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CAMPUS SPORTS THE INSIDER Student cleans the environmentlent of Swim teams to follow up Stubbs Italian immigrant turned University Mount Everest on Scouting trip Relay performance with prof shares tales of life in America Wright State meet 6 Friday Vol.73 Issue 39 November 2, 1990 Bowling Green, Ohio The BG News ^sszAn Independent Student Voice for 70 Years =«^ BRIEFLY USG evaluation book questioned Campus by J. J. Thompson "One reason you have faculty who thors of the USG faculty evalua- However, Boren said the staff writer tion booklet, USG itself, the statement could still be con- are so upset about this is finally Board of Trustees and all em- sidered libelous. Bloodmobllo come* to The faculty and course evalua- students have a way around the ployees in the University who as- "Just saying it's an opinion campus: does not preclude it from being The American Red Cross tions released by Undergraduate tenure system and they don't like sisted in its formation," he said. Community Bloodmobile Student Government this week According to Boren, there are defamatory," he said. have angered several faculty two kinds of defamation — slan- Coughlin said he was not con- will be on campus during it," cerned about the libel accusa- the week of Nov. 5. The members, and some say the book- der, which is oral defamation, let may be libelous. -Kevin Coughlin, president of and libel, which is written defa- tions. bloodmobile will be mation. stationed in the Lenhart Legal Studies chairperson USG Grand Ballroom of the Uni- Donald Boren said some faculty For a libel case, he said, the "I say, let them [sue 1," he said. versity Union 10 a.m. to 4 members could have a case if person suing must show the "We're covered by the student they decided to sue for libel good research. Halloran also did member who plans to sue. statement is defamatory, it was body constitution which says we'- p.m., Monday through Fri- stemming from statements in the not agree with the comments "I don't think any faculty communicated to a third person re allowed to collect, publish and day. booklet. made about her. member would sue," he said. and it caused harm to someone. share findings of the student "But if it went to court, there Boren said some statements in body." Author to road works: Statements including "She does The course she was evaluated lose her temper and act unprof es- for, she said, required her to pay could be grounds for defama- the booklet could fit these re- Coughlin also said he is not Bob Fox, author of the sionally," and "She's a dizzy attention to detail and she was tion." quirements. concerned about going to court. novels "The Last American "Who are you going to sue — Revolution" and "Confes- lady," are those Boren termed as criticized for it. Legal Studies professor Bartley potentially libelous. "I was called picky, and in my Brennan also said there were USG president Kevin Coughlin the person who wrote it, the stu- sions of a Dead Politician," dent body?" he said. "How are will read from his works at 8 Business education instructor estimation I was doing a good grounds for libel for statements disagrees with Boren, saying the Shirley Halloran was evaluated job." Although some statement? printed in the booklet. comments were not defamatory you going to prove the comment &m. in Prout Chapel. Fox in the booklet and said the evalu- may be libelous, Boren said he "There are potential grounds since they are opinions and stu- was wrong?" is been publishing his for litigation both against the au- dents have a right to voice them. See Sooklat, page 4. poems, stories, essays and ations are not a demonstration of does not know of any faculty reviews in literary periodi- cals since 1963. Fox's reading is spon- sored by the University's creative writing program. Pro-choice rally sparks debate State by Jennifer Taday staff writer r~r State park dsdlcated: r r> After nearly two decades of planning, Maumee Bay As the state election draws State Park was dedicated near, pro-choice groups are con- \ Thursday in a ceremony centrating on the women's right that paid tribute to a state to choose as opposed to the representative who fought government's right to choose for to nave the complex built. them. The $40 million park on At a Students For Choice rally Lake Erie won't officially Thursday night, about 80 men and open until spring, but state women participated in a march to and local officials, including raise awareness on the issue of T 0 THE S~Q.NL NT£ Gov. Richard Celeste, gath- choice. ered to dedicate the comple- Several signs were displayed tion of the park's center- which addressed women's right piece, a 129-room lodge. to choose. Officials said the park "Don't force us back to the would boost the local econ- stone age, let us have our omy, attracting thousands choice," "Hangers in closets — of people to the region and not in our bodies" and "Never LET US . state each year. again" — a message complete It is Ohio's eighth state with a hanger, were among the park, but the first in North- statements the signs made. west Ohio or Lake Erie. However, there was one man Among the park's ame- who voiced a different opinion nities wm be a beach, an and carried a sign stating Abor- HAVEo^ 18-hole Scottish-style golf tions are murder." course, and fishing facili- This man said he attended the ties. rally and march because he is an anesthesist and he knows what a 12-week-old baby looks like and Nation has heard their heartbeat. "Abortion is 100 percent fatal to all babies," he said. "These pro- PRp-CHQIC Wed with the dead: choicers want women to have a They said, "I do," but choice, but who is going to speak they could have said, "I for the babies?" boo," too. Cathy Keske, co-chairperson of In a Halloween night Students for Choice, said the EACHWLW\NCF:!DI ceremony complete with week before the election was cho- iack-o'-lanterns and cande- sen on purpose for the event be- BGNewi/ PaulVernon labra, a young couple cause the issue of choice is on the Paulette Mentor, an active member of NARAL, spoke to a group of I need to keep abortions legal. Menter stressed to the crowed the dressed up as the Count and line this election. about 100 people last night to explain the group's position on the necessity to vote for pro-choice candidates. Countess Dracula exchanged wedding vows in D See Rotty, page 4. a graveyard. Jody Hawley, 20, of New- ark, N.Y., married 24-year- Chicago to host old Nelson Nieves of Wal- Farrakhan to visit BG worth in a cemetery cere- mony shortly after sundown Wednesday. Crowd expected to be peaceful for lecturer "We wanted to be young scientists Farrakhan's speeches are un- different," the bride said. by Marvin C. Brown Audrey Flowers, BSU vice staff writer founded. president, said Farrakhan's said. "Communicating the re- "Of course with someone as presence will have a positive Among the 100 people at by Amy Zltzelberger sults of their research makes the controversial as Minister Far- effect on the Unity Conference. the ceremony was the maid writer exercise real." Organizations responsible rakhan, there are protests," he of honor, who dressed as TV Michael Kister, Elisabeth Mor- for bringing Nation of Islam said. "But to our knowledge, "Bringing him here aids our horror queen Elvira. The Four University undergradu- lino, Robert Reynolds and Brian leader the Rev. Louis Farrak- there have never been any acts conference," Flowers said. local fire company supplied ates will be presenting new scien- Woodworth will each give 20 han to campus do not believe of violence during his [speak- "By bringing him here, var- lighting for the event. minute talks on their work. his controversial nature will ing engagements ]." ious schools will become tific data in Chicago this weekend cause problems. from experiments they designed Kister worked on the develop- Farrakhan is known as a Attendence is expected to united — unity is the theme of Weather and executed last summer. ment of an instrument to controversial figure whose lec- exceed 5,000, but campus secu- our conference." Argonne National Laboratories measure concentrations of cer- tures have had a tendency to rity predicts there will be no in Chicago is hosting more than tain chemicals without separat- spark protest. erobfems, according to Lieu- Tate said plans to bring Far- Sunny and warm: 150 students at the Argonne Sym- ing them from solution. For ex- mant David Weekley. rakhan to the University have Today, sunny and warm. posium for Undergraduates in ample, the caffeine content of a However, according to been ongoing for several High in the mid 70s.