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The BG News April 2, 2007 Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 4-2-2007 The BG News April 2, 2007 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News April 2, 2007" (2007). BG News (Student Newspaper). 7745. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/7745 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. ESTABLISHED 1920 A daily independent student press serving THE BG NEWS the campus and surrounding community Monday April 2,2007 Volume 101. Issue 128 WWWBGNEWSCOM Panel discussion Complaints prompt debate revolves around female artists Program considers GSS discusses future roles of graduate students women's roles and contributions in the By Tim Sampson gender identity and expression to hibiting them from teaching under- matically impact the budgets of Swanson said. world of art | Page 3 Reporter the University's equal opportunity, graduate courses all together. academic departments. According "I think the vast majority of com- equal education anc anti-harass- GSS members expressed vehe- to Nichter, many departments plaints are coming from students Students to pay The Graduate Student Senate was ment policies. ment opposition to an outright would be hard-pressed to afford coming into their freshman and for off-campus up in amis at its most recent meet- Following complaints from elimination of Masters students new instructors to take over the sophomore years who aren't fully ing aver possible changes to the role undergraduate students and their from the classroom, arguing that dasses currently taught by gradu- prepared for the level of work they're mischief of graduate students in the class- parents about the poor quality of many graduate students depend on ate students. going to have to put in," he said. UW-Milwaukee is room and a proposed amendment some graduate student instruc- teaching assistant positions to afford "Most departments are heav- GSS members plan On meeting to the University's anti-discrimina- tors in undergraduate dasses, the education cost and prepare them for ily dependent on grad students for with their constituents to gather cracking down on tion policies. College of Arts and Sciences has careers in academia. teaching," Nichter said. "This is the information and opinions in order recent misbehavior On Friday, members of the GSS fanned a committee to investigate "It has become much more com- absolute cheapest foim of labor on to work toward a possible solution. | Page 3 voiced their opinions on possible these complaints and look for pos- petitive to get into doctoral programs campus." According to Swanson, they are try- changes being discussed in the sible solutions. and so they need that teaching expe- Members of GSS also showed ing not to be left out of the decision- College of Arts and Sciences to According to Luke Nichter, GSS rience," said Steve Swanson, GSS skepticism of the student com- making process. Three people limit the role of Masters students vice president and member of the representativc-at-large. "That expe- plaints that have brought about this "V\e want to be involved in the wounded in in teaching undergraduate dasses. committee, proposed solutions rience gives them a leg up" discussion. decisions being made that will affect The Senate also postponed a Vote have ranged from changing the way In addition, prohibiting Master's "It's probably happening less than LA. shooting on a bill supporting the addition of Masters students arc trained to pro- students from teaching could dra- tile college feels tliat it's happening," See GSS | Page 2 A party following the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards is interrupted by gunfire | Page 8 Governor urges higher education Bluffton team honors players The team returns to the baseball diamond after last month's bus Strickland sets goals for tragedy | Page 9 BG baseball 1-2 enrollment, efficiency over weekend By Molly McCabo The Falcons struggle Reporter to pull out a win over Western Michigan. Higher education is at the top of the list of concerns for Ohio's new governor. get first victory in Gov. Ted Strickland said education is important to the future of MAC play | Page 9 Ohio's economic growth. In Strickland's State of the Stateaddress earlier this month, he made clear he wants to use higher education to better Ohio's economy. Since 1996, Ohio's average yearly tuition increase has been 9 per- cent, which is 47 percent higher than the national average for public institutions. One of Strickland's goals is to encourage more people to aspire to and complete college, along with staying in Ohio to build and rebuild the state. The second goal is to find efficiencies within universities and to control tuition. Several groups around the stale are working to meet similar goals. The Ohio College Access Network is an organization that is built around the idea that no young person in Ohio should be deprived of a college education. This program is an attempt to close the gap for students who are caught in the financial range where they cannot Teen drivers to receive financial aid, but the family docs not have enough money to face new road help pay for the education. Know How 2 Go is another program created to help encourage restrictions young people to attend college. The group's primary goal is to com- A state law that municate with young students, from junior high and up, the impor- tance of planning for college. limits the number of With these programs and the help of the state, Strickland said he passengers in teen would like to see an increase of more than 230,000 students graduate vehicles will take from college during the next decade. effect Friday | Page 16 See EDUCATION | Page 2 Strickland signs transportation budget The governor passes the first piece of legislation, vetoes a provision for charter Red Cross stresses need for blood Philosophy department schools | Page 15 By Holly Abr.m. ing to about 900 pints. BG RED CROSS loses faculty members Editor-in-Chief "People don't realize that," Do you follow Hartman said. BLOOD DRIVE American Idol? With frequent blood shortages About 20 percent of the blood WHEN: April 2.4 S By Tim Sampson "The timing was actu- every year, the push for giving supply in stock at any given time WHERE:OlscamplOIAandB Reporter ally fairly typical for this sort blood is especially apparent on comes from high school and col- of thing, when you're talking campus and in the community. lege drives, Hartman said. This TIME: II am. -5 pm The philosophy department about someone getting hired And currently there is critical can lead to shortages when stu- Free pint of Toft's Ice Cream with donation will see many changes next away," Sobel said. need for blood donations, specifi- dents are on break from classes, yearas it adapts to the impend- The department is now in cally type O negative, according such as for spring break, and can "There's opportunity almost ing loss of more than a quarter the midst of hiring two new to Linda Hartman, senior donor lead to the American Red Cross every single month," Hartman of its tenured and tenure-track permanent faculty members to AMANDA SIPES, recruitment representative for making an emergency appeal for said. "It helps people in BG who faculty members. replace Sobel and Dowell, in Sophomore, Psychology the American Red Cross Blood donations. want to give every 56 days." With registration for next addition to findingseveral tem- Services for the Western Lake Erie This is only announced when The next campus drive starts fall already underway, it was porary instructors to fill in for "No, I think there's Region. supplies are extremely low, this week. In recent years the BG announced this month that Shoemaker and Wall, who will just been too many Reasons for shortages depend Hartman said. If the supply is in an Red Cross Club has been help- fourphilosophyprofessorswho each be working on research seasons. I watched the on the season. People often do not emergency state and not enough ing sponsor and promote campus were schedu led to teach classes fellowships next year at the first two." | Page 4 give in the winter when the weath- pints are in stock, the agency may drives. next fall will be leaving at the Murphy Institute at Tulane er is bad or they are ill, other times collect blood from other area Red "They're becoming more of an beginning of next year. University in New Orleans. shortages occur during warm Cross markets. In worst cases, active role," Hartman said. "We're Two of the professors. David One new faculty member, weather when people are active surgeries may even be postponed partnering with the Red Cross Shoemaker and Steven Wall, Christen Coons, has already outdoors and not inside donating, because of not enough supplies, Club to get the word out there." will be leaving for a year on been hired for next year. Hartman said. Hartman said. The dub started four years ago fellowships, while two others, "We're certainly going to try TODAY Even with the shortages, blood Maintaining Supplies by students who wanted to help lanice Dowell and her husband, our hardest to hire new faculty Partly Cloudy/Windy donation needs to remain per- To keep supplies intact, drives relief efforts for the 2004 tsunami department chair David Sobel, to cover the courses that are High: 66, Low 47 sistent.
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