ordinance 28 years ago was present and reminded council of east side citizens and how they are affected by rental housing conditions.

Several weeks later, council again voted against the proposal — this time unanimous-ly. But, merely because a proposal was voted down twice in a quarter century does not automatically

make it a bad idea. Matter of fact, the idea has some merit. Let’s take a look at the facts.

Bowling Green has a housing problem. According to the assistant municipal administra-tor, as noted in the Toledo Blade, over half the hous-ing units in the city are rental units. Students make up the biggest single pool of renters.

It’s no secret there seems to be wide opposition to the proposal, both from students as well as some landlords, although for very different reasons.

If I understand their position correctly, stu-dents feel licensing would allow a building inspector to knock on their door at any time, gain entry and then proceed to prowl around to his or her heart’s content. A denial of priva-cy seems to be at the heart of their fears. And possibly with good reason, if — and it’s a big if — inspectors would be unregulated and

subject to no constraint whatsoever.

Some landlords are opposed to licensing rent-al units because they fear it would only add costs and an additional layer of bureaucracy to their bur-den.

I can sympathize with the landlords to some extent. I have a relative who is in the residential leasing business, and the stories he tells involving tenant neglect and van-dalism would discourage anyone from entering the business.

Still, there’s no question the appearance of some of the rental units is trou-bling. Some of the remarks made at recent council

It has been more than a month since it first appeared in “The BG News.” It has gotten more flak from students than Rush Limbaugh at the Democratic National Convention. I hate to be the dog to dig up old bones, but here goes: Section O.

This story never ended, it just went on hiatus while the Bowling Green City Council decided to rework some of the wording of the proposal to affect not only renters but all Bowling Green residents.

For those who aren’t up to date on Section O, or who just have never heard of it, allow me to enlighten you. Section O is a propos-al from the Bowling Green City Council that wants to give unnamed people, probably some extension

of the local government, the ability to inspect prop-erties and force landlords to make improvements. The goal is to improve the quality of shelter for the renter and give neighbor-hoods in Bowling Green a facelift.

Now, you’re probably thinking, “What’s wrong with making landlords fix stuff at my apartment or house?” There's noth-ing wrong with that, but the common fear is that once inspectors come around to houses, many of the problems seen will be blamed on the renters, and the landlords will get away scot-free.

As it is right now, the policies of most land-lords and rental agencies already have rules that

run a veritable train on renters so the security deposit you drop when you sign up virtually dis-appears.

With these rules, land-lords can justify charg-ing renters $20 per bag of garbage found after the people move out, among other things. Just imag-ine leaving a bag of gar-bage outside with the full intent of putting it at the curb on pick-up day, but you have the misfortune of having a city inspec-tor coming around before then. There’s your ticket, have a nice day.

The worst part is they’ve now tried to rope in people who don’t rent but own

O NO! SECTION O NOT PERFECT

SALZBURG, Austria — The Austrian slowness we’ve all had to deal with here is starting to annoy me.

I’ve been without a refrigera-tor since last Thursday.

When our refrigerators were shut off, I was told we’d have new ones sometime during the weekend. It’s now the second

Friday and we are still without them.

The removal process was quite exciting. The refrigerators were defrosted in our kitchen, so the ice that was in them was allowed to melt. And the water ran across the floor of the kitchen.

Then everything started to smell. Rancid is the only word that can accurately describe the stench.

The bigger problem was what to do with all of my food that needs to be refrigerated.

Some things I was able to put in the freezer, like my meat,

cheese and spaghetti sauce. Because my sandwich meat and cheese are frozen, I can’t eat them for lunch.

Other things, like my milk and juice, really aren’t freezable, so I’ve been keeping them on my window ledge with my window open throughout the day and night.

It’s been cold and cloudy here, so I haven’t worried about my milk and juice getting too warm, but it does make my otherwise sauna-like room a bit nippy, so instead of sleeping in a T-shirt and shorts, I’ve reverted to my hooded sweatshirt and sweat-pants.

Last night while I was eating dinner, I did witness some prog-ress.

The hausmeister removed one of the three refrigerators in my kitchen. I couldn’t believe it! Out of the nine refrigerators here, one has been taken out, but that still means eight to go and then the replacements need to be installed.

I’m guessing it will easily take another week, because things don’t really get done here on weekends, and when consider-ing the current pace, I’m not too hopeful.

Aside from this incident, school is off to a good start.

I am finally back into the swing of things here, and it feels good.

Even so, my schedule is still not as full as I’d like, so I still sleep too long, watch too many

movies and stay up too late.I checked out four mov-

ies from the library at school today, so I will finally change the region on my computer. This must be done because the DVDs in Europe have different cod-ing than the American DVDs, which prevents them from being watched on American DVD players.

This wouldn’t be such of a problem if there was an unlim-ited number of times one could change the region. But as I can make this change only four times, I have refrained from changing my region until I had lots of European DVDs to watch. Now I finally do.

