The BG News April 17, 1985

Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 4-17-1985 The BG News April 17, 1985 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 17, 1985" (1985). BG News (Student Newspaper). 4386. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/4386 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. Wednesday, April 17,1985THE J3CL NEWS Vol. 67 Issue 111 Burglaries Accused increasing Nazi faces by Ellen Zimmerll them. The cards, which read charges staff reporter "You could have been ripped off," are left in a visible place so As one of the most frequent the student may realize what CLEVELAND (AP) -Ac- crimes on campus, the number can happen if they continue to cused Nazi death camp guard of burglaries in residence halls leave their doors unlocked. John Demjanuk remained in is increasing. custody yesterday, awaiting ex- The numbers are up from last "We are asking the students tradition to Israel next month to year. to protect their property by face murder charges in the In 1964, there were 12 thefts keeping their doors locked even ieaths of thousands of Jews reported for the month of Jan- if they are leaving their room for during World War II. uary, nine in February, three in a very short time like going to A supporter said Demjanjuk's March and 10 for the month of the bathroom, across the hall, family was "torn apart'' by the April. down the hall or next door, be- decision to jail him, and: one This year, there were 15 re- cause that's all the time it takes daughter termed it "genocide." ported thefts in January, 12 in to be ripped off," Starnes said. February, nine in March. As of Students may ioin Operation Demjanjuk, 65, was taken into yesterday, there were 10 re- Identification, where they can custody by federal marshals ported for this month. mark their personal property or Monday after U.S. District Bill Bess, director of Public engrave valuables with their Judge Frank Battisti approved Safety, called the thefts "crimes name. That may assist officers Israel's request to extradite of opportunity." in locating anything that is sto- Demjanjuk. The retired auto- Bess said people leave mes- len, she said. worker had been free on bond sages on the door for their Bess said the clearance rate since Israel issued an arrest friends, almost inviting burglars for dorm thefts is 20 to 30 per- warrant in 1963 charging De- into their rooms. As an example, cent. He noted that it depends on manjuk with the murders of he said, "Judy, I'm in the what is stolen, how good the thousands of Jews at a Treb- lounge. The door's unlocked, victim is in remembering any linka. Poland, death camp oper- c'mon in." information that may help, and ated by the Nazis during World In most cases the doors are their willingness to get involved. Warn. left unlocked and whatever is On two separate occasions. stolen is "something that is eas- Public Safety has recorded Demjanjuk is being held at ily lifted," he said. thefts that have occurred five Cuyahoga County jail tor federal Wallets, food coupon books, days in a row. authorities, Louis Kulis, chief of money and jewelry are the r'Once they get in the dorm operations for the jail, con- items that are most often stolen. and they meet friends, they re- firmed yesterday. lax more. We can't even say its "I REALLY don't know what people within the dorm involved. Cleveland travel agent Je- further steps we can take," It could be outsiders. We iust rome Brentar, a supporter of Charlotte Starnes, director of don't know. But we do know that Demjanjuk, said Demjanjuk's the Crime Prevention program, the act happens just too often," wife and three children are dis- said. Starnes said. traught over the judge's deci- She said resident advisers She said many times one will sion and Demjanjuk's have participated in a program leave the door open for the other imprisonment. where they place "ripped: off" roommate. But this is unneces- "The family is quite torn cards in students rooms that sary because a lock-out key is apart," Brentar said. '"The fam- they find unlocked with no one in available at the front desk. ily thought they would have at least permitted (Demjanjuk) to be at borne (while the appeals are heard.)" Quorum lost DEMJANJUK'S ATTORNEY Mark O'Connor has appealed Battisti's refusal to reconsider Faculty Senate gains ground his 1961 decision that stripped Demjanjuk of his U.S. cit- izenship. Battisti ruled that by Don Lee Demjanjuk lied on his 1952 im- staff reporter migration papers to conceal his past as a death camp guard. Faculty Senate gained a little more ground yesterday in the consideration of recommendations for improving the faculty griev- Demjanuk has denied aiding ance procedure, but before it could vote on the last three sections, its the Nazis. A native of the Uk- quorum walked out. raine, Demjanjuk said he was By the time the Senate was ready to vote on the last three sections captured by the Germans while of the Committee to Evaluate the Grievance Arbitration Procedures serving in the Soviet Army and (CEGAP) report, enough senators had left the meeting that the was held as a prisoner of war. Senate was three members short of the 39-member quorum needed His eldest daughter, Lydia, 35, to vote. made a statement Monday night When the motion to adjourn was made, it was not known whether for the family from their subur- there was a quorum because of a dispute over which members were ban Seven Hills home. counted in determining a quorum. "If you've lost half the senators before you take a vote, it casts a "This is genocide," she said of doubt ... we don't want suspicions or doubts that something the extradition. important was being railroaded through the Senate," Art Neal, She said the charges that her Senate chairman, said. father was a notorious guard The Senate voted to amend some of the CEGAP recommendations Preferred parking BG News/Phil Masturzo knows as "Ivan the Terrible" for changes to the University Charter dealing with the function and were "all lies, fraud. If people Barb Schilling, sophomore music educucation major, reserves time to read the day's mail in the Hanna knew the truth, my father would operation of the Faculty Personnel Conciliation Committee, hand- Hall parking lot yesterday • See Senate, page 4 be free." Master Teacher creative Senate to vote by Michael Mclntyre by Zora Johnson constantly faces the challenge of walk into a classroom they are gins a lecture on the importance staff reporter staff reporter making a subject that dates suddenly inhibited." of facial expressions by jumping back 2,500 years exciting. He tries to overcome these up on a desk and asking his class Philip Mason said last week that the University's amendment to One might think the winner of Holmberg said he tries to ap- inhibitions through creative tea- to sneer at him like Billy Idol ching methods. Although he has would. the state's budget bill still had many hurdles to overcome. Monday, this year's Alumni Association ply the knowledge he gains from it cleared the highest of those hurdles and is going strong. Master Teacher Award would be observation of students outside known he wanted to be a teacher "Students who might nor- since he was young, Holmberg mally feel inhibited or odd if I Mason, executive assistant to University President PauToiscamp, found only in the classroom. the classroom to his teaching. said supplemental housebill 238, which included the University s But Carl Holmberg, assistant "I see students playing iris- now sees himself as more of a simply told them to sneer feel bee or hacky-sack and doing creative artist than a teacher. more comfortable with this ap- amendment as well as six other amendments pertaining to higher professor of speech communica- education, passed the floor of the Ohio House of Representatives tion, is also at home in the Fal- incredibly intrinsic things with He tries constantly to bring a proach," he said. "I am of the their minds and bodies all day non-traditional approach to the opinion that there will be no Monday. con's Nest or at the Rec Center - The amendment would give the University $550,000 toward the anywhere that he is surrounded long," he said. "But when they classroom. For example, he be- failures as long as the teaching by students. is good," he said. "If education construction of the planned addition to the Business Administration isn't fun then it's time for the Building. Holmberg was selected from That money would compensate for some of the $730,000 the 175 nominees to receive the Mas- teachers to start learning again." University would have to pay under Housebill 798, which requires ter Teacher Award, which is that 20 percent of all new construction be paid by the University. awarded annually in recognition As a teacher, Holmberg says He said the supplemental bill passed by a 60 to 36 margin. It for outstanding work in the he has somewhat selfish mo- needed only a majority vote to pass.

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