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BG—OG football preview, pg. 6 THE BG NEWS Vol. 69 Issue 7 Bowling Green, Ohio Friday, September 5,1986 Reporter Theta Chis vacate opposes exchange unfinished house by Matt Wlnklejohn such certificate. staff reporter NEW YORK (AP) - Nicholas Connelly said it is not uncommon for buildings Daniloff, the US. News it World Members of the Theta Chi fraternity today find to be occupied before the certificate has been Report correspondent jailed in themselves without a home. issued. Moscow, doesn't want to be The fraternity and the building's non-greek Maurer was also the contractor for the Phi traded for a Soviet spy suspect, residents had to vacate the fraternity house by Delta Theta fraternity house renovation, which his editor said yesterday after noon yesterday because the Wood County building was completed last summer. Connelly said his returning from the Soviet Union. inspector declared it unsafe. The apartment-style office never received plans for that building's sun building is still under construction at the corner of deck. As a result, the paperwork on the structure A State Department official in Ridge and North Main streets. is incomplete, and the building is inhabited with- Washington, D.C., said the So- out a certificate of occupancy, he said. viet government has not re- Theta Chi president Tim Noonan said 35 of the fraternity's 63 members and 20 non-members Maurer called the certificate for the Theta Chi sponded to the U.S. proposal to building a technicality. exchange Daniloff, accused by were living in the house. the Soviets of spying, for an Wood County Chief Building Inspector Bob "I DON'T dispute the technicality, but I did not understanding that a Soviet Connelly visited the premises Tuesday morning think we did anything differently than we have physicist accused of spying in and issued a work stoppage effective immedi- with the other 11 or 12 buildings we've built. A lot the United States would be sent ately. The order said work could begin only when of buildings in town don't have occupancy per- home after his trial. the building was evacuated, Connelly said. mits," he said. "Kaufman's (Restaurant, on South Mortimer Zuckerman, the "We stowed work because the building was Main Street) operates without an occupancy per- owner and editor-in-chief of U.S. occupied. Irs a tvpical construction site. There mit. The new building at Seventh and High didn't News & World Report, said Dan- are materials in the corridors and work is incom- have one as of Tuesday." iloff was buoyed by public sup- plete," Connelly said. "We want to make it safe." Connelly claimed Maurer requested early resi- port, but "didn't feel it was Members of Theta Chi knew of the work stop- dency for the Phi Delta Theta building. Maurer appropriate for him to be page around noon Tuesday, and they knew they said he did not make a request with the building swapped for someone clearly were going to have to move. But they did not know department to occupy the Theta Chi house. involved in espionage." when, Vice President Bill Higham said. People began moving things into the Theta Chi "He is no more a spy than "Bob (Maurer, the building's contractor) came building August 25, Higham said. He also said John Wayne, no more involved by (Wednesday) around six, Higham said. "He Maurer allowed people to move in once they had in espionage than Gidget or any said we had to be out by noon (yesterday). We finalized their lease arrangements, paid for the of us, and it's outrageous he's didn't have to take our stuff with us." apartment and Maurer had approved the move. kept in prison." Zuckerman said FRATERNITY members will be staying at the Noonan said building residents have found the as be arrived home from Mos- Falcon Plaza Motel. The non-members are living situation upsetting. cow. at the Holiday Inn, Maurer said. He is paying for "This has caused such a great disruption. It's The deal to liberate Daniloff the hotel and motel rooms. the beginning of the year, and we're trying to get would involve temporarily re- Maurer met with building officials Tuesday settled and organized." Noonan said. "And now leasing Gennady Zakharov, a afternoon and Wednesday to determine the evac- we're getting switched around. I don't understand Sysicist who was assigned to uation deadline. A list detailing what work had to ... we've been here a week and everything was ! United Nations Secretariat, be done before the building could be occupied was fine. Whoever intended for this to happen, suc- to the Soviet ambassador, U.S. also given to Maurer, Connelly said. ceeded." officials said Wednesday. Connelly said once a structure's building, Connelly could not say why his office, the Wood 8TATE DEPARTMENT plumbing, heating, electric and fire inspections County Building Inspection Department, waited a spokesman Charles Redman are complete, a certificate of occupancy is issued. week to address the situation. said the United States is "taking The building at Ridge and Main streets has no D See Theta Chi, page 4. every appropriate measure" in an effort to secure Daniloffs release. Redman said the Soviet's Repairs delayed by state "failure to resolve this satisfac- torily cannot help but have a negative effect on U.S.-Soviet by Melissa McGUIivray relations." staff reporter "The problems are with delays, Zuckerman said he himself Reach for thC Sky BG News/Peter Fellman favors the proposal to get Dani- Cheerleader Sheila Sand, sophomore radlo-televisionfllm major, Over the years, construction apparently caused by loff back in exchange for tempo- stands high above her partner, Scott Geringcr, sophomore market- signs and barricades have be- rarily releasing Zakharov. ing major, who struggles to keep her there. come a familiar trademark of understaffing, in the State many University buildings. But the University is not to Architect's office." blame for delays in completing - University President Paul Olscamp these projects, accordingto Uni- versity Architect Rollie Engler. DeCrane honored The State Architect's office is chitect's office," Olscamp said. departments," he said. "It be- handling many other projects "All I can tell you is that we are comes a domino effect." Orientation leader receives Ferrari Award this year, and the University making every effort to break The "domino effect" resultsf- may not be high on its list of this logjam." rom new projects that are in the priorities, Engler said. works, which will mean more by Greg Conncl "The changes we have ation in the program," be said. An example of this is large shifting of offices and less space, staff reporter made," he said,"have come prison construction projects, ENGLER SAID "B.C. he said. from student CURRENTLY THE chairman which have had high priority is in competition with other Five departments from Wil- Gregg DeCrane, assistant vice input. We of the University Program this year, he said. larger state projects," adding liams Hall are now housed in president of student affairs, stu- have gotten Council, DeCrane is responsible Projects like the library steps that the University's $3 million Founders and South halls. Shat- dent activities, and orientation the students for the coordination and sched- and the back of Moseley Hall Business Administration build- zel, Overman and Hayes halls was recently given the Michael more in- uling of all campus events. should be completed by Novem- ing addition cannot compete are also on the renovation list, R. Ferrari Award by the Univer- volved in The council is made up of ber. But construction on the with a $30 million prison con- with the Overman construction sity's Board of Trustees. both the plan- administrative officers, as well Business Administration build- struction job. to begin in December or Jan- DeCrane began working for ning and the as graduate and undergraduate ing addition and on Williams Engler olamed the delays on uary. Offices in these buildings the University as a program leadership of representatives from campus Hall will not begin until Decem- Gov. Richard Celeste's goal to will also be moved to other coordinator in student activities orientation, organizations. The council has ber or January and probably "get Ohio busy again," which buildings, he said. in 1969. Later that year Jie left to and almost final approval over any event will not be completed until 1988, means more construction in the "I feel I never get finished serve in the Army in Thailand, everv event °«Crane geared toward the general stu- be said. state, and more paperwork for with projects; they are always and be retuned to the University involved with orientation is the dent body. In his State of the University the State Architect's Office. continuing," he said. in 1971. result of student input." As last year's administrative address Aug. 25, University "Since Celeste got into office, Engler said his office has its In 1972 be was promoted to DeCrane is also responsible staff council chairman, De- President Paul Olscamp told we've had more problems in hands full with all the rendva- director of student activities and for bringing the parents of fresh- Crane directed the group which faculty and staff that the delays getting projects approved," he tionprojects.