On the other hand, there is something I have come to enjoy

about Salzburg.Every month there is a flyer

produced with a lot of the cultur-al going-ons during the month.

This flyer is poster sized and available for pick-up at cafes, bookstores, the locations host-ing the events and other places across the city.

It’s set up like a calendar with the dates running down the middle of the paper and the locations run across the top. With this set up, you can see all of the events happening on one day or all of the events happen-ing throughout the month at the locations.

There are a couple of theaters

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Section O needs proper modifications, but will be good for Bowling Green

“If they wanted to fix their house up, they would do it, they don’t need to

have some city worker throw citations and fines at them until they do so.”

“Bowling Green has a housing

problem.”

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JESSICA KIRKPATRICK, Freshman, Criminal Justice

“Political science because there’s a lot of critical thinking and writing.”

DORIAN THOMAS,Junior, Finance

“Finance because your classes intertwine and build on each other.”

KATIE BARNETT, Junior, English

“Music because you have to take 24 credit hours each semester.”

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on the list, along with a movie theater that shows movies in their original languages, a lit-erature house and a concert venue.

With the availability of this flyer, aptly named “kult plan,” which translates to culture pro-gram, there’s no way anyone here can say he or she doesn’t know what is happening in town.

Last week I went to a perfor-mance I heard about via the

calendar. I saw a four-person harmonica group called Sväng, from Finland.

This performance was defi-nitely one of the coolest things I’ve seen here. I’d never seen a professional harmonica player before — and one of the mem-bers is a doctor of harmonica — so not only was it a learning experience about the different styles of harmonicas, but the music was something I’d never heard before.

— Respond to Alison at thenews@bgnews.com.

KEMP From Page 4

their homes. They definitely don’t have a landlord who will be picking up the bill for any kind of home improvements they are forced to do. They will most assuredly be getting screwed in this proposal.

It’s one thing when you ask a bunch of college kids who often cause a lot of damage to homes, but now the council is asking Bowling Green citizens to get on board with a propos-al that will do nothing more than take money out of their pockets to fix houses that, as far as the owners are con-cerned, are perfectly fine. If they wanted to fix their house up, they would do it, they don't need to have some city worker throw citations and fines at them until they do so.

The wording and motive of this proposal are so unclear, it just opens more ways for land-lords to get away with things. But the city council won’t care, because the properties are being fixed up and paid for by someone and getting their facelift. Nevermind if it’s at the expense of students being screwed into paying for a complete reworking of faulty wiring or being charged for having a shoddy looking lawn or 15-year-old cigarette butts in their front yard or even something as trivial as peeling paint on the outside

of the house.To be fair, I do understand

not all or even most of the landlords and rental agencies in town would use this pro-posal to screw their tenants, but the fact that the oppor-tunity would exist is daunt-ing to most renters in town. Luckily, there is a lot of anti-O support from prominent public figures, including the mayor of Bowling Green and the Undergraduate Student Government leaders, who have been very vocal on the issue.

To the unwary eye, this issue has all but disappeared, and with people like the mayor and other council members calling for the downfall of this proposal, it seems like it's dead. Unfortunately it's far from over.

As I said earlier, it’s not gone, it's just on hiatus. The council is still out on this issue, try-ing to rework the wording and make the stipulations more broad. It may seem like noth-ing, but if it comes back into the limelight anytime soon, it’s a very real possibility you could be finding your wallet becoming significantly light-er.

— Respond to Josh at thenews@bgnews.com.

meetings bear this out. Given the current state of rental prop-erty conditions, the question posed is a simple one: What student wants to live in a pig-pen? And what landlord would want his property to deterio-rate? Furthermore, what hom-eowner would want to see his or her property values decline due to being in proximity of such a rental unit?

The reasons are money, money and powerlessness, respectively. Run-down prop-erties generally rent for less; it costs money to maintain property; and the neighboring homeowner has little control over his or her surroundings.

Judging from the remarks made at the city council’s meeting, there were a num-ber of landlords opposed to Section O. The main reason given is the expense involved in additional maintenance required by the inspectors and the extra time and red tape involved in licensing.

So the students and many landlords find themselves in the curious position of being on the same side, albeit for vastly different reasons.

There may be a way out of this impasse, for certainly no one seriously believes this controversy will go away qui-etly. One possible resolution would be to reduce the level

of financial and administra-tive burden on the landlord. The best way to achieve this would be a meeting of the appropriate members of the city administration and the landlord group.

The licensing of rental units should not be an occasion to impose an undue burden on rental property owners. Nor should it give inspectors a carte blanche right of unlim-ited entry.

In any case, the passage and enforcement of Section O, with proper modifications, will contribute to the greater good: a more attractive student housing inventory and the maintenance and improve-ment of housing values.

