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State University MONDAY August 27, 2001 SHOWTIME: MOSTLY CLOUDY BG football is ready to HIGH: 82 | LOW 61 play under the new lights at Doyt; PAGE 13 independent student press VOLUME 92 ISSUE 2 Freshmen belongings moved in by Jrs^ Srs. by Jordan Fouls armed with muscles, wagons and to college life. 1HS BG NIWS push-carts to help incoming stu- "It was a big help," said Ryan Disheveled and half-asleep, dents unload their posessions Gilbert, a freshman moving into Damian Thorkelson looked and move into their dorms last Chapman Hall. "I didn't know fatigued after nine hours of lug- weekend. what I was doing." ging beds and boxes earlier in the Remembering their own "It was rewarding, since we got day. move-in experiences — forced to to work with (the other organiza- "It was a lol of hard work. Right push, shove and carry belongings tions). It was a really well-run sys- now, I'm aching — I'm gonna pay on their own — the members of tem," Thorkelson said. for it in the morning," the senior religious, athletic, greek and other leff Waple, associated director said. campus organizations volun- of the Office of Residence life, Thorkelson and his fraternity, teered with orientation to meet coordinated every campus frater- I .iinl >il,i Chi Alpha, were among the new students, answer their Michael lehmkuMe BG Item the thousands of upperclassmen questions and help them adjust FRESHMEN, PAGE 11 STACK IT UP: Melissa Quinones, sophomore, unpacking with her parents at Kreischer Quadrangle. Al-Mar reopens by CRAIG GIFFORD THE 8G NEWS More than eight months after Al-Mar Colonial Lanes was claimed by a fire, the bowling alley will officially reopen to the public next Monday. "I'm just anxious to get it underway," said BUI Wammes, owner of Al-Mar. "It's going to be a beautiful facility." While the alley has not com- pletely opened, it did hold it's grand opening earlier this month. Currently, a month-long gala is taking place at the alley, which will allow special invites to enter and bowl, parties will be hosted and will culminate widi a Professional Bowling Association tournament. According to Wammes, Al- Mar is not yet open to the public because only eight of the sixteen lanes have been built. "We have eight that we're AL-MAR. PAGE 11 U.extends MchMlKliniluiNiBGNrm welcome HANG TIME: Charles Kanwischer, co-curator and University professor prepares a display for the "Personal Space: Twelve Contemporary Painters." exhibit in the Dororthy Uber Bryan Gallery. Gallery times and reviews of exhibits, PAGE 3 week by Dorothy Wrona IHE BG NEWS In the past, Welcome Week was just that — a week for University freshman to get New campus-wide network almost in place adjusted to college life and get involved on campus. This year, Welcome Week has also include digital video and a be able to get their services BUILDINGS UNDER SUPERNET CONSTRUCTION All but seven reworking of the phone lines. rather than physically going to been extended to five weeks of All but seven buildings on campus have been completely converted buildings have Digital video will allow profes- student services or physically events known as BiG Welcome. to the new BGSupernet system, which will provide a faster comput- According to Amy O'Donnell, sors to access movies they want going to the financial aid office,'' been switched over er network to computer labs on campus. The supernet project will assistant dean of students, BiG to show in class off specific web- Whitmire said. to the new system sites. Instead of loading a VCR, also make new technology available to students and faculty. Welcome was redesigned to The University phone system include the whole campus and they will be able to push a single will also change as a result of the to aid freshman with the transi- by Craig Gitlord button on a computer monitor, Supemet project. IHE BG NEWS tion to college. It will also allow according to Whitmire. AsofOct. 