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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 3-15-1991 The BG News March 15, 1991 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 15, 1991" (1991). BG News (Student Newspaper). 5197. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/5197 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. March IS, 1991 Friday Vol. 73 Issue 97 Bowling Green, Ohio The B*G News BRIEFLY Inside Sears captures USG presidency Soviet turmoil: Internationally recog- nized Soviet affairs expert Record number of voters Don K. Rowney explains the vote that may topple Gor- bachev and even lead to a turnout for USG election civil war. ►See WORLD, page 6. tion leaders, planning USG by Robert Davidson Events of the Month to begin in 'Into the Faddisphare': staff writer September. With the clarion Blast of The Event of the Month project his trumpet, Jon K add is Mike Sears and Rob Routzahn is part of the team's platform to takes his audience "Into unseated two-term incumbent bring groups and students The Faddisphere" as the Kevin Coughlin Thursday to be- together through cultural and ed- grand finale of Jazz Week, come the new USG president and ucational programming, Sears sponsored by the College of vice-president elect. said. Musical Arts. The team won 1,066 of the 3,208 He added he will start talking to Faddis's distinctive votes cast by undergraduate stu- the presidents of Faculty and sound, which can be heard dents, putting Sara Parish and Graduate Student senates to im- on tracks by the Rolling Damian Billak in second place prove relations among the Stones, Billy Joel, Frank with 873. groups. Sinatra, Luther Vandross, Kevin Coughlin and Julie Mar- Second place candidate Sara and many more, is com- tini fell 60 votes short of second Parish said she is happy Sears bined with the harmonious place, with 813, and Dave Gagner won and believes she and Billak sounds of drums, bass, and and Sharon Seifert finished last, played an important role in the piano to produce "fun mu- with 376 votes in their favor. election. sic." Undergraduate students cast "Our campaign raised a lot of 3,208 votes in the election, the issues," she said. "The goal was ►See The Insider. most in any Undergraduate Stu- to get Kevin out of office and that dent Government contest, and a was accomplished. The students 12 percent increase from last will be much better off for it." Campus year. Parish said she intends to join Contribution* needed: Sears and Routzahn said their USG in another capacity. As of March 7 the BGSU hard work and popular support Gagner echoed Parish's plea- community had ordered 157 put them on top. sure with the election results but bouquets of daffodils to "We busted our asses," Rout- thinks he could have finished benefit the American Can- zahn said. stronger. cer Society, but contribu- Sears thinks the team gained "I'm happy with the outcome, a tions are still needed. votes because of Greg Richey's lot of people wanted Kevin out," Order forms to purchase withdrawal from the race Mon- he said. "People jumped on daffodils can be obtained by day and an endorsement by The ISears'] bandwagon because of News. his strong advertising and pub- calling Beta Theta Pi licity." fraternity at 372-2810. Daf- The team said they will cele- fodils will be delivered on brate their victory, but are pre- Gagner believes he could have March 19 and 20. paring to take office. been competitive if he had more All contributions will go "We're going to party this money and organization. toward support of cancer weekend but then we will begin "We got a late start. We talked patients and research. getting USG cabinet applications about running over winter break, out," Routzahn said. but we did not get going until just "We will meet with Kevin a couple weeks ago," he said. Grad named PR direc- Coughlin and I.inda Schnetzer He stressed he will remain in tor: next week to review our official USG, "still making a lot of Christopher Charles duties," Sears added. noise." According to Schnetzer, who The election, fraught with Cheuvront, a 1990 Universi- also serves as USG Elections and mud-slinging and accusations of ty graduate has been named Opinions Board chairperson, campaign violations, saw no dis- director of public relations Sears will assume an apprentice- 3ualif ications of presi- of the Sigma Chi Interna- ship role, working with Coughlin ential/vice-presidential candi- tional Fraternity General until the new team takes office at dates, Schnetzer