The BG News April 5, 1994

Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 4-5-1994 The BG News April 5, 1994 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 5, 1994" (1994). BG News (Student Newspaper). 5681. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/5681 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. jQ The BG News "A Commitment to Excellence" Tuesday, April 5,1994 Bowling Green, Ohio Volume 77, Issue 126 Indians opener blacked out Fans pack into sports bar to watch Tribe triumph 4-3 in 11th inning by Kir* Pavelich and Julie Tag- received. Male rro Programming officials at The BG News ESPN's communication de- partment had 1 el t the office for Blackness. the day and could not be That was the surprise await- reached for comment. ing numerous Wood Cable TV However, a pre-recorded mes- subscribers when they tried to sage detailing the network's tune into Monday's Cleveland programming schedule seemed Indians-Seattle Mariners open- to refute Miller's claim. ing day game on ESPN. "Monday's primary games The Indians went on to defeat are at 1 p.m. - Seattle at Cleve- the Mariners 4-3 in 11 innings. land," the message stated. "The But unless you had access to a following areas are blacked out satellite dish, you never would and will receive alternate have seen it. games: 100-mile radius of Seat- Larry Miller, general man- tle, Northeastern Ohio, ager of Wood Cable TV, said Western Pennsylvania, North the local cable operators Central West Virginia, Eastern learned Monday that the game Ohio, the northern half of Cali- would not be shown because of fornia and Western Nevada." an agreement ESPN had en- According to the message, tered into with Major League these blacked-out areas - of Baseball. which Northwestern Ohio was Miller said the agreement not included - were to receive prohibits ESPN from transmit- the alternate game of Texas at ting all Major League Baseball New York. Wood Cable viewers games to any cable system received neither the primary within 100 air miles of the sta- game or the alternate game. dium at which the game Is be- Because the game was Tfce BG Newi/Kou We Hue r ing played. blacked out in Wood County, University students rejoice at Downtown, the BG sports bar at noon. Students and residents of Bowling Green could watch the "I was totally surprised," faithful Indian fans and Wood North Main and East Court streets, as the Cleveland Indians fare game only if they had access to a satellite dish. Miller said. "I've heard of Cable patrons had to find other well against the Seattle Mariners at Jacobs Field Monday after- areas with blackout re- means to view or listen to the came in for work. Lions one time. cause there was more demand Junior Kuni Okuma said he strictions but this is a new game. "This is nuts. Imagine what it "Thank God for the satellite this year to see the opening day was glad Downtown had the one." Downtown Sports Bar and would be like in a bar in Cleve- dish," he said. game. game although he wished he Miller added that ESPN Deli, 162 N. Main St., was one land," Hobbie said. "At least we Patrons of Downtown said "Obviously in the past, could have seen it at home. claimed Monday that they had of the few local establishments can thank Wood Cable for they were frustrated by the there's never been a problem "I just think that [Wood notified Wood Cable of the that showed the game, and something because of all this blackout but grateful that the with seeing the opening day Cable] is losing a lot of their agreement two months ago. therefore had a much larger good business. I can't believe bar was open and was airing game for Cleveland. If it was reputation," Okuma said. However, Miller denied the afternoon crowd than usual. they did that." the game. blacked by ESPN the Texas network's charge and said John Hobbie, part owner of Hobbie said the same inci- Jim Creech, a University game would have come on," he Editor's note - BG News pho- Monday's notice was the first Downtown, said he was sur- dent happened when the Green senior, said he believes Wood said. "I'm just sorry I already to editor Ross Weitzner con- he or the cable operators have prised at the crowd when he Bay Packers played the Detroit Cable blacked out the game be- paid my cable bill." tributed to this report. Gramm under fire from Nader Requirements for byJimAbrami The Associated Press Gramm's Senate staff budget fund "campaign-oriented" travel Ethics Committee, in which honoraries differ published last July in the Dallas in Texas before his 1990 re- Baird stated the committee did WASHINGTON - A Ralph Morning News , the complaint election bid. not intend to take any action with by Nicole Pankuch Nader group