The BG News February 25, 1986

Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 2-25-1986 The BG News February 25, 1986 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 February 25, 1986" (1986). BG News (Student Newspaper). 4492. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/4492 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. McKee leads icers over Flames, page 9 THE BG NEWS Vol. 68 Issue 86 Bowling Green, Ohio Tuesday, February 25,1986 Marcos resists military rebels MANILA, Philippines (AP) -Mili- tile." The White House said it had armed forces chief, barricaded them- Enrile. Later, opposition National As- tano, was now encouraging fellow tary rebels today proclaimed Corazon received reports that attacks were selves with fellow rebels. sembly member Ramon Mitra said, "a members of Marcos' New Society Aquino the new Philippine leader, but being planned by pro-Marcos soldiers "This is the first time in history that new government has been set up" Movement party to back the new gov- embattled President Ferdinand Mar- on the rebels, but none was reported. the civilian population has protected headed by Aquino, 53, and her election ernment. cos, still claiming control of the armed Aquino, who claims Marcos de- the military, Aquino told the throng, running mate, former Sen. Salvador Faced by the revolt and mass assem- forces, declared, "I have no intention frauded her of victory in the Feb. 7 estimated by reporters at up to 500,000. Laurel. blies calling for his departure, Marcos to resign." election, spoke to a huge crowd outside "Please keep vigil here." Mitra said the National Assembly, declared a state of emergency on gov- The Reagan administration yester- Camp Crame, where the leaders of the which had proclaimed Marcos' re-elec- ernment television. But the broadcast I day called on Marcos for the first time military revolt, former Defense Min- ANTI-MARCOS politicians flocked to tion, would meet and change its procla- went off the air abruptly, cutting Mar- to step down, and said using violence to ister Juan Ponce Enrile and IX. Gen. Camp Crame to discuss forming the mation. Mitra said a leading pro- cos off in the middle of a sentence. prolong his 20-year rule would be "fu- Fidel Ramos, the former deputy provisional government announced by Marcos assemblyman, Rene Caya- D See Philippines, page 7. Panel's Black activist addresses social issues results by Shelly Trusty staff reporter expected The black situation today is worse than it was when Dr. Cold weather Martin Luther King Jr. was leading the civil rights possible cause movement, said Angela Davis, a former radical of the 60s. of disaster The crowd of over 350 sat in the aisles, surrounded the WASHINGTON (AP) - Crews speaker's platform and over- examining the space shuttle flowed into the hallway of the Challenger at close hand shortly Education building Friday before launch reported abnor- night to hear the black woman mally cold temperatures on one activist speak on the impact of booster rocket over a radio cir- history and the way black cuit monitored in NASA's launch women are thought of today. control center, a source close to In 1970, Davis was placed on the shuttle investigation said the Federal Bureau of Investi- yesterday. gation's "10 Most Wanted List" But, he said, "these low tem- for being accused of aiding in peratures never got the atten- the escape attempt of four tion they should have." black revolutionaries. The issue of what launch offi- History must be considered cials knew and when they knew to be part of the present and the it will be explored by the presi- future if the United States is to dential investigating commis- survive, Davis said. sion in open hearings today and "If people like Reagan can tomorrow. stand up and applaud Dr. Mar- "It will all come out tomor- tin Luther King, it is because row," said the investigation they think he's innocuous with source yesterday. "It ain't going what is happening today and to be good. The American people they believe it is now safe to are going to scream bloody mur- admire a hero of the black der. movement," she said, "But Witnesses scheduled to come blacks today are in worse shape before the commission today then they were in 1968." BG News/Joe Phelan include Allan McDonald, the SHE SAID unemployment Angela Davis Morton Thiokol engineer who figures don't represent those refused to endorse a recommen- who have stopped looking for Clarence Pendelton, who is a think of men, when we think of community as genderless. The more easily dismissed and dation to launch, and Joe work and often the minorities in better imitation of Ronald Rea- women, we think about white historical representation of black women more easily ex- Kilminster, the firm's vice pres- visible postions do nothing to gan than Ronald Reagan is of women, and when we think black people is 'slaves,' no cluded in history books. ident who signed the recommen- promote the welfare of op- himself," she said. about working class we think men, no women, just slaves," She said black women have dation. pressed people. People must recognize the about white men," she said. Davis said. not only been ignored, but also The source said the readings "We have a black man in interrelationships between gen- "This controlling and modify- She said because black peo- have been blamed for the down- were made by an "ice team" Washington who is the head of der, race and class, she said. ing of our attitudes has ideolo- ple are represented as gen- fall of the black society. sent out 90 and 20 minutes before the Civu Rights Commission, derless their humanity can be O See Davis, page 5. the launch to ensure that the "When we think of blacks we gically represented the black shuttle's fuel tank was not cov- O See Shuttle, page 7. Superdance, super success Permission needed Students raise to take 'heavy load' nearly $5,000 by Julie Fauble to fight MD staff reporter Seventy-eight students who In an attempt to limit the number of partial schedules, the Office proved their endurance during of Registration and Records has changed its policy of allowing the 24-hour marathon Muscua- students to register for more than 18 credit hours without approval. lar Dystrophy Superdance last Students will not be able to pre-register for more than 18 credit weekend raised an estimated hours next fall without permission from their college, said Susan 15,000 for the association. Pugh, director of registration and scheduling. The policy change is consistent with University policy which Although the original goal of states that students cannot take more than 18 credit hours without $10,000 was not reached. Peter permission from the dean of their college, Pugh said. Troiano, assistant hall director Before the change, students with more than 18 hours got permis- of Kohl Hall and coordinator of sion from colleges after registration, which was a "cumbersome" the annual event, said the an- procedure, she said. nual Superdance made about "Now we're going to enforce that policy before the fact rather than twice as much money as in 1963. after the fact, she said. In 1963 the most money raised prior this year's event was TO REGISTER for more than the maximum number of hours made, totaling $3,175. students need to give request cards to colleges. Registration will only except requests for more hours from colleges, not from "I think it was extremely suc- individual students, she said. cessful. The feedback from the Pugh said students often need more hours if they want to graduate dancers said it was the best one early or have changed their major. yet," he said. "We realize that there are kids who need to take more than 18 hours," she said. Troiano attributed this to the But past problems with students registering for 18 hours and later fact that there were no com- dropping a course, rather than using alternative courses, has plaints about the noise from prompted the policy. This will make listing alternatives to a chosen Offenhauer residents and the course even more important, she said. dancers were not bored. The new policy will increase the number of available spots and make the registration process more equitable, she said. Although there were 156 regis- Pugh said she did not know how many students request more than tered dancers, he said only 78 18 hours, but there are enough to help remedy the situation of excess students participated. He said 56 closed courses, she said. dancers stayed the entire 24- "We wont know how effective it is until we use it, but it Just seems hour period. logical that it will have a positive effect," she said. "If it doesn't make an appreciable difference in the number of partials well have "Seventy-eight worked out to to re-examine the policy." be a really good number," he Know what I mean? «* N.w./j^m* Pear**. said adding that more people Normally between 36 and 42 percent of students receive partial | Still going strong after fifteen hours of dancing at the MDA Superdance. Thorn Sinn. College Student would have meant less room for schedules, she said.

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