It’s a change we can live with both now and in the future.

— Respond to Phil at thenews@bgnews.com.

SCHURRER From Page 4

WHETHERHOLTFrom Page 4

“The students and many landlords find

themselves in the curious position of being on the

same side, albeit for vastly different

reasons.”

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BASKETBALLSchneider named MAC Golfer of the WeekFalcon golfer Matt Schneider was Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Week after tying for ninth place at the Palmas Del Mar Classic with a 54-hole score of 218. This is the third time this season Schneider has won the award.

ONLINEThe BG NewsSports BlogBe sure to log on to The BG News Sports Blog for continued coverage of your favorite Falcons sports teams. This weekend, we will be bringing you coverage of the WNIT, baseball and other Falcon sports.www.bgnewssports.com

TODAYWomen’s tennis: at ICU; 12 p.m. CSTBaseballvs. Western Michigan; 3 p.m.TOMORROWBaseballvs. Western Michigan; 1 p.m.Gymnasticsat MAC Championships, Muncie; 1 p.m.Women’s Tennisat Western Michigan; 1 p.m.SUNDAYBaseballvs. Western Michigan; 1 p.m.Women’s basketballvs. Syracuse; 2 p.m.

Today in Sports History1989—Major League Baseball announces inves-tigation into Pete Rose’s gambling.1965—UCLA beats Michigan in NCAA Championship game.

The ListWith the Falcon women facing a tough challenge in Syracuse Sunday, here are the top five factors for the game:1. Anderson Arena: The Falcons are hoping the House that Roars does roar on Sunday.2. Orange bigs: Syracuse has three players who score in double figures and Curt Miller says they could all play in the WNBA.3. Golds: Senior Lindsey Goldsberry could be playing in her final home game.4. Sophomore duo: Both Tracy Pontius’ and Lauren Prochaska’s offensive production will be key to a Falcon win.5. Rebounding: Syracuse outrebounded BG on the season, and not allow-ing that will be a key for BG.

SIDELINES

Orange outLAST TIME OUT?: Win or lose, Lindsey Goldsberry may be playing her final game in Anderson Arena on Sunday.

CHRISTINA MCGINNIS | THE BG NEWS

Syracuse Orange to invade Anderson Arena, take on Falcons in WNITBy Andrew Harner

Sports Editor

According to WNBA.com, there are no former Mid-American Conference players on any of its teams’ rosters.

The reason that matters is because BG coach Curt Miller said his team’s second WNIT opponent, Syracuse (17-14), has WNBA talent on its roster, something BG never had to deal with during its 28-4 run during the season.

But, this won’t be the first time the Falcons have run into a larger opponent in postseason play.

In the NCAA Tournament three seasons ago, Miller said his team was in much of

the same situation.“When I watch [Syracuse], it’s reminis-

cent of a couple years ago when we played UCLA in the NCAA Tournament,” Miller said. “They have incredible individual tal-ent; kids that will be in the WNBA in the future.”

And while Lindsey Goldsberry is the only current Falcon to be on both teams, Miller and his staff will certainly have the team prepared to face the challenge.

The first step for Miller is working on rebounding, as Syracuse is one of the bet-ter rebounding teams in the country.

The Orange have grabbed 1,321 rebounds on the year, including 526 off the offensive glass.

BG has gotten 1,163 rebounds but have allowed 437 offensive rebounds.

In Wednesday night’s first round WNIT 90-65 win over Canisius, Syracuse out-rebounded the Golden Griffins by 18 despite shooting 50 percent from the field.

“When they play well, they’re certainly

one of the top 50 teams in the country,” Miller said.

But as much emphasis Miller is put-ting on rebounding, he also knows

Falcon gymnasts set to take on MACBy Chris Sojka

Reporter

A smile can go a long way.As the gymnastics team

heads into the Mid-American Conference Championships in Muncie, Ind. tomorrow, coach Kerrie Beach has been working with the team on performance value which includes smiling and making eye contact with the judges throughout their rou-tines.

While every aspect of the MAC Championships is important, the Falcons (5-10, 2-4 MAC) have been working hard in practice all week on attacking their routines and staying confident.

“The one thing we cannot do is compete scared or timidly,” Beach said. “We have improved our scores and difficulty [in events] greatly over last season, and I would like our team to go out and show these judges just how good we are.”

Over spring break, the Falcons showed the judges just how good they can be when they came in second of four at the Texas Women’s meet, scoring a 193.375 as a team—their second best of the season—and recording a 48 or better in each event for the first time this season.

After training in a different environment and different time zone, staying in a hotel and eat-ing dinner out all week, the team was definitely out of their usual

routine. But even with the chal-lenges they faced, Beach was very pleased with the team’s overall performance.

“The team really did a fantastic job adjusting to everything,” she said. “It was so exciting to see the team really put every event together, and it’s even more exciting to know we have more in us and there is still more we can do better.”

