Wright State University CORE Scholar The Guardian Student Newspaper Student Activities 8-8-1991 The Guardian, August 8, 1991 Wright State University Student Body Follow this and additional works at: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/guardian Part of the Mass Communication Commons Repository Citation Wright State University Student Body (1991). The Guardian, August 8, 1991. : Wright State University. This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Activities at CORE Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Guardian Student Newspaper by an authorized administrator of CORE Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. "BOYZ N THE HOOD" CONTROVERSY PAGE 4 The Guardian Issue No. 3, Volume 28 THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1991 Q RECYCLED PKPW INSIDE Resource director fired after • Kings Island pays Job safety violations accusation of a racist remark cost Kings Island $23,500, News page 3. Thomas J. Lucente, Jr. "If Mr. Parry has problems with a toward me. And what is most News Editor disturbing is that it came from the • Dr. Woods lends minority chairing a committee, I (university's top personnel Oncc again, accusations of officer). If Mr. Parry has problems a hand racism rock the Wright Stale shudder to think what his attitude with a minority chairing a Associate professor campus. committee, I shudder to think what takes time to help less James R. Parry, 40, Director is about minorities serving in his attitude is about minorities fortunate, News page 3.. of Human Resources, was positions of real power." serving in positions of real power," removed from his position last said Townscnd's letter. month after being accused of —Karen Townsend The Dayton Daily News article • Top guns making a racial remark. Parry is also quoted Parry's attorney, Dayton Air Show a the University's chief personnel David Torchia of Cincinnati, as success despite heat. officer. Program, Parry, who is white, Dayton Daily News report, saying that Parry will challenge his Spotlight page 7. The alleged incident took supposedly said that he would not Townscnd, who is black, sent a dismissal through WSU's place during a May 8, committee be comfortable with a minority letter of complaint to WSU grievance procedures and is meeting. After questioning Karen serving as the Chairman of President Paige E. Mulhollan. "innocent of any wrongdoing." • World's largest Townscnd, coordinator of Position Classification Appeals "Never before in my "This entire matter is the result fair WSU's Minority Scholars Committee. professional career have I ever see "Minority" on page 6 The Ohio State Fair has Acccss and Achievement According to an August 5, had such a comment directed the most to offer:, everything from alligator WSU to wrestling to Russian Point of Interest.., royalty, Spotlight page 9.. receive file photo • Wings in *. playoffs funds for With their taped shoes they have the best record in Loop Road the WBL, Sports page 11. Stale Senator Merle Grace Kearns (R-Springfield) announced the • Pigskin already? release of funds to complete a second Bengals and Browns segment of a southern most portion of season schedules. Sports the Loop Road. This will interconnect page 13. ihe main drive from Colonel Glenn Highway to the Rock Road, and provide for associated parking. In addition, the funding will INDEX provide for the installation of approximately 500 linear feet of a 8 ft. News 1-3 diamcterculvert pipe andcatch basins for storm water run-off and detention. Opinion 4-5 "The first Phase of this road Spotlight 7-10 connected Main Road to Center Road Sports 11-13 and incorporated a storm sewer Classified 15 system to control surface flow. This Few students know about the Rockafield cemetary. It Is located behing the Chronicles 16 next phase will continue the road Rockafield house and contains 45 graves from the past century. It is a nice place to Calendar .16 across the south end of the campus, stroll with a date or just to visit by yourself for contemplation. Afterwards take a thus greatly improving transportation hike through the Biological reserve located behind the cemetary through the campus." Kearns stated. I 2 The Guardian Thursday, August 8.1991 News New computer systems of the 90s Apple and IBM attempt to improve computing industry William Saunders Spotlight Editor The current giants of the computing world, microprocessor system in Macintosh computers. Microsoft and Intel, are being threatened by new The RS/6000 system is a high-speed processor that initiatives set down by IBM and Apple Computers, "This has a potentially great impact on utilizes three chips to execute the commands of the Inc. the computer industry. It will also have a computer's software. The newer POWER PC On July 3, 1991, IBM and Apple announced system will place