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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 9-24-1999 The BG News September 24, 1999 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 September 24, 1999" (1999). BG News (Student Newspaper). 6530. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/6530 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. ■■pap OPINION ORLD NEWS 4 [NOW J_ SPORTS I Columnist Louis Lomansky finds Taiwan towers are Costner receives average BG football will try to a bit of Jerusalem in N.W. Ohio. tilting after a 7.6 review for his lead in "For the knock off Kent earthquake. Love of the Game." this Saturday. Weather Today: Friday partly cloudy September 24. 1999 High 69. Low 51 e BLr i> ews Volume 87 & Issue 23 \\ \v. o A daily independent student press Gaufit outlines goals in speech By JEFF ARNETT Dan Petro, a sophomore sec- "It didn't get me pumped The BG News ondary education major, said up," Dorman said. "It wasn't The other goals were: the speech was beneficial. what I was expecting." •Finding more initiatives for Clint Gault, president of the "I thought it was good that Kletecka noted that the actu- raising academic standards Undergraduate Student Gov- he's trying to inform the stu- al content of the speech didn't •Expanding current library ernment, delivered his State of dents about what he's doing," bother her, though she did have hours the Stud.mt Body speech yes- Petro said. trouble hearing it, but she •Creating a comprehensive terday at the Business Admin- Petro also said that the goal thought Gault wasn't excited or and open evaluation process on istration Building. of getting a musical group in candid enough. campus for teachers, adminis- During the short address, Perry Stadium was one of the "He read the whole thing," trators, and academic deans Gault focused on 10 main goals most impressive parts of the for the year. One of them, Kletecka said. "He didn't sound •Putting syllabi on the Uni- speech. increasing the shuttle service, motivated. You can tell he versity's website was implemented this fall when "I think that's important wants to do good for the school. •Increasing current involve- two new off-campus shuttle because that's something the I'm not saying he doesn't have ment between the University routes were added. other students are going to good intentions." and the Bowling Green commu- After the speech, Gault told relate to," Petro said. Gault said the speech was a nity The News it went very well. Not all of the students were good way to get USG's message •Opening the health center "I was very pleased with the impressed by the speech, how- out ~ one of the goals in the on weekends outcome of the speech," Gault ever. speech. •Holding a concert in Perry said. "I think, personally, the way "If I'm the voice of the stu- Stadium Some of the students in the he delivered the speech needed dent body, the student body •Improving USG's public crowd, many of them USG sen- work," said senior IPC major should know what the voice is," relations ators and cabinet members, Amy Kletecka. "I wasn't that Gault said. •Building strong relation- BG News Photo/ BEN FRENCH expressed appreciation for the impressed." Gault said the speech is also ships with faculty, administra- speech and applauded several Kevin Dorman, a junior the- beneficial because it sets a tion, graduate students, and Clint Gault said that USG has 10 goals for the year, one of them times during it. ater major, agreed. precedent for the future. classified staff. is to put University syllabi on a website. Creating new listservers Students have blast in Bali becoming popular among students, faculty By LOUIS LOMASKY losophy majors and minors list The BG News is designed to inform people about the meetings of the Phi- Many people at the Universi- losophy Club, special philo- ty use listservers in order to sophical events on campus such forgotten, nature and religion. keep in touch with large groups as talks or debates, opportuni- With summer officially over, of people, yet it is becoming ties to submit papers to jour- today marks the last segment They are able to recall songs that they haven't played in popular for some people to start nals or conferences, graduate of the four-part series on sum- and manage their own list- school opportunities and many mer. Look for a new series years, which is a result of con- centration." servers. other topics. about alumni starting next Fri- These listservers are run on The target audience of this day. , According to David Harnish, associate professor of ethnomu- a machine called hstserver is undergraduates sicology, the summer workshop listproc.bgsu.edu and allow dis- with an interest in philosophy. By IRENE SHARON SCOTT focused on the Balinese arts cussion on anything from "We have good evidence that The BG News and music and Gamelan music. sports to physics. They are, in advisors in the college of Arts essence, e-mail based discus- A summer workshop in Bali, In order to receive a grade and Sciences have been steer- and three credit hours, stu- sion groups. Anybody with a ing undergraduates away from Indonesia, an island located University identification who is between the Pacific and Indi- dents selected arts of their philosophy claiming that it's choice and wrote papers. The registered with the University useless and a career dead end." ana Ocean near Southeast is eligible to start or run a list- Asia, gave students and faculty maximum number of arts stu- Sobel said. Sobel hopes that serer. this listproc will make people members an opportunity to dents could take on was three. Everyone, studied Gamelan One such person is David aware of the Philosophy Club interact with the Balinese vil- Sobel, a professor of philosophy lagers, learn new skills and music. There was an art and and that people who want to music component. Harnish, and an undergraduate advisor continue class discussion on a experience Balinese lifestyles. to philosophy students. He "They are different in every- Balinese local musicians and philosophic topic or issue will maintains the PH1LMAJORS- feel free to use this list as an day life in comparison to here," artist and Rebecca Green, an assistant art professor, directed MINORS list. said Melanie Bandy, senior According to Sobel, the Phi- labor relations major. "They the classes and seminars. • See LISTSERVER, page five. don't have as much luxury but Choices of classes included still live a happy and fulfilling Gamelan lessons, mask mak- life." ing, puppet making, female Hike in gas prices Joe Felice, a graduate stu- dancing, male dancing, offering dent in guitar performance said making, Indonesian language frustrate commuters the Balinese people taught him lesson, suling (a flute), drum- a lot, mainly to work on his ming lessons, xylophone By KIMBERLY DUPPS The state gas tax, which is concentration skills. lessons and Batik making The BG News 22 cents, has not been "I have a deeper apprecia- (cloth). Each art had its signifi- increased since 1993; the feder- tion of the complexity of the cance. Recent gas prices are higher al gas tax is 18 cents and has culture and music," Felice said. "Masks are representations than normal due to high crude not been raised since 1995, oil prices that refineries are "Balinese are more respectful of ancestors and are used fre- PHOTO PROVIDED Young said. of their fellow "brothers' and quently in dances," Harnish paying. The high crude oil prices their private space. They are While in Bali students experienced an authentic Indonesian cre- "The higher gasoline prices have ballooned local prices to more in tune with what we've • See BALI, page five. mation. Inside the bull it is tradition for them to place a corpse. are strictly due to crude oil $1.28 per gallon for regular prices and what refineries are unleaded gas. Speedway, 204 being charged," said Bob W. Wooster, is at $1.27 per gal- Turning Points offers eating disorder support Young, a public information lon for economy unleaded gaso- officer at the Ohio Board of line and Sunoco, 1530 K. chaotic diet cycles and constant preoccupa- Transportation. "The gas tax Wooster, is $1.28 per gallon for The BG News tion with weight." has definitely not gone up and regular unleaded gasoline. Elayne Jacoby, a nurse practitioner and has nothing to do with the Have you ever found yourself bingeing another co-facilitator of the group, also higher prices." • See GAS, page five. on iunk food only to throw it up later? said eating disorders are a big deal on col- Have you ever starved yourself to fit into lege campuses. •53% of 13-year-old a certain outfit? "There's a tremendous amount of soci- American girls are Have you ever known anyone who has? etal pressure to be thin and to be a certain unhappy with Iheir If you answered yes to any of these ques- weight," Jacoby said, citing women's maga- 9 bodies tions, Turning Points might be just the zines and fad diets as sources of that pres- 1.38 group for you.

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