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Friday Bowling Green State University September 17, 1982 Hunt: University starts search for president's assistant by Mike Towle staff reporter THE ASSISTANT to the President will have a varied job description, he The University is now considering said. over 120 applications submitted for "The person will be expected to the position of Assistant to the Presi- work with the President on an array dent, according to Richard Edwards, of special types of projects of a re- vice president of University relations, search nature," Edwards said. "He and chair of the search committee for will also be expected to participate in the position. a number of representative type func- The position was developed by Uni- tions," he said. versity President Dr. Paul Olscamp as part of his new administrative "We will also be asking the person structure, which is to be completed by to serve as the secretary of the Board July 1,1983. of Trustees, a role I have held for a The whole application process number of years," he said. closed on Aug. 30, so since that time Edwards said he made a request to the three-person committee, of which President Olscamp to include the I am chair, has been looking at the position in the assistant's job descrip- applications," said Edwards. tion because of the growing weight of Several people from within the Uni- his responsibility with the external versity have applied for the position, affairs of the University. but Edwards could not make a statement on the progress of the se- According to Edwards, the yearly lection process. salary of the Assistant to the Presi- Edwards said that the committee's dent will be in the $30,000 range. goal is to complete the process in "We are moving right along and early October and have the position are very pleased with the way things filled by the end of that month. are progressing," Edwards said. Metal stamping plant workers call strike Suicide rate high with students by Lou Willn said. staff reporter "They're trying to compare us to by Mary Jo McVay the auto industry," Weber said. He and Julie Thornton "IF I WERE to guess," he said, Eckes said college is a time when a same time, parents," he said. A semi-truck pulled up to the Mid- added that there is a difference be- copy editor "I'd say sue to 10 bona fide suicide student is developing new friends, "Maybe homosexual anxiety going on west Stamping building at the corner tween him and a worker at an auto attempts" occurred at the University facing grade pressures. The students at the same time. All these different of Napoleon and Manville, Thursday. plant. He said he makes less money College students compose the ma- during the 1981-82 academic year. He may be away from home for the first things pulling at a person at once. But the truck driver did not pull in the than the auto worker. jority of adults who commit suicide classified bona fide suicide attempts time in an environment where he/she They feel empty. There's just nothing parking lot; he drove away. He could "The company has stated flatly each year. Officials say the Universi- as those where the student had to be feels socially isolated, he added. left. A real deep depression." not unload his cargo because striking that there will be no cost-of-living" in ty's students are not an exception to treated. In college, you start feeling a sense According to Bob Hepburn, exec- workers at the plant sat in lounge the contract, Raymond Walczak, na- this majority. Ragusa added he knows there is of helplessness, he said. utive director of The Link, situations chairs with their picket signs nearby, tional representative for MESA, said. Government statistics show that significantly more talk about suicide "Intangibles focus in on you," he that have had a major impact on a blocking the driveway. A Midwest official who would not suicide is the third largest killer of than attempts. He said he "wouldn't said, and added this encompasses person's life may lead to a suicide About 72 union employees of Mid- identify himself over the phone called persons 15-24 years old. even be able to guess" on the amount many expectations. attempt. Such events may include an west Stamping went on strike the latest offer "substantial." He Recent national statistics show that of those incidents. ••College is a passage to success," ending of a relationship or death of a Wednesday night after rejecting the added that negotiations are con- 11 out of 100,000 persons will kill Most of the attempts seem to occur Charles McCaghy, professor of socio- close friend or family member, he latest contract offer (49-17) from its stantly going on between manage- themselves per year. This figure on the weekend, according to Ragusa. logy, said. "If you can't make a go of said. managemement. ment and union officials. could be relative since accidental "It may be facing that time with it, you've got a problem, or so you If a friend or roommate is sus- Midwest Stamping does metal The official and Leon Williams, deaths -possible suicides - are not nothing to do," he said. think." pected of being suicidal, there are stamping for auto, truck, electrical vice president and personnel man- taken into account. Other suicides are "A lot of times a suicide attempt He added that some students react signs to watch for, according to and residential industries. ager of Midwest Stamping, would not not reported, the statistics said. can be in response to stress, it can be in a personal manner to situations Eckes. These may include a change in Some of the striking workers, who comment any further on the strike or Barbara Kalman, a counseling psy- an attempt to manipulate, it can be an that are common to everyone. They mood, eating habits and sleeping pat- belong to Mechanic Educational So- negotiations. chologist at the University's Counsel- expression of anger," Kalman said. take unfortunate circumstances as a terns, as well as difficulty in concen- ciety of America Local 4, an affiliate Mike Ballard, union committee ing and Career Development Center, We grow up believing in the 'Amer- direct reflection on themselves. tration, lack of socialization, of AFL-CIO, said they will strike as member of MESA, said the workers said she is already aware of several ican Dream, according to George A FORMER RESIDENT advisor irritability, lethargy and fatigue, he suicide attempts this semester. Eckes, clinician at the Wood County who requested to remain anonymous, said. long as they have to in order to get will bargain strongest for cost-of-liv- All sources said that anyone com- cost-of-living benefits in their next ing and health insurance benefits. "There is no reason why you can't Mental Health Clinic. said that a suicide attempt could stem expect it," Donald Ragusa, dean of from "things pulling on a student at miting suicide should receive counsel- three-year contract with Midwest "I'D SAY COST-OF-LIVING is the ing. Stamping. big thing," Ballard said. "That's what students said. "The fact that they "WE THINK EVERYTHING is all ends." "THEY WANT TO put a cap on our brought on the rejection. The only (attempts) occur is not embarassing possible, but everything isn't possi- "Maybe a relationship with a girl - "Anyone who is willing enough to cost of living. If we're gonna get less, thing that's going to stop this is to to the instituion." ble," he said. at the same time, classes - at the go see someone, even a friend, is we might as well get nothing, " Gary uncap cost-of-living for the first. sec- willing to get better," Eckes said. Weber, laborer at Midwest Stamping, See Page 3 A young face in Wood County's politics BG graduate elected chairman by Becky Bracht become a problem." relaxed atmosphere in class," he staff reporter Gardner was 21, and the young- said. est Ohio delegate, when he at- According to one of Gardner's Rapist set free Randy Gardner barely has time tended the Republican National students, his philosophy works. to relax. Convention in Detroit. Although the COLUMBUS. Ohio (AP) — A 22-year Leisurely activity such as prop- physical "generation gap" was ob- "HIS PERSONALITY reall; old man who pleaded guilty to the ping his feet up at the end of the vious between Gardner and the shines in the classroom and yc attempted rape of a 6-year-old girl day, taking time to collect his oldest Ohio delegate, 83-year-old really seem to know him," Connie was placed on probation after the thoughts and relaxing, is some- Jennings Cole, both were working Asmus, a junior at Otsego, said.