Getting better is exactly what BG is trying to do.

On vault, the team is working on harder vaults, looking to raise their score. On bars, they are focusing on hitting every hand-stand and sticking their landings.

The balance beam has become very consistent over the past sev-

eral weeks, so they are looking to be aggressive and stick every skill. Floor—which was a chal-lenging event for the team in the beginning of the season—has turned into a very strong event. To do well on the floor, flawless tumbling is key.

The Falcons will look to take everything they have worked on this season, especially the past week, into the MAC Championships where they fin-ished seventh last season.

“The MAC Championships are a meet any team can win, and we really go into it with that atti-tude,” Beach said. “It will take hitting every event and really showing our most aggressive routines.”

BEN LOHMAN | THE BG NEWS

LEADER OF THE PACK: Breanne Guy has led the Falcons through the season and will once again in the MAC Championships.

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READY TO ROLL: Kelsey Jakupcin and the Falcon tennis team are ready to start their MAC season.

Falcon tennis team set to open MAC season at WMU

SCHEDULE

OUR CALL

By Morgan CarlsonReporter

The BG women’s tennis team will begin Mid-American Conference play this weekend after playing University of Illinois in Chicago today and opening their MAC season against Western Michigan University tomorrow.

The Falcons will face the WMU Broncos tomorrow after prepar-ing all season for MAC play. The women have been brushing up on individual skills this past week leading up to the opening match.

“I will be working on placement of all of my shots going into MAC season,” senior Kelsey Jakupcin

said. “I have been moving the ball around the court a lot more during my last few matches and making my opponent run and expend more energy than I do.”

The Broncos (13-4) are led by senior Kerstin Pahl, the winningest player in the history of Western Michigan tennis, men’s or women’s, with 215 career wins. Pahl was named MAC Women’s Tennis Player of the Week for the second time this season and the fourth time in her career on Wednesday.

Last year, the Falcons lost the

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“When I watch [Syracuse], it’s reminiscent of a couple years ago when we played UCLA in the

NCAA Tournament. They have incredible individual talent; kids that will be in the WNBA in the future.”

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Syracuse has several playmakers he needs to hone in on.

The Orange’s top three players — Chandrea Jones, Erica Marrow and Nicole Michael — all will cause problems for the Falcons.

Miller said Jones is excellent at creating her own shot whether it be inside or outside, which is evident in her 32 percent three-point shooting percentage and her 272 rebounds.

Marrow is the team’s primary three-point threat hitting 62-of-197 shots, helping her average 15.9 points per game.

And Michael presents the toughest matchup according to Miller. At 6’2”, she presents size not often seen in the MAC, and she makes 46.9 percent of field goals.

“Nicole Michael is truly a WNBA player in the future, and for us is a really difficult match up because of her length,” Miller said.

Goldsberry, after watching Wednesday night’s game, also knows the Orange won’t be an easy opponent.

“They’re an athletic team, and they’ll get up and down [the court],” Goldsberry said.

One thing BG has going its way is home-court advantage.

While they haven’t been able to practice in Anderson Arena because of the high school boy’s basketball playoffs, the players, especially Goldsberry, are still relieved they can play a post-season game in front of a home crowd.

“I’m really excited to be playing in Anderson again,” Goldsberry said. “To be able to play again where it all started.”

Last season’s WNIT game at Anderson Arena drew just 1,654, but Miller expects to draw some-where between 2,000 and 2,500 for this game.

The Falcons have drawn at least 2,000 fans in their last four home games, and the WNIT contest will tipoff at 2 p.m. Sunday.

WNIT From Page 6

CHRISTINA MCGINNIS | THE BG NEWSREBOUND: Lauren Prochaska has been struggling of late and will be looking to rebound against Syracuse.

matchup with the Broncos 5-2 but hope to be on the winning side this year. WMU has an over-all record of 33-0 against BG.

WMU is the defending cham-pion of the MAC title four years running though the Falcons are prepared to fight for that title.

“In the past we have always had a strong and competitive match against Western Michigan, and I expect the same this year,” senior Stefanie Menoff said. “I believe that if the team goes into the match with a positive and competitive attitude we could win.”

Coach Penny Dean is also very optimistic going into the match.

“I expect it to be a very tough match,” Dean said. “We will see a lot of balls coming back on

every point. I expect us to win because we are more than capa-ble of beating them this year. We have to bring our mental tough-ness.”

Jakupcin is also adamant about the Falcons capability to beat the Broncos tomorrow.

“I predict a very good match with [WMU], just like last year,” Jakupcin said. “I know that if we are in the right mindset and believe in ourselves, we can beat them on any given day.”

As the weather gets warmer, Dean says the team will be hit-ting the outdoor courts to get used to the different condi-tions. Up until this point, the Falcons have been playing at the Perrysburg Tennis Center, where they hold a 5-0 record. Overall, the women are 7-2.

