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Wild animal Baseball team trainer performs splits with Defiance page 5 page 7 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm / Tuesday, April 2,1985THE NEWS Vol. 67 Issue 102 Pl^wi 11 m* Candidates meet to discuss ideas rUI UII1# outline positions for coming year forms in teams and later answered discuss issues throughout the year representatives to give reports on the area he plans to work on. by Nancy Bostwtck questions individually. with University administration. activities of the organizations they Tim Brown said that his experience staff reporter Handling controversial issues has represent. within USG will help him in the role of brought USG into the spotlight, accord- ACCORDING TO Michael McGree- representative-at-large next year. USG candidates running for the posi- ing to Bob Wade, USG president who is vey, USG internal affairs coordinator Only six of the sixteen candidates for Jeff Slater plans to make himself tions of president and vice-president seeking re-election. and presidential candidate, the goal of representative-at-large attended the accesible to students in order to fully and reprepresentative-at-large met his administration will be to improve discussion. represent their interests, he said. yesterday to discuss the issues of This has brought USG issues into communication within and outside of John Nehrens said that he will con- Wednesday's election. discussion among the student body, he USG. Communication between the ex- Thomas Palacek said that he will centrate on improving the process for said. Because of students increased ecutive and legislative branch and emphasize informing freshman about fee allocations by working to provide Approximatley SO people attended awareness on issues USG has become between USG and campus organiza- the role of USG and encourage their alternate representatives on the Advi- the Undergraduate Student Govern- a more credible organization, he said. tion are areas that need improvement, involvment in the organization. sory Committee for General Fee Allo- ment forum, which began with McGreevey said. cations. statements from each candidate on his Jeff Metzger, Wade's vice-presi- Brian Moore said that he plans to The other candidates for at-large qualifications for the position and dential running mate, reviewed their Brad Krider, McGreevey's vice- continue working on projects he has representatives include: Kelly Price, areas he will seek to work on while in platform, which includes establishing presidential running mate, said he and been involved in during the past year. Wendy Barnhart, Leslie James, Doug- office. a USG/student hotline and a "rap with McGreevey will work to educate USG James Woodward said that improv- las Moore. Jason Cronkwright, Kurt The candidates for president and the administration night," which senators on the responsibilities of their ing comunication between students Hawley, Steve Rhodes, David Dean vice-president discussed their plat- would give students the opportunity to positions and will urge organizational and USG representives would be an and Steve Palmer. Board Spring brings upholds less vandalism ing the campus grounds it could finding cost him or her a large sum of Fewer damages money. Each tree that is run over costs $100 an inch to re- reported during place. Tire marks in grass areas University may cost $1 per each lineal foot. appeal decision warm weather Gallier insists that not all the damage can be attributed to students because some cases have found visitors or high by Ellen Zimmerli by Phillip B. Wilson school students to blame. staff reporter staff reporter "ONE YEAR, we had a gen- tleman - not a student - who ran The University will decide this As students spend more time over two trees and it ended up week whether it will appeal the outdoors during the warm costing his insurance company latest decision in the Kenneth spring months the damages to $1.1007* he said. Mercer case. The State Person- the University become less fre- Vandalized building identifi- nel Board of Review upheld a quent than in the winter, but cation signs are also costly to former recommendation that there are still some problems the University. The signs alone Mercer's removal from Public that confront campus grounds- cost |100 to replace, in addition Safety be modified to a 80-day keepers and maintenance work- to the steel posts and labor costs. suspension. ers. The University averages 12 damaged signs a year, Gallier Mercer was removed from According to groundskeeper said. Public Safety duty Dec. 10,1984 Randy Gallier, there are numer- The largest problem in the under allegations of failure of ous vandalism reports concern- spring for residence halls are good behavior and/or dishon- ing the mistreatment of grass, broken windows. Students are esty. He was alleged to have trees and shrubs at the Univer- frequently caught throwing fris- made "improper advances" to- sity during the winter. bees and footballs through the ward a University coed. windows, according to JillCarr, "We have a lot of damage housing director. MERCER APPEALED his re- done to the grass from bikes and "Usually the only definite moval to the State Personnel cars; every year, we average at things (damaged) are the win- Board of Review. An adminis- least five or six smaller frees dows," she said. "I'm not saying trative law judge appointed by run over and found at different we don't have damage in our the board of review recom- locations than where they were residence halls, but if you com- mended that the removal be planted," Gallier said. pare us to other schools our size, modified to a 60-day suspension. we don't have near the dam- "The major problem is that age." 'file University then appealed you can't pinpoint who is doing The few cases of damage in that recommendation back to this (vandalism)," Gallier said. the spring usually go unreported the board of review, and on "Some of the people we catch, to campus police, according to March 22, the board announced but most of the time nobody is Dean Gerkens, associate direc- that it upheld the law Judge's ever there." tor of public safety. recommendation. If a person is caught vandaliz- • See Damage, page 6. Dick Rehmer, director of per- sonnel support services, said the University will have decided by Friday if it is going to appeal that decision to the Wood County Tabloid printed Common Pleas Court. If it is not appealed. Rehmer said Public Safety would have to by Republicans re-instate Mercer after the 60- days have elapsed. CLEVELAND (AP) - Cuya- elected officials have locked up BG News/Joe PheUn hoga County Republican Chair- in Warner's collapsed Home Bill Bess, director Public Just can't wait man Robert Hughes has come State Savings Bank of Cincin- Safety, said his position on the Kristlne Parsons. 6, of Bowling Green, awails the Easter basket contest and egg hunt. There were 1,620 rwith an April Fool's jokenati, Warner's 136,000 contribu- matter has not changed. "If an colored hard-boiled eggs and 480 jellybean-filled plastic eggs hidden throughout City Park for ed at keeping the state sav- tion to Celeste's 1962 campaign appeal is available, it is my approximately 250 children to find on Saturday morning. The event was sponsored by BGSCJ Greek ings and loan crisis a political plus a $75,000 loan in the pri- opinion that it should be pur- Life. Mid Am Bank and the Promote BG Committee of the Chamber of Commerce. issue. --' season, and the $200,000 sued," he said. The county party is distribut- gage loans to Democratic ing 25,000 copies of a four-page ._idtant Gerald Austin for tabloid called the "Warnergate homes in Franklin County. Student aid cuts proposed Times." The printing cost $500, he said. will be distributed thifw^ekPto The "Times" is a collage of GOP activists and leaders headlines and cartoons from throughout the state, Hughes Education topics discussed state and national newspapers said. Hughes contends that the dealing with Gov. Richard Ce- crisis has sunk Celeste's politi- leste'shandling of the crisis and ck future in Ohio and has made NEW YORK (AP) - Education The newly appointed secre- disparity between continued de- tests as "morally unjust" with his connections to Cincin- Warner a pariah among his for- Secretary William Bennett den- tary was among officials dis- fense spending and the cutbacks Evaluating teachers after nati financier Marvin Warner. mer beneficiaries. ied Sunday that proposed fed- cussing a broad variety ot in education funding, Bennett they are certified is "changing "I think this is going to con- "As far as contributions are eral budget cuts for student aid education topics on the ABC-TV responded: "The federal gov- the rules in the middle of the tinue to unfold, and I think that concerned, Marvin Warner is will result in "fewer people program "This Week With Da- ernment has a monopoly on de- game," she said. his (Celeste's) close connection the ghost of Christmas past" going to college/' but said some vid Brinkley." fense ..