said. Headquarters in Evanston, the last USG General Assembly "We have had a world-record 111. meeting in April. number of stupid violations," she As a University student, Coughlin said he is "sure peo- said, stressing none of the viola- Cheuvront reported for The ple are shocked" he lost. "Two tions were serious enough to ex- BG News, The Gavel and pell a team. Miscellany magazine. The K*y/Enc Mull out of three ain't bad," he added, Mike Sears (left) and running mate Rob Routzahn react in Prout Hall Wednesday morning when It was an- referring to his two terms. Schnetzer said most of the 20 nounced they won the Undergraduate Student Government presidential and vice presidential election. Sears said he will now start violations reported were for sign Health conference They take office In April. meeting with student organiza- C) See PRESIDENT, page 7. planned: More than 100 health professionals will be in Fer- ry sburg to learn how to bet- ter their health education Attorneys Murderer faces parole hearing facilities in a conference funded by the Ohio Depart- ment of Health. Attending the conference file initial Man convicted of killing University student may go free will be school nurses and representatives from Uni- ejected the teens from the bar. other times. Usually I just ex- said. "You can imagine how ri- by Wynne Everett Eress how my husband and I and versity health departments. statement investigative editor Edward Villarreal, 26, and diculous that would be." Arthur Oviedo, 27, also were con- is sisters feel." Mrs. Bowers said while she is victed of murder and are current- no longer bitter about the loss of Get fit: The man convicted of killing a ly serving 15-years to life senten- 'One time they her son, she hopes she may sway The Student Recreation in appeal University student in 1980 soon ces. the parole board to keep Thomp- Center will be hosting its may be free on parole. The Ohio Parole Board said wanted to let him son in prison. Fourth Annual Biathalon on Brian Thompson, 28, of Perrys- Thompson is scheduled for a par- "I don't think you help yourself Saturday, April 20. The by Wynne Everett burg Heights, has served 10 years ole hearing sometime in the near have weekend by being bitter," she said. "But biathalon will consist of a investigative editor of a 15 years to life sentence for future. furlough.' Sou have to live with what has 10k run through the campus the stabbing death of University Bowers' mother, Shirley, said and a mile swim in the appened. Our son will never be Attorneys for convicted mur- freshman Steven Bowers, 18, of she regularly writes the parole paroled. We will never see our SRC's Cooper Pool. Canton, in November 1980. board concerning the three men son again." Team and individual sign- derer Richard Fox have filed Ohio victims' rights laws re- Xare due in the SRC main their first statement in the appeal Bowers died after being stab- and plans to write a letter per- quire the parole board to notify of the Tontogany man sentenced bed four times during a fight be- suading the board to deny families of victims of the "You grieve everyday but par- ce March 19. hind Downtown with Thompson Thompson parole. prisoners' impending release. ticularly around the holidays — The event will be com- to death for kill- ing a local and two other teenagers after "We always send letters," she "One time they wanted to let Mothers Day, Fathers Day, prised of three different di- Bowers, a Downtown employee, said. "I've written two or three him have weekend furlough," she visions. woman in 1989. Christmas." Volunteers also will be Fox's attor- needed for the event for lap ney, John Cal- counting, crowd control and lahan, submit- other various jobs. All vol- ted a statement 1991 PROPOSED TOTAL BUDGET unteers will receive a free to the court Budget increases T-shirt for participating. Monday alleg- ALLOCATION OF $21,586,670.24 All participants and vol- ing seven er- rors were made INCOME TAX unteers are required to at Richard Fox NON-GOVERNMENTAL 2,529,779.00 tend a meeting on either by the judge up for approval (TRANSFERS) (11.727.) March 19 or 20 at 4 or 7 p.m. and prosecutor during Fox's trial, including the release of CAPITOL Fox's alleged confession. by Michelle Banks creates drug awareness IMPROVEMENTS Weather Wood County Prosecutor Alan assitant managing editor among sixth-graders and re- Mayberry included the confes- cently the city's program was Sunny sklei: sion in discovery papers filed extended to the junior high Today, mostly sunny.