The match at UIC is sched-uled for today at 12 p.m. CT, and the WMU match is set for tomorrow at 1 p.m.

TENNIS From Page 6

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SECOND IN COMMAND: Connecticut associate head coach George Blaney took over the coaching duties for hospitalized head coach Jim Calhoun.

UConn coach Calhoun hospitalized

for first gameBy Dan Gelston

The Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun has been hos-pitalized for tests and will be kept overnight for observation.

Calhoun was admitted yester-day afternoon and did not coach the top-seed Huskies’ 103-47 win against Chattanooga in the NCAA tournament’s opening round.

In a statement released by UConn, Calhoun said he felt lousy the past few days, and UConn sports medicine director Dr. Jeff Anderson suggested he be hospitalized.

“Fortunately, those tests have all gone well, and I am feeling much better,” said Calhoun, who added he hoped to be released from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania today.

He will be re-evaluated this morning.

Associate head coach George Blaney said Calhoun called him at 11:45 a.m. and told him he felt

“under the weather.”Calhoun missed time in

January 2008 with what the team called a combination of stress and exhaustion.

On Wednesday, the 66-year-old coach ran UConn’s practice in Philadelphia and attended the team’s news conference.

“Jim was fine at dinner last night. He woke up this morn-ing and didn’t feel well,” said Tim Tolokan, UConn’s former sports information director and a close friend of Calhoun’s.

Calhoun’s son, Jeff, was at the Wachovia Center and said his father urged him to watch the Texas A&M-BYU game, which the Aggies won 79-66.

Blaney coached the Huskies in Calhoun’s absence. A.J. Price and Hasheem Thabeet each scored 20 points in the third-largest victory ever in NCAA tournament history

— 103-47 against Chattanooga.

“Coach Calhoun prepared them for this kind of performance,” Blaney said. “He works them so hard. They were prepared to play well. We just talked to Coach. He expects to be with us shortly.”

Blaney said Calhoun spoke with the team via speakerphone after the game, telling the players he expected to be back with the team very shortly.

The Huskies were loose in pregame warmups and Blaney smiled as he shook hands with the referees and other coach-es. Blaney was introduced as UConn’s head coach during introductions and he shook hands with Chattanooga coach John Shulman.

Blaney coached Holy Cross for 22 years and led the Crusaders to three NCAA tournaments.

West Virginia coach Bob Huggins was sorry to hear Calhoun was missing the game.

“This is, I think, a special team for him,” Huggins said from Minneapolis. “It’s a shame he’s not able to go out and coach because I know he loves coach-ing them.”

This is the third NCAA tourna-ment game Calhoun has missed. In the two previous instanc-es, UConn went on to win the national title.

In 1999, Calhoun missed a first-round game against Texas-San Antonio. In 2004, he left a second-round game against DePaul after becoming ill. He returned just in time to see the end of UConn’s 72-55 victory.

Calhoun has missed 21 games in his career, including one other game this season — a Jan. 3 con-test against Rutgers.

Last May, the Hall of Fame coach was treated for a second bout of skin cancer. He had sur-gery to remove a lump in the upper right side of his neck near the jaw line and underwent radi-ation.

Stallworth confirmed to be drunk during accidentMIAMI (AP) — Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte’ Stallworth was driving drunk when he struck and killed a pedestrian, according to pub-lished and broadcast reports yesterday.

WSVN-TV reported yester-day that unnamed sources with knowledge of the investi-gation said Stallworth’s blood-alcohol level was between .08 and .16. The legal limit is .08. The Miami Herald also cited an unnamed source as saying that Stallworth’s blood-alcohol level was above the legal limit.

The Miami Beach Police Department refused to con-firm the reports. Ed Griffith, spokesman for Miami-Dade County prosecutor Katherine Fernandez Rundle, would say only that the investigation is focusing on whether alcohol was a factor in the death of 59-year-old Mario Reyes.

Reyes was struck and killed by

a Bentley driven by Stallworth about 7 a.m. Saturday morn-ing. Reyes, a crane operator, had just gotten off work and was trying to catch a bus when he was hit.

No charges have been filed against Stallworth, 28. His agent, Drew Rosenhaus, nor his attorney, Robert Switke, returned calls from The Associated Press seeking comment. Stallworth issued a statement Wednesday say-ing he was “grief stricken” over Reyes’ death.

If Stallworth was drunk, he could be charged with DUI manslaughter which carries a maximum 15-year prison sen-tence.

Stallworth signed a seven-year, $35 million contract with the Browns as a free agent before last season but was injured much of the year. He previously played for New England, Philadelphia and New Orleans in the NFL and played college football at Tennessee.

TONY DEJAK | AP PHOTODRUNK DRIVER: Browns wide receiver Donte’ Stallworth was confirmed by Miami media to have been driving drunk when he hit and killed a pedestrian in Miami.

