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G The BG News Wednesday, December 4, 1991 BOWLING GREEN, OHIO Volume 74, Issue 65 Briefly Faculty Senate Campus votes to reject Open forum planned: President Paul Olscamp will have an open forum health care bill tomorrow at noon in the Chart Room on the second by J.J. Thompson was needed before a position on floor of McFall Center. adminisiralion reporter the issue should be taken. Students with University "I don't think we want to make concerns or any other issues a recommendation until we un- are welcome and encour- Faculty Senate voted against a derstand fully why this is," she aged to attend. resolution on long-term health said. "Without the history I don't care costs Tuesday due to fears it want to support this.'' would divide University constitu- However, some thought Facul- Coordinator Famed: ent groups. ty Senate should take a stand — Crayton Moss, coor- The proposed resolution, which any stand — on the issue. dinator of the athletic train- was defeated by a vote of 24 to 31 "Primarily, I think the Senate ing program, has been in- with five abstentions, was an at- □ See Senate, page four. ducted into the Athletic Hall tempt to amend inequities in of Fame at his alma mater, what administrative staff, classi- Mid-America Nazarene Col- fied staff and faculty members lege in Olathe, Kansas. pay for health care benefits be- He became the first ath- cause of a short-term health care Blinn's letic trainer to be inducted resolution passed by Faculty in the college's Athletic Hall The BG Nem/Jay Murdock Senate May 7. of Fame during ceremonies (l-r)Dale Matney of Hickory Hollow shows Marian Ghazal and Emily Brown one of the heart shadow The long-term resolution states attitude held Oct. 26. boxes he Is selling at the UAO Gingerbread Alley Holiday Craft Fair. faculty and administrative staff with family coverage pay about 32 percent of their health care adds life benefits while single employees Professor elected: and classified staff with family Patricia Reed, professor coverage pay about 14 percent. of education, has been S mm mi resignation brings During debate, most senators to debate elected a member of the were against the resolution be- by Jeremy Stone Weber national board of directors cause they thought it would di- news editor of the Association of Teach- vide Faculty Senate from admin- er Educators. end to weeks of speculation istrative and classified staff. It was a typical day in Reed is associate dean of "If this is seen as creating Faculty Senate, with a the College of Education some kind of class conflict, I Bush accepted the resignation, White House spokesperson rather atypical man leading and Allied Professions and by Tom Raum think we should put it down," Raj the way. chairperson of the Depart- The Associated Press effective Dec. 15, and said in a Judy Smith said that as far as she Padmaraj said. ment of Educational Admin- statement that Sununu would re- knew, Bush had not offered Skin- Senator Elliott Blinn said he Commentary istration and Supervision. main as a counselor with cabinet ner the job. was against the resolution be- She served as president of WASHINGTON - John H. Sun- rank through March 1. Skinner is well respected by cause it was unfair to classified Elliott Blinn was in all his the Ohio Assocation of unu, the combative White House Sununu's resignation ended other Cabinet members, GOP staff. bow-tied glory Tuesday, Teacher Educators from chief of staff whose abrasive style weeks of rumor that he was on his members of Congress and Repub- "I read this motion as saying denouncing the University's 1986 to 1990. earned him enemies in both par- way out. The 52-year-old former lican campaign workers. we are paid the worst among Cat- administration and the Reed has been a member ties, resigned Tuesday, telling New Hampshire governor and Speculation that he would get egory I schools and what we are Faculty Senate in the same of the faculty since 1970, and President Bush he didn't want to Bush campaign aide had come the post was fueled by revelations doing now is saying there is one breath. He started by formerly taught at Miami be "a drag on your success." under increasing criticism in re- that he had a private dinner with source where we can get it from," launching a crusade against University and Ohio State Speculation immediately cent days from Republicans for the president on Sunday and he said. "We want to take money a health care proposal he University. centered on Transportation Sec- his role in the mixed signals from breakfast at the White House on from the lowest paid people and, said robbed from the poor retary Samuel K. Skinner as a the White House on the faltering Monday with Bush's son and chief in essence, from their pockets, and gave to the rich. likely successor, although the economy. political trouble shooter, George and I think that's disgraceful." "It makes the lowest-paid White House said no decision had Administration and Republican W.Bush. Ann Marie Lancaster said she people pay more and, in es- been made. sources said they expected Skin- It was Bush's eldest son who de- did not understand why there was sence, puts it in our pock- Local Sununu handed Bush a five- ner, a close political ally of the livered the bad news to Sununu a difference between what the ets," he said. "It's disgrace- page handwritten resignation president's who played an active last Wednesday that there was groups paid for health care bene- ful." note on Air Force One while Bush role in his 1988 re-election effort, wide opposition to him among fits, ana thought further research was on a trip to Florida and Mis- to get the top White House staff Bush's top advisers, administra- C See Comment, page four. Bars highlighted: sissippi. job. tion and Republican sources said. George ScluTdwachter, manager of Good Tymes Pub will appear on After Dark, the talk show on 88.1 FM, tonight at 10 p.m. Schildwachter will will discuss the recession and affects on bars as well as problems surrounding the establishment. The number at After Dark is 372-2826. State KKK given the 'nogo': jillMfc CINCINNATI — The K u Klux Klan won't be allowed to erect a cross on a down- town square but officials are considering the group's request for a display at an- other site. Tie BG News/Hob Wetter Public Works Director In the Kohl Hall study lounge, freshman business management major Steve O'Hara gets a jump on his studying for his business calculus exam next Monday. George Rowe said he re- jected last week the Klan's request to put up a cross on Fountain Square during the holidays. University, Ohio rank low for hazing Quickly... The Klan refused to com- (AP) — Followino is Cushman ply with recently adopted Organizations combating the problem, but infractions still occur & Wakefield Inc. 's ranking of the city rules that require a dis- best cities in which to do busi- play in a public forum to be by Amy Applebaum ness, according to a national removed by 10 p.m. and re- greek reporter the South: "Ohio is not as much of Though Stevens believes hazing survey of chief executives con- placed at 6 a.m. the next a problem." is more common in some areas of ducted by Louis Harris and As- day, Rowe said Tuesday. Stevens said many colleges and the country than others, she be- sociates Last year's rankings The Klan was permitted to Though hazing is still a com- universities in the East have lieves hazing is a national prob- are in parentheses. place a 10-foot cross on mon problem greeks, as well as eliminated the existence of greek lem and no one really knows ex- Fountain Square last year. other organizations, are battling systems because of fears of liti- actly how serious the problem is. 1 Atlanta (6) across the country, Ohio and the gation, adverse publicity and a However statistically, at the 2 Seattle (1) University are seemingly less af- belief in the negatives of the University only one incident re- 3. Tampa. Fla. (10) fected than other institutions. system. port involving hazing has been 4. Dallas-Fort Worth (8) Hazing is a problem which And in many other areas of the filed in his year-long term, ac- 5. Portland, Ore. (3) Weather threatens the very existence of country, systems are also in jeo- cording to IFC chief administra- 6. Columbus, Ohio (7) greek communities around the pardy. tor Greg Valandingham. 7 Cincinnati (13) nation, according to Eileen Ste- Currently at Western Illinois Hazing violations are not a 8. Houston (15) vens, founder of C.H.U.C.K.