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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 3-30-1994 The BG News March 30, 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 March 30, 1994" (1994). BG News (Student Newspaper). 5677. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/5677 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. fr The BG News •*/4A Commitment( i i til an i 1 in /< *i / to/rt Excellence'l7v/'fl/fflll/»o" Wednesday, March 30, 1994 Bowling Green, Ohio Volume 77, Issue 122 Repairs stymied by limited cash by Leah Barnum However, Residential Services "We're trying to make sure News staff writer "Since a large portion of the students at the does not have enough funds to there's some money set aside to KSA's proposed repair everything and abide by make sure some of the smaller improvements The Resident Student Associa- University live on campus, we feel that there all of the suggestions in the bill, things are repaired," he said. tion is working to improve living is a need to create a set of guaranteed said Michael Vetter, assistant "Certainly we have ongoing conditions in campus residence vice president for student af- plans for curtains, beds, dres- • General minimum standards of halls, but a shortage of funds standards for all on-campus living units." fairs. sers, etc., but whether we have may limit what changes can be Robert Francis, president of the Resident Student Because the money students the resources financially to do quality to be met in all aspects of made. Association. pay for damages goes into a fund some of these things will be the RSA passed a bill March 2 that, for auxiliary projects such as re- question." residence halls. if approved as is, would require pairing roofs and renovating • The bill will require soap and minimum standards of quality be "Since a large portion of the campus living units," Francis bathrooms, the only money they The bill will probably not be met in the rooms, bathrooms, students at the University live on said. have to work with is the room approved as is, but rather it will paper towel dispensers in kitchenettes and lounges of resi- campus, and because the condi- and board fees, he said. be used as a guide for Residential restrooms. dence halls. tions of certain areas of the Some of the proposed changes The rates will go up by about 6 Services as they repair the halls The bill was drawn up because buildings where students reside include requiring soap and paper percent next year, and some of for next year, Vetter said. </ It will also require the "some residence halls are less are not conducive to a positive towel dispensers and trash cans that will go toward improve- "We're going to take action standardization of the condition of beautified than others," said living environment, we feel that in restrooms, as well as stan- ments in the residence halls, but immediately to determine Robert Francis, president of there is a need to create a set of dardizing the condition of rooms, that is usually not enough, Vetter whether we're going to be able to rooms, lounges and furniture. RSA. guaranteed standards for all on- lounges and furniture. said. do some of these things," he said. U.S.teen WFAL receives top accolades appeals Campus radio station places cane, jail third in national competition sentence by Aaron Epple by Lawrence Hannan News contributi ng writer News staff writer An Ohio teenager sentenced to The National Association of four months in jail and six lashes College Broadcasters has cho- with a battan cane in Singapore sen WFAL 680 AM as the No. 3 stirred up an college radio station in the na- old debate over tion. what consti- WFAL general manager Tom tutes "cruel Hahn said stations were evalu- and unusual ated on criteria such as man- punishment," agement, production, promo- according to a tion, format, campus service USA T o - and commercial sales. day report. "I was in Las Vegas last Michael Fay, week for the National Associa- 18, was tion of Broadcasters confer- charged and ence," Hahn said. "I was told convicted along with two other that over 1,000 college radio teens for participating in a stations were looked at by the 10-day vandalism spree in Singa- NACB. So being in the top five pore where he and his family was a real honor." live. The caning is known to leave Outgoing WFAL general permanent scars on the body and manager Tom Bunyard was sends many prisoners into shock. another staff member glad to The case has received national have received the award. He attention and has even raised the attributes WFAL's success to eyebrows of President Clinton, the professional way in which who asked Singapore officials to it Is run. lessen the sentence. "We're as close to a real Fay was recently released radio station as you can get on from a hospital in Singapore a college campus," Bunyard where he was being treated for said. "We have 15 departments depression and is now out on that all work together to make bond, anxiously awaiting the out- this place successful." come of his appeal. Hahn said he believes Although he is not happy with WFAL's extra activities set it the situation, Fay said he has put apart. it in perspective. "I don't want to be caned and I "We focus on community don't feel I deserve it, but I have service to students," Hahn to be prepared just in case said. "Activities like the "Big there's no other way out," Fay Hairy Posse's Jockstrap Run' said. and the 'Grab Your Balls Golf "I'm not really scared any- Tournament' are activities that more. I'm just keeping my pride can be fun for students and inside myself," he said. "I'm hop- also make some money for ing for a miracle." charity." Fay also said he is displeased WFAL will soon sponsor a with the attention he has euchre tournament and a visit received, both in the United by sports announcer Joe Tait at States and in Singapore. MT. Muggs. "I hate being famous in this way," he said. The station also plans to There has been concern raised place transistor receivers in all about Fay's situation, including the residence halls on campus. that of one University student WFAL, the only commercial who went to high school with Fay radio station on the Bowling in Singapore. Green campus, has a "Penelope," a freshman who modem/classic rock format. declined to give her real name because of the danger of the situ- Started in 1970, the station ation, said she was shocked when provides broadcasting experi- The BG Ncw»/R>» Wcltmcr she heard what happened. ence to students while at the "He's a really sweet guy, very same tine providing enter- At the controls of the No. 3 college radio station in the nation, Jake Broadcasters awarded the position to the University's only com- sympathetic and supportive of tainment and Information to Hurst spins the CD and vinyl requests of University students on mercial radio station. his friends. If I was ever upset, the campus community. 680 AM, Rock-Solid WFAL. The National Association of College he would be there for me," she said. A former University Investigations continue The Falcon baseball team Wednesday _ Variable professor died last week of into the deaths of two improved its record to 7-4 cloudiness with a chance of INSIDE heart failure WInson Lee, with a 7-1 victory over Ohio snow showers. High in the exchange students from 27, was a professor of Japan who were carjacked Dominican at Steller Field upper 30s. Winds northwest E finance before teaching at and murdered in California. Tuesday. around 10 mph. Chance of the University of Colorado » Page six. m Page seven. snow 30 percent. Mostly at Denver. clear Wednesday night with • Page four. a low In the lower 20s. The Page Editorial The BG News page two Wednesday, March 30, 1994 The BG News "A Commitment to Excellence" Kirk Pavelich Glen Lubbert editor-in-chief managing editor Julie Tagliaferro Eileen McNamara assistant managing editor news editor Sharon Turco Michael Zawacki Scott DeKatch city editor editorial editor Insider editor Cigarettes bring revenue To smoke or not to smoke? This seems to be the hot issue dizzily circulat- ing around Washington, the media and the tobacco industry. There has been a recent push by the American so- ciety to get smokers to abandon their hazy habit and convert to a smoke-free lifestyle. The U.S. Department of Labor proposed rules last week to either ban smoking or provide smokers with a specially ventilated room in the workplace. Recently, the cigarette manufacturers have come Empathy in a perfect world under fire because of allegations concerning their part in heightening the quantity of nicotine in ciga- rettes to purposely hook smokers onto a deadly habit. In a perfect world, everyone as overwhelming. The constant taking classes such as ethnic would be em pathetic. battle between masculinity and studies and women's studies, we The Food and Drug Administration is currently Empathy is the ability to walk emotion takes a toll on the mind.

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