Ohio coaches get contract extensionsMiami extends 67-year-old

Coles for three yearsDayton’s Gregory goes to NCAA Tournament, gets five year extension

OXFORD, Ohio (AP) — Miami of Ohio has decided to keep Charlie Coles, who overcame life-threat-ening heart problems to coach last season.

The 67-year-old coach got a three-year contract extension yesterday, giving him a chance to add to his school-record total of 224 wins in 13 seasons. The main question for Coles was his health: He had four operations last year, including major heart surgery.

He returned for the final sea-son on his contract and led the RedHawks to a 17-13 record. They lost to Akron in the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference tournament.

Coles felt good enough to keep coaching, and the school offered another three years.

By Jon KrawczyskiThe Associated Press

M I N N E A P O L I S — B r i a n Gregory came to Dayton from Michigan State with high hopes of building the mid-major pro-gram into a regular guest at the NCAA tournament.

On the eve of the 11th-seeded Flyers’ opening-round game against No. 6-seeded West Virginia, Gregory got a vote of confidence from Dayton’s administration that he’s on the right track.

Gregory said yesterday he has agreed to a 5-year contract extension to stay with the Flyers through the 2017-18 season.

“I’m just really pleased that the administration feels that, with the way the program is moving forward, that the best thing for the program would be to extend my contract out another five years,” Gregory said. “I’m really excited about it. I’ve said all along this is the place I wanted to be. It’s the perfect fit for me.”

After narrowly missing out on an NCAA tournament berth a year ago, Gregory got Dayton (26-7) over the hump this season and into the Midwest Regional. The Flyers face the Mountaineers in the first round tomorrow.

The 42-year-old coach is 124-67 in six seasons since being

hired off coach Tom Izzo’s staff at Michigan State. This is the second NCAA tournament appearance for Dayton under his watch. He has had only one losing season, in 2005-06, and has won at least 61 percent of his games every other year.

In the last two years, the Flyers have won 49 games, their highest two-year total in more than 50 years. This season, he took a team with only one senior, forward Charles Little, to a second-place finish in the Atlantic-10 and the school’s first NCAA tournament bid since his first year in 2004.

“To make that type of com-

mitment means a lot to me as a coach,” Gregory said, “because I do think the progress that we’re making, with that com-mitment and that continuity, we’re going to be able to con-tinue to move forward. That’s really important in the pro-gram.”

Gregory said he’ll meet with the administration when the season is over to iron out the details of the deal.

“I’m just really pleased that they feel confident with what we’re doing,” he said. “It’s great for me. It’s great for our pro-gram, and I couldn’t be hap-pier.”

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LET’S GO: Brian Gregory will be facing West Virginia in the NCAA Tournament tomor-row, but he will be in Dayton for the next five seasons.

DON WRIGHT | AP PHOTOHAVE FAITH: Despite health issues, Charlie Coles got a three-year extension.

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From conception to resurrection: the

life of a bandBy Stephanie Spencer

Pulse Reporter

Hey man, we should totally start a band.

Basements and garages are the breeding grounds for virgin wannabe band members.

The lights are low, the music is inaudible and one thing leads to another.

A local band has been con-ceived.

In Bowling Green the local music scene appears to have a definite life span — maybe that of a house fly that lives for a really long time or those goldfish in a bag from the fair. Certainly not beta fish, which live forever.

But a timeline is still tangible, no matter how unpredictable the performance.

THE PREGNANCYCozy in the womb, this is the

stage where most of the devel-opment happens. Creating a style, a look, a sound and a gim-mick. Ideas are constantly shap-ing as is the band name, while still nestled in the confines of a practice space. Maybe the band decides here that although it would attract audience mem-bers, they are not going to be on the marquee as “Free Beer.”

BIRTHPromoter Alex Kish with

Shakin’ Promotions works in the delivery room at the hospi-tal where new bands are born. He stands outside Howard’s

Club H on Main Street most nights or watches inside as they burst onto the stage.

“In a college town, bands usu-ally form in the sophomore year of their college career,” he said.

After a MySpace conversation over the Internet or e-mail, the gig is set. Ready or not.

LIFE AND NOTORIETY Veteran band member Jeff

Loose has ridden the highs and lows of bands in Bowling Green and Toledo and tasted the tang of local stardom as the drum-mer for Stylex, a Howard’s regu-lar a few years ago.

“A lot of it is just weird chance and luck. It’s odd, but it can be good because you can get some people to rally around you, but then you can have everyone in BG love you and that’s about it,” he said.

Or drive to Toledo. Just 20-ish miles away, Toledo

at least has more venues to play in.

Eric Nedrow “bossed” his way into Joey and the Traitors and makes no apologies.