15, the first threedig- Life Sciences Building freshman to fit more events , The BGsupemet project, a two The main difference between its for phones in the residence Park Street Warehouse year construction job to provide around their classes. digital video and VCR is, "ease of halls will change from 372 to 214. Mathematical Sciences Building "The first five weeks at the the University with a faster and access," Rather than Technology Annex more reliable computer net- "Everyone is sort of University are the most critical Whitmire said. dialinga"7"fbr Doyt Perry Stadium (to be completed next week) for new students as they make work, is nearly complete. Digital video outside lines, Social Philosophy and Policy Center In the past, University stu- tickled to see how the transition into their new will also allow students will Business Administration Building environment," O'Donnell said. dents have had to deal with a for less use of far it's come in the have to dial a network on campus that was "We're trying to make it a little lecture and "9" to make a slow or sometimes failed to time frame we've less intimidating" Included in more live Source: Duane Whitmire Amyto 1 Brown BG News work. Through Supemet, these call off-cam- BiG Welcome are the hypnotist broadcasts of been working on it problems should be solved. pus. Tom Deluca perfomingAug. 28, campus there may still be confusion "Hopefully students will be "Most of the problems were (super net)." "The 372 among the students or things Late Night at the Rec on Sept. 14 events. able to get their calls answered in due to an old network." said exchange is may run less than smooth, so the and The Great Drive-in Movie: Not only will DUANE WHITMIRE a quicker time frame in some of Duane Whitmire, associate pro- running out of University has plans to try and "Evolution" playing Aug. 25. professors ASSOCIATE PROJECT MANAGER numbers," said our highwire areas around the Academic programs will also ject manager. keep problems minimal. campus," Whitmire said. According to Whitmire, all but have new ways Scott Borgelt, "For example, AVAYA (the to access information due to campus communications offi- According to Whitmire, the seven buildings on campus have phone company) will provide fact that all these changes have WELCOME, PAGE 11 been completely converted over Supemet, but students will as cer. "The change will mean more personnel from its office to work well. A web portal has already flexibility and adding a new will have been made in just to the new system. through any problems that under two years is the most "There is an attempt in as been installed, called My BGSU. exchange will help the University occur, from Oct. 15 to the 19th," many of those buildings (that Currently, students can view meet future needs." he said. impressive thing about the aren't completely convened) as their bursar bill or sign up for a Faculty and staff phone num- While student phone lines will BGsupemet project. possible to get the computer labs parking pass through My BGSU. bers will remain with the 372 change phone numbers, faculty "There was just such a myriad Guide BG converted by Monday," Financial aid and degree audit exchange and to spate confu- and staff will also see significant of acts that had to be completed, Whitmire said. report information will be added sion, students will keep the same changes, Each faculty and staff everyone is son of tickled to see Find out all there is to Besides providing a more up- within the next few months. last four digits after the transfer is member will have access to how far it's come in the time do on campus and to-date and faster computer net- "Students in the next six to complete. caller ID., call waiting, MU\ , frame we've been working on it," work, ^ie Supemet pibject will twelve months will electronically Whitmire said he realizes speakerphone. he said. 2 Monday, August 27.2001 CAMPUS BG NEWS College relationship study reveals Condit to stay in dating habits no longer traditional House by Amber Brockway Giordano has worked with two graduate student, said that of meeting each other, couples only ever really asked out on one by Eun-Kyung Kim [HE BG NEWS other sociology professors, changing traditions may be a are sleeping in each others' dorm date throughout college. Instead, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS According to a recent survey Wendy Manning and Monica cause for changes in traditional rooms each night, don't go on she did a lot of group dating. WASHINGTON—Rep. Gary conducted by the Institute for Longmore, to research the dating dating patterns dates and don't have much Giordano said she also found Condit has no reason to quit the American Values and commis- patterns of teenagers. They con- "All aspects of society have romantic content in their rela- in her research that patterns of House Intelligence Committee, sioned by the Independent ducted research analysis with the changed over the years, so dating tionship." Marquadt said that the dating drastically changed over his lawyer said Sunday, despite Women's forum, college dating is National Longitudinal Study of has also changed," Schroeder lack of middle ground, just casual the years due to an increase in concerns by colleagues about his complicated by two extremes.