Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 4-9-1976 The BG News April 9, 1976 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 9, 1976" (1976). BG News (Student Newspaper). 3225. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/3225 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. An Independent Bowling Green, Ohio Student Fridiy. April 9. 1976 Voice ■me BG news Volume S9/Number 94 Resident Advisers: vital to dormitory life By Bob Bortd Missouri in Columbia, certain happen and it did." she said. "But we nearly vanished because of the lack of THE FIRST residence building was of authority during emergencies. There Makeup Editor conclusions can be made. wanted to try and see if it was a way organized supervision, she said. Many designated as a control hall. It had a was a large number of freshman in which we could save some money in times there wasn't anyone available to hall director, personal assislants uninformed of university functions, What would be the effects of In 1971. the University cut the operational costs." help students with questions or (RAs) and siudenl governments on according lo the report. dormitory life if the Resident Adviser number of RAs from 180 to 90 problems, she said. each floor. Leaders also reported a tendency (RA1 program were abolished? The because of a budget crunch, said What did happen was that damage The second hall had a hall director for students from other halls to be answer is difficult because the Fayetta M. Paulsen, coordinator of and theft in residence halls soared. Similar results were shown indicated and RAs on each floor but no student rowdy in their halls because of the University has never been without residence hall programs. At that time, Paulsen said this was because of by the University of Missouri's RA government lack of RAs. Most wanted RAs to some type o( an RA program. the effects of the cut were viewed with transients and persons who did not live study. The third hall was unstructured and enforce noise regulations and provide By looking at dormitory life in the many reservations because of what in the residence halls, but whose had only a hall director. advice and assistance for the hall 1971-7; academic year when the might have happened t6 residence hall presence was undetected by the In 1971, that university chose three In all three halls the students had director. University cut its number of RAs in life. smaller siaffs. men's dormitories and established the same high school graduation dates, Conclusions that could be drawn half and by looking at the results of a different forms of hall administration class levels or ACT scores, according to from the evidence of this icport and case study by the University of "WE ANTICIPATED what might Also, floor events deteriorated and in each. the leport. the effects on residence hall life in the Comparative studies were made 1971-72 academic year at the during the year regarding the student University are: perception of environment. This was -RAs are necessary in providing a Quinlan death to be decided by family tested by a uniform College and total education for the on-campus University Environmental DENVILLE, NJ. (AP) - Secrecy requirements of the court order so the residents of the University; and advice reasonable, the court said in the THE HOSPITAL reached its Questionnaire (CUES). The number of -RAs perform the vital function of shrouded those who hold respirator can be turned off. March 31 ruling. decision early yesterday after its dropouts, student grade point averages court-approved powers to disconnect providing an environment in which 21 -member board of trustees met in (GPAs). noise levels, distractions and students can excell. Without them, Karen Anne Quintan's life-supporting •THEY WOULD deeply appreciate THE QUINLANS. Armstrong and private, according to a spokesman for hall damages were also compared. respirator and there was no indication privacy at this point." said the Rev. residence hall life would suffer and the spokesmen for Quintan's doctors and Lawrence Stern, who represents the RESULTS INDICATE that students teal losers would be the students. yesterday when steps might be taken Thomas Trapaso. a parish priest at St. Clare's Hospital, where the woman board. in the control and second halls had to end the comatose woman's life. Our Lady of the Lake Church in has been in a coma since last April, all Armstrong said Wednesday that more positive CUES scores, regarding "Now the decision is out of the Mount Arlington, where the Quinlans declined to say if any or all "it's certainly within the hospital's orientation than the students in the public and legal arena and has been worship and where Julia Quinlan. preparations had already been made lo by-laws" for the trustees to appoint unstructured hall. Weather returned to the sacred realm of the Karen's mother, works as a secretary. meet the court requirements. ihemselves as the elhics committee. The control hall had fewer dropouts Moslly sunny and cool today. privacy of the family, the physicians "It is really a family matter and Ralph Porno, lawyer for doctors But there was still no indication and higher GPAs than the other two High in the upper 40s and the low and the hospital." said Paul they would like to deal with it outside Robert Morse and Arshad Javed. lhat the trustees made any decision halls. There was no difference in these SOs. Fair and not as cool tonight. Armstrong. Quinlan family lawyer, the public eye. They terribly need to Quintan's physicians, said yesterday yesterday other than to refrain from areas between the second and Low 30 to 35. Partly cloudy and following the disclosure that all parties be alone and private." Father Trapaso the doctors would not appeal. He also appealing. unstructuicd halls. warmer tomorrow. High in the in the case had decided not to appeal a said said the doctors would not comment. The Quinlans had said after the The unstructured hall had the upper SOs and the low 60s. landmark New Jersey Supreme Court New Jersey Any. Gen. William P. ruling that Ihey would wait to see if highest noise and distraction levels. Probability of precipitation 10 per ruling that could allow the 22-year-old According to the court ruling. Hyland, Morris County Prosecutor any appeals were planned before Self-evolved student leaders in Ihe cent today and tonight. woman to die. before ihe respirator can be turned off Donald G. Collester, St. Clare's atlempting to fulfill the court's unstructured hall did not like the lack competent medical authorities musi Hospital and Thomas Curtin, who was requirements. "That matter is now private," advise Joseph Quinlan (hat his Quintan's court-appointed legal Armstrong said, when asked if the daughter cannot return to a thinking guardian until the high court named media would be informed when the and aware condition. A hospital ethics her father to that role, all said they Architect presents design plans woman's parents begin fulfilling the committee must then consider that would not appeal. for music, recreation facility By Pat Thomas expected to increase access to the University Provost Kenneth W. News Editor buildings and lessen traffic difficulties. Rothe said that PACT will aid in Facilities for the handicapped, developing "a community base for A site development plan for the new including u parking area adjacent to expressing needs which can then be Music Arts Bldg. and the Recreation the Recreation Center have been met by the station." Center was presented yesterday by included in the design, said Bassett and A PACT steering committee of nine James Bassett, landscape architect and Thomas K. Zung, architect handling members was also approved. a University consultant. the design of the center. Both facilities will be constructed Parking for both buildings is Rothe said WBGU-TV faces a on the southeast comer of Sterling available in the lot behind the Health $70,000 budget cut because of Farm field, next to the Health Center. Center and in the Ice Arena parking decreased federal grants and increased Site plans indicate that two small lakes lot. In addition, a 240-space lot will be programming costs. He suggested that will be constructed in the area around built just north of the Musical Arts additional money might he generated the buildings. Bldg. through the community involvement According to Bassett. the lakes are Bassett said vehicular and pedestrian encouraged by PACT. designed to provide landfill for an traffic patterns as well as the overall The trustees also approved a earth berm which will surround the campus plan had been studied in $140,000 expenditure for the repair of Recreation Center, as well as provide developing the site plans. the east and west roof sections of storm-water-runoff areas and scenic ConklinHall. f value. BASSETT'S presentation followed a ALSO INCLUDED in the plans is meeting of the Board of Trustees. Also noted by the board was a the extension of Merry Avenue (north The board approved the charter of SI ,029,153 increase in total grants and of the Health Center) to Ihe the Public Advisory Council for contracts received by the University intersection of Mercer Road and Television (PACT), designed to for the fiscal year to date.