“We’re booking like a gig or

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iObsessed: Curing boredom with one touch

By Matt Liasse Pulse Reporter

Any college kid’s dream has been created by Apple, and they are becoming more and more com-mon around campuses nation-wide — speaking, of course, about the iPhone and the iPod Touch.

Students will no longer fill their hour-long gaps between classes with catching up on their textbook readings when there are bigger and better things to do — like the many applications available for the little portable music players.

There are plenty of applica-tions, or what Apple has clev-erly labeled as “apps,” to choose from, and they include a variety of features. On “Fandango” you can find movie showtimes at the closest movie theater, while also finding the closest Starbucks latte in the area with “BucksMe.”

Students are now weighing in some of the must-haves for the 16 gigabyte godsend. Some may be obvious additions, but others may be the next best thing to

download.Facebook is obviously the

most popular app to add, and is what sophomore Brian Kuhn would call, “the best app to kill time on the go.” Now, you can see the pictures your friend tagged of you from Thursday night’s party, poke everyone you know and update your status from anywhere on campus — no computer required. YouTube also seemed to be a favorite, and what freshman Jamie Kile said she finds herself using during long breaks between classes.

The iPod and iPhone’s app store also allows anyone to stay informed with a “USA Today” or “NY Times” app, keeping on track with tasks with “iNote” or “TooDoo,” or find the phone number to any local business with “Yellow Pages.”

Other fun apps are out there though, and most are free, like

“Beer Pong Challenge,” which takes one of students’ favorite party games and puts it in their

See APPS | Page 10

Graphic novel film is a disappointment for avid fans

By Aaron HelfferichFilm Critic

Try to imagine your favorite book. If it hasn’t already been transferred to film, imagine being devastated by a poorly told story or second-rate por-trayal of its characters. On the other hand, you might be able to envision a grandiose depiction of stunning visuals or satisfying thrills. Both of these scenarios

can be easily applied to the film adaptation of the graphic novel titled “Watchmen.”

It seems as if the success of “The Dark Knight” has made a new spectacle out of superhero films. The horizon of superhero films is charging toward us with a clan of darker, more complex and ultimately tragic charac-ters. “Watchmen” seems to be the first film to truly embrace these qualities, but has endless

trouble bringing it to entertain-ing life.

The story takes place in an alternate 1985 universe where the U.S.’s tension with the Soviet Union has the world on the brink of global meltdown. Within this world, there are masked vigilante superheroes who have been outlawed and

“In a college town, bands usually form in

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variety of lyrics, including flash-backs of love and heartbreak, but inspiration also stems from observed situations and spur-of-the-moment thoughts.

Zurkey won BG Idol at the University her freshman year, and has also participated in Toledo and Cleveland Idol throughout her college career.

She plans to move to Los Angeles within a year after grad-uation, and hopes to one day fulfill her dreams of having a record deal, a great band and the opportunity to work with mira-cle-inducing songwriters.

“I’ve never wanted it for the money or the fame, just the opportunity to do what I love as a career and be able to support myself doing it,” she said. “It’s in God’s plan whether I’ll make it or not, but I have to try. I can’t just expect it to happen.”

Clair Mayfield, one of Zurkey’s Pi Beta Phi sorority sisters, says the singer/songwriter is her hap-piest when in her element on stage.

“She’s her biggest critic, so she’ll come off the stage and say, ‘It was awful,’ but she doesn’t real-

ize how much people enjoy her music,” she said. “The audience gets into it because she gets into it.”

Currently, Zurkey does not have a record deal, but her Los Angeles producer Jack Dill has been her inspiration for laying tracks down. Dill owns recording equipment rivaling ones used by professionals, so Zurkey gets as close to a real recording studio as possible with his help.

“It takes years, but if it’s some-thing you love and want, it’s worth trying for,” she said. “It’s worth putting your all into it, or else you regret it.”

Though working on songs instead of doing homework may be a frequent temptation, Zurkey has her priorities in check as a college student. Of course, recording and practicing often takes a backseat, but she uses summer breaks to catch up on recording and turning thoughts

into tunes.For Zurkey’s fellow singers

and songwriters on campus, she advises staying in school and getting a degree, because having a back-up career will be a way to have an income in the real world, which requires tough skin.

“You get knocked down no mat-ter what — not everyone is going to like you,” she said. “If you’re not 100 percent passionate about it, you’re going to get knocked down faster than someone who does have a passion for it.”

Mayfield says Zurkey is a role model, and has positive thoughts about her future.

“I hope she makes it, because she’s tried so hard and has such a different style of music, and I think it’s so different and true,” she said.

Listen to Zurkey’s music by visiting her MySpace page at myspace.com/meganzurkey or on iTunes.

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“I’ve never wanted it for the money or the fame, just the opportunity to do what

I love as a career and be able to support myself doing it.”