Monday accused accuses the senator of possible The second complaint was that respect to Issues raised by the News contributing writer Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, of violations of federal law and Gramm abused his franking, or Dallas Morning News article. misusing taxpayer funds and Senate ethics rules in three areas free stamp, privileges, by im- As initiations approach for various academic honor societies, ques- abusing free stamp privileges. related to his campaign and per- properly directing volunteers to tions arise concerning their requirements for selection. The Congressional Ac- sonal spending. send videotapes of television Complaints filed by In addition to standards established by each of the particular or- countability Project, one of Gramm said it was "grossly di- newscasts to his offices in fran- Nader ganizations, the University has established some general require- Nader's consumer advocacy or- shonest" for Nader to resurrect ked envelopes. ments for the societies. ganizations, filed a complaint old charges that have already The third complaint dealt with </ In 1989 Gramm used public For an undergraduate student, a candidate "must be in the upper 35 against Gramm with the Senate been dismissed by the Ethics a five-day trip to Texas in 1989 percent of their class and college, and have completed three semes- Ethics Committee. Committee, and accused Nader during which Gramm used $9,000 money from his office expense ters or 40 semester hours," according to Laura Waggoner, director of Nader said Gramm, an outspo- of working with the administra- in public funds. Nader's group account to fund "campaign- Student Services. ken critic of the Clinton adminis- tion in an attempt "to Intimidate said Gramm took his wife and Waggoner said a transfer undergraduate student must fulfill the tration with an interest in run- and silence the Republican oppo- sons hunting and traveled to a orienied" travel. previous two requirements and meet equivalent qualifications at his ning for president, is "leading a sition." He said such efforts college bowl game, but spent •/ Gramm abused his franking, or or her previous university. political lie. He is representative would not "ball [Clinton] out of only four-and-a-half hours on "The student must have completed one full-time semester in resi- of the kind of government hypoc- Whitewater." official business during the trip. free stamp, privileges. dence and rank in the upper 35 percent of their class and college on [ risy that Is all too prevalent here The complaint said that in 1989 Gramm's office provided a let- </ Gramm spent $9,000 of public University] work considered separately as well as on all hours com- in Washington." Gramm used public money from ter from Victor Baird, staff di- pleted, transferred and otherwise, considered jointly," she said. Based on an article on his office expense account to rector and chief counsel of the funds on a five-day trip to Texas. Graduate students are required to have a 3.S accumulative average on all graduate work as well as have completed one full-time semester -12 semester hours - in residence. They must also have retaken those courses in which they had once received "incompletes" in order to remove the incomplete from their Assassination query goes on record, Waggoner said. Each honor society also has its own, sometimes detailed, qualifica- by John Rice There was no word on possible seen as a shoo-in for the Aug. 21 * Another guard, Vicente tions for candidates including extracurricular activities, specific The Associated Press motives for the slaying, officials election. Mayoral Valenzuela, "opened a classes and a required number of hours on campus. said. Five of the seven are In cus- Special prosecutor Miguel path toward the victim" for Each honor society checks the candidates' major, college, course- MEXICO CITY - At least seven tody, the attorney general's of- Montes Garcia said Aburto re- Aburto, Montes said. work and grade point average to make sure they are eligible for ad- people were involved in the as- fice said in a statement. mains the man accused of firing * Mayoral Valenzuela's son, mittance, Waggoner said. sassination of the man who was The man who confessed to fir- the shots. Rodolfo Mayoral Esquer, shoved The freshman honor society Phi Eta Sigma requires candidates to likely to have become Mexico's ing the fatal shots, Mario Aburto Of the other suspects in cus- and interfered with another have a 3.S grade point average for the first semester of enrollment or next president, the attorney gen- Martinez, told police he went to tody: army security man.

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