this processing system into a their intent to combine the better aspects of each of large impact on certain companies like single chip. Smith pointed out that this combination their products to create a new line of software of the RS/6000 into a single chip will enhance the operating systems and computers. Microsoft and Intel. The goal is to be less current system, making it faster and more reliable. "This has a potentially great impact on the reliant on these companies." Finally, IBM and Apple plan to market computer industry," said Verne Smith, —Verne Smith "platform independent software environments." microcomputer analyst for WSU's Computing Translated, this simply means that they will sell Services. "It will also have a large impact on certain their new operating system to other computer companies like Microsoft and Intel. The goal is to be operating system that will allow existing and new programs from companies, giving them a choice between less reliant on these companies," he said. both companies to work on the new line of computers. According Microsoft and the new system. By doing so, they Currently the Microsoft operating system, MS- to Apple, the new operating system will also be easier to use and hope to stimulate the industry development of this DOS, and the chips made by Intel are the most to learn, making development of new programs an easier process. new technology. dominantly used in the computer industry. The second intent is to expand Apple's Macintosh line to be "This is a long term project," Smith pointed out. IBM and Apple outlined four points of intent for more powerful. This new expansion of the Macs will allow them "We won't see any results from this project for two their merger. The first of these is the creation of an to use IBM's existing enterprise system, along with Apple's or three years. If everything falls into place, these "open system software platform." Verne Smith current line of user-oriented productivity software. systems will be fully implemented by the end of the explained that an "open system platform" is a new Next on their list is the use of IBM's RS/6000 POWER 1990s." WSU professor speaks New state education budget out on Ohio economy approved by our legislature Robert Premus, professor of file photo Students should expect tuition increase economics at Wright State University, reports that since the state has been unable in the 1992-93 school year to provide enough jobs for its workers, Ohio's economic performance has been William Saunders below expectations and probably will Spotlight Editor continue that way. "If the Ohio economy was able to "Everything in the past grow in terms of job creation at the A new two-year S27.2 billion budget national rate from 1960 to the present, was approved by the Ohio Legislature July WOUld indicate that today we would have 1.5 million more 10. The new budget allowed Si.23 billion jobs for Ohioans," said Premus. for state universities in the first year, and tuition W ill inrrPHCP " ' He believes a strong work force will S1.29 billion for the second, out of a total lU,UOn VVI,! »"Crease. enhance the state's economic condition. ofS3.6billionthatwasallocatcdforhighcr "To a large degree, Ohio's future education in general. JLOU FalKneF economic performance will, be Limits on tuition increases were set at conditioned by what happens in the L national economy. The short-run problem a maximum of a 9 percent increase for is to anticipate future cyclical changes in fiscal 1992 and a 7 percent for fiscal 1993Governo. r Voinovich for approval. Ohio's economy," he said. "Ohio's Originally those numbers had been set at 7 Students of the 1991-92 year at Wright economic performance has been a major percent for 1992 and 4 percent for 1993, State will be unaffected by these actions, but disappointment when compared to but were increased due to the small budget students should be prepared for a rate economic growth in the nation. A loss of given by the state and as a compromise for increase in the fall of 1992, according to Dr. Robert Premus, WSU professor the state universities who wanted no limit registrar Lou Faulkner. "Everything in the comparative cost advantages and a of economics shrinking market share were identified as placed on tuitions. past would indicate that tuition will the primary causes of Ohio's long-term inducements to industry. It was suggested "Imagine what tuition increases would increase," he stated. economic decline. Ohio's policy that a strategy that focuses on human capital have looked like without any cap (limit) in Faulkner remarked that he couldn't response to the problem of long-term resources would be a more effective placed by the General Assembly," remember a time when Wright State didn't secular stagnation was found to be largely approach to economic development.