Megan Zurkey | Singer/Songwriter

PHOTO PROVIDEDHITTING THE RIGHT NOTES: Zurkey has performed several times locally, and here she performs in front of University Hall. Tomorrow will mark her fourth appearance at the annual Dance Marathon event. After graduation, she plans to move to Los Angeles, Calif.

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As sights are set higher and shows are easier to book, the option to tour seems to be the next logical step, but it’s not always a safe bet.

“Playing music is a volatile thing. If you’re in a van with someone for like three weeks, they tend to get on your nerves,” he said.

This can lead to an all-too-common solution for tension. Someone in the line-up has to go.

“If I had to pin it down to two things, it would be drinking and girls that break up bands,”

Nedrow said.

R.I.P.Seemingly, the feeling of rou-

tine and the ominous shroud of normalcy is a place where good local bands go to die.

For Stylex, girls and booze weren’t the biggest problem. According to Loose, the momen-tum just wasn’t there.

“None of us were champing at the bit to write new songs. The one show you play and you feel like the show is a rerun, then there’s no reason to keep going,” he said.

Also, inexperience leads to stag-nation. A small town has zero will-ing managers or publicists. The musicians can fall behind on the business end and not know where to turn.

“There are no managers to do it for you, and I don’t know how to

do it,” Nedrow said.

THE RESURRECTIONThe groupies do not waste time

mourning at the funerals for bands like Stylex, Bullet Teeth or even Canada’s Electric Tiger Machine. They have faith in their favorites who rise phoenix-like from the cigarette ashes on the sidewalk outside.

In a different life, these bands will be back, just in a new form.

Kish has seen this all too often.“Once a band breaks up, give it

four to six months. Usually anoth-er band springs out of the rubble of the previous band,” he said.

And even if they don’t make it big, that’s not always important.

“In this age of hyper-pop sensa-tions, success and good music are different things,” Loose said.

Tell that to the Jonas Brothers.

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handheld grasp. According to iTunes, anyone can rival against a friend in a six or 10-cup table, or play against their own scores in the sin-gle player mode.

Other apps are a bit more bizarre, like “White Noise,” which has been recom-mended by Health Magazine, according to iTunes. This app plays sounds anyone could find from places like the beach, the fireplace, the Amazon, a sprinkler system, or even chirping crickets.

“White Noise” will fill the silence in a room with a relax-ing mood and motivate users while studying or trying to fall asleep. This app can be found on iTunes for $0.99.

Kuhn also uses “Textfree Unlimited,” which on iTunes is $5.99, but allows the user to send a text message from their iPod to any United States mobile phone. Their replies are free as well.

Sophomore Megan Pucci finds herself able to keep up with her faith with the “Holy Bible,” which is a free app featuring the entire Bible for quick and easy access.

“[This] Bible application I liked because I hate carry-ing around my massive study Bible, and I thought it would be convenient in my little iTouch,” Pucci said.

While Pucci has admit-ted to allowing the apps to sometimes become a bit of a distraction during class, she still enjoys the many apps she has added onto her media player. She also likes the app,

“Bubblewrap,” another free app which is just like the real bubble wrap found in today’s mailed packages.

“It’s a fun, random game to play when I get sick of the other 29 games I have [on my iPod.] It’s not really use-ful; it’s really distracting, but entertainment.”

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forced into hiding. When a mys-tery attacker slowly begins kill-ing off these retired heroes and exposing their identities, the remaining members reunite to uncover a hideous plot that runs as dark as the doomsday clock counting down to a global destruction.

In his last graphic novel adaptation, “300,” director Zack Snyder became known as a visionary fanboy director due to an intense use of ground-breaking visual effects and action sequences. However, as a filmmaker that merely exhib-its style over substance, Snyder has retained his careless bad-boy image with yet another exhibition of uneven character development and overpowering moments of visual brilliance in

“Watchmen.”Ultimately, Zack Snyder’s ver-

sion of “Watchmen” fails as a movie simply because the graph-ic novel is a much easier way of understanding such a com-plex story. With such a poorly

constructed and overlong script, “Watchmen” may have some of its fans losing interest after countless scenes of mismatched story arcs and an overwhelm-ing number of underdeveloped characters.

Snyder may have captured a fantastic look and feel that emu-lates the beautiful original art-work of Alan Moore’s landmark novel, but the once intriguing complex narrative seems to have flown right over his head with no chance of being understood. In the end, the die-hard fans will either love it for the visual gran-deur, or hate it for the poor retell-ing of brilliant source material. To all of those who are unfamil-iar, good luck.

Letter Grade: CRated R for strong graphic vio-lence, sexuality, nudity and language.

Runtime: 162 min.

Starring: Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Patrick Wilson, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

Directed by Zack Snyder

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ROTTENTOMATOES.COMON THE LOOKOUT: Doctor Manhattan, played by Billy Crudup, is the blue-skinned superhero who appears nude throughout the duration of the film.

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