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It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. ^ The BG News FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1991 BOWLING GREEN, OHIO VOLUME 74, ISSUE 13 Officials Divisions Briefly endeavor endanger Inside reformists to better MOSCOW (AP) - Soviet reform- The party's over: ers told Secretary of State James The past, the present and A. Baker III Thursday that dis- the future of East Merry relations array in their ranks and ancient Madness. by Julie Potter ethnic tensions are the greatest See page two. city reporter threats to a peaceful transition to democracy in the Soviet Union. Goal!: Moscow Mayor Gavrill Popov BG hosts weekend soccer In an effort to improve re- said, too, that the forces that tourney. lations between the city and stu- backed the three-day coup See page ten. dents, city officials went door-to- against Soviet President Mikhail door to visit students last Thurs- S. Gorbachev in August "will al- Sing along with In- day. ways be a threat." sider: Mayor Ed Miller and Municipal But he quickly added that "the Karaoke — in BG. Believe Administrator Colleen Smith biggest threat however, is not so it. visited, by Miller's estimation, much the reactionary forces, but See Insider. 225 apartments located on East the inability of us reformists to Merry and Frazee avenues. really come together and work "We really saw a large number out our problems." Campus of people," Miller said. "I would Gorbachev and Russian Presi- say between 60 and 70 percent of dent Boris Yeltsin talked of prog- Recycling record set: the residents were home." ress toward political and econom- The University recycling The purpose of the visits was to ic change. Their warnings of hard program set a record in remina students of the laws re- times ahead were in the context number of pounds of alu- garding drinking in the town and of a need for massive aid from the minum collected by the can "more importantly, to try to have West — short-term to meet the recycling program the week good communication with the challenge of the harsh Russian of Sept. 6 through Sept. 12. students," Miller said. winter and long-term to rebuild Craig Wittig, director of Students were given a copy of a the crumbling national economy. the University recycling letter that was sent to all new Popov said he thought the tran- program, said more than students in the summer. sition to a market economy would 900 pounds of aluminum The letter, signed by Miller and be easier in large cities such as beverage cans and 200 Smith, welcomed new students to Moscow and Leningrad than it pounds of steel beverage the city and explained the city's would be in the countryside. cans were collected by the "Good Neighbor Policy," which "It should not be difficult to re- center during the week. includes such items as making an turn stores to private ownership "We would like to thank effort to get to know your neigh- in Moscow," said the mayor. the students for the recy- bors and informing them when "The reactionary forces will cling," Wittig said. you are going to have a party. always be a threat to us as long as The cans were collected Miller said he was very pleased they still maintain their position from residence halls and with the reception he got from the in (he old structure that is still University cafeterias, he students. somewhat with us," said Popov. added. "We had no problem with peo- "As long as property is still in the ple not letting us in," he said. hands of the state, it will always '•Most of them said they knew we be a threat and continues to be Local were coming ahead of time, so it so." wasn't a surprise to them." "The most difficult thing, of Wild ones: Smith was also happy with the course, is the crisis situation in The Wood County Park students' reactions to their visit. which our economy finds itself," District will offer a chil- "I thought the students were he said. "Conditions of life are dren's program entitled very positive," she said. "Most of getting worse. Of course, on a "Wild Ones" Saturday, Oct. them were pleased we stopped Decisions backdrop like this, the dangers 5 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at by." exist and continue, especially William Henry Harrison According to Smith, the topic of Sophomores Amy Walters (left) and Chris Savinksy decide on which necklace to buy at the sale on since the democrats and the re- Park in PemberviUe. partying was not the foremost the steps of the Education Building Thursday afternoon. The sale, which ends today, is expected to formers have to get together in The program is aimed raise about $500 for the BGSU rugby team and will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. order to remove danger and that toward four- to five-year- n See VISIT, page SIX. threat." olds. The program is free and open to the public, but pre- registration is required. For EPA, University work together Agency's more information call 353-1897. by Christy Vargo outgrown Nation contributing reporter Journalist portrayed: The Ohio Environmental previous NASHVILLE — A former Protection Agency northwest dis- newspaper editor says he trict office moved to the new would be flattered to be Research/Enterprise Park in quarters portrayed in a movie by April, enabling them to work actor Robert Redford. more closely with the University. by Greg Watson A movie script is being The EPA has been involved health and environment reporter written about Bill Kovach, with the University Environmen- who resigned in 1988 as edi- tal Health Program by providing The northwest Ohio Environ- tor of The Atlanta Journal- adjunct faculty, supplying guest mental Protection Agency has Constitution . lecturers, doing research, giving moved all the way from a bowling "1 would obviously be advice on University curriculum alley to a new office building. flattered," said Kovach, and hiring interns. When the northwest branch of now curator of the Nieman EPA employees serve as ad- the Ohio EPA was formed in 1972, Foundation at Harvard junct faculty and give guest lec- the agency was located at an University, which offers tures for the environmental unique location, said Michael one-year fellowships to out- health curriculum, said Gary Sil- Manahan, district administrator standing journalists. verman, director of the Universi- BC. News/Tim Norman of the Ohio EPA northwest dis- Kovach also has worked ty's environmental health pro- trict office. for The Tennessean and gram. tuencies in mind, Manahan said. "When we first started, we The New York Times. The University and EPA also Each internship or co-op is de- tional staff —one of the reasons they relocated, he said. The Ohio EPA northwest dis- were in an old bowling alley," Redford portrayed in- conduct research together. Cur- signed separately depending on Manahan said. vestigative reporter Bob rently, the two groups are de- the needs of the agency at the The statewide EPA chapter trict office houses seven divisions received $71.9 million under including emergency and reme- In 1975, the office moved to Woodward of The Washing- veloping a wetlands near White- time, said Mike Manahan, EPA dial response, groundwater, Devlac Grove Drive, he said, ton Post in the movie "All house, Ohio. To do so, the Univer- district administrator. House BUI 111, which contains Though students can do very state appropriations for 1990 and water quality planning and as- where the agency remained until the President's Men," sity and the EPA selected an 1991, said John Conley, public in- sessment, water pollution con- it moved to a new building on which was about the paper's area, determined it was in fact a limited work in the field due to trol, air pollution control, public North Dunbridge Road in April. stories during the Water- wetland, and are now rehabilitat- problems with liability insur- formation officer at the state au- ance, they contribute a lot behind ditor's office. drinking water and solid and haz- Manahan said the EPA office • gate scandal. ing the area. This pales in comparison with ardous waste. moved because "we have grown The EPA makes recom- the scenes, especially research, a lot in the last five years and had mendations on environmental Manahan said. other appropriations. The De- State partment of Natural Resources The central office in Columbus outgrown our old office." health curriculum as a member The district was able to provide While the federal EPA was of the University Environmental more co-op positions than usual in received $188 million and the De- houses the EPA support services Lottery picks: 1991, he added. fartment of Education received including finance, payroll, legal officially formed in 1970, Mana- Health Advisory Committee. The 1.6 billion, Conley said. staff and laboratories. Also han said the idea behind the Here are the Ohio Lottery committee consists of workers in Funds for the EPA have in- agency started in the 1950s when drawing selections made industry, government, and fields creased from previous years.