The BG News April 15, 2002

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Green State University MONDAY April 15, 2002 GREEN JACKET GUY: PARTLY CLOUDY Tiger Woods wins his HIGH:76lLOW49 second straight Masters; www.bgnews.com PAGE 8 independent student press VOLUME 93 ISSUE 53 CHALLENGING STUDENT REPRESENTATION I THE MAIN PLAYERS Fire Advocates share ward stories singes Those involved in the advocates on both sides, this has exactly what Read why how the wards had been redis- PUBLIC MEETING TO been a large part of their life up areas everyone students should tricted in the past. According to DISCUSS WARD SYSTEM debate share what it until now. Now that the decision was represent- go to pubtc Kohlstrand, the wards had been was like and what has been made, they share what ing," Kohlstrand meeting. PAGE 4 unbalanced since the 70s. WHEN: Tonight at 7. the past years have been like. said. "I looked at — "The funny thing was that WHERE: 304 Church Street. Mac they have learned. the map and it they knew that they were Council Chambers. The Initiator didn't make sense. There were screwed up and they never did By Jeff Hindenach WHAT WILL BE DISCUSSED THE BG NEWS John Kohlstrand first realized 8,000 students on campus and anything about it." there was a problem with the the population of Bowling Green Kohlstrand then ran a story The meeting will be an open For a decade, the battle over ward system when he began is 28,000. That would mean that the last week of January in 1992. meeting to discuss plans for a East new ward system. All resi- the question of representation in covering city council meetings campus would have to be its After that, he and a group of stu- Bowling Green has been brew- dents of Bowling Green are By Kmberty Dupps for The BG News about 10 years own ward." dents would frequent the city invited to come and weigh in THE BG NEWS ing. Thousands of hours have ago. Kohlstrand started to dig after council meetings to try and get been spent filing briefs, gaining on the issue. Students in McDonald heard "I found a map of the wards the election in 1991. He looked at the fire alarm go off Saturday support, sitting through court because I wanted to figure out back records of the census and 'Look in tomorrow's BG News tor cov- and waiting for decisions. For WARDS, PAGE 2 erage of the meeting afternoon, but this time it was not a false alarm. The Bowling Green Fire Department received a call at 133 p.m. Saturday that there was LEAVING BURNING a fire in a room on the fourth floor of McDonald East. No one was injured in the fire, although one student was found sleeping during the fire. The two residents were relo- cated to another room in McDonald. According to Captain Mike Instone of the Bowling Green Fire Department, the cause of the fire was electrical in nature around a window fan. It was deemed acci- dental. "It could have been a lot worse than it actually was," Instone said. "There was a similar situa- tion in 1996 in Rodgers." The fire in Rodgers caused $300,000 damage, but the fire on Saturday caused less than $25,000. Instone attributed to the -i difference in damage to the Rodgers room door being open, which allowed the fire to spread. The door to the room in McDonald East had been closed and contained the fire. The fire damaged the furniture, wall and ceiling and the heater. Also, the smoke detector was heat mangled and the glass in the window was broken when members of the fire department entered. The carpet was already removed from the room, as was the furniture. Linda Newman, director of Residence Life, said very little of the residents' belongings were FIRE, PAGE 2 ton Smnger BG News Associated Press Photo OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE OLD: When Dan Dakich announced he was leaving Bowling Green, he said a tearful goodbye. Upon his return to Bowling Green, Dakich Box City was all smiles during a press conference announcing his re-appointment as head basketball coach. weathers rainstorm By Chuck Soder 'HE BG NEWS Friday night rain made construction difficult for those building cardboard houses at FALCON BASKETBALL Box City, held by the University chapter of Habitat for Humanity. But Sayaka Sckiguchi and Erin ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FINDS REPLACEMENT FOR DAKICH: DAKICH Crouthamel, co-chairs for the By Dan N:et! five-year contract to replace his to turn down a $500,000 raise coach. This is a man who was before he left. event, said the rain epitomized THE BG NEWS old five-year contract, which was with a major school and return to believes in many of the things But the new questions sur- what the fifth annual event is all • Eleven days ago Dan Dakich voided upon his move to West a team that has been ignored by that I believe in: student-athletes rounding the program are of about — raising awareness for was crying his eyes out about Virginia. NCAA tournament his entire graduating, student-athletes recovery and trust Namely, how the homeless. leaving Bowling Green for West Dakich never signed his West five-year stint as coach. doing things the right way, val- will the program rebound after "Homeless people have to live Virginia. Virginia contract because the "You don't make these deci- ues, leadership and hard work." its patriarch left for a week and in the rain too," Crouthamel Friday he was smiling and final terms were being negotiat- sions lightly," he said. "As we went As far as the Falcons go, then conveniently reclaimed his said. laughing at a press conference, ed when he made his decision to through things, you just decide Dakich's bolt-and-retum act gar- old positions when his dream job Sekiguchi agreed, saying the announcing his return to the resign. what is in the best interest of you nered mixed emotions. fell through? rain might have taught partici- Falcons in a bizarre twist that saw Dakich said at Friday's press and your family, and this is what "We had no say in his decision The bizarre occurrences of the pants a lesson about poverty: "I Dakich resign as West Virginia's conference that he made a mis- I felt was." (o come back," sophomore Kevin last week were not lost on hope they understand remotely head coach only a week into his take taking the West Virginia job. It remains to be seen how Netter said. "There were a lot of Dakich, Krebs or the media. A what it feels like to be homeless." tenure and resume his dudes at He uncovered possible NCAA Bowling Green basketball will be guys on this team with very week after Dakich's extremely Box City raises money as well Bowling Green with a newly violations within the program affected. Skeptics argue that the mixed emorions. It's going to take emotional farewell press confer- as awareness. formed cloud of confusion sur- that could have put him in a hole wounds Dakich opened when he time to gain our trust back with ence, he addressed a somber Habitat for Humanity will put rounding the program. before he ever saw his team play. went to West Virginia are too him." media group in the Mileti Alumni the $829 collected from partici- Athletic Director Paul Krebs However, he said that was not his deep for quick repair. Supporters Dakich seemed to understand Center with other BG coaches pation fees toward the construc- said Friday that the national primary reason for leaving the say that Dakich proved his loyal- that some players were angry and trustees surrounding the tion of a house for a needy fami- jearch for Dakich's replacement Mountaineers. ty to Bowling Green by shunning with him and he vowed to regain periphery. Dakich addressed the ly in the county. was just about to heat up. He said "1 just felt that this was in the a Big East team to return to his their trust. quiet tone by urging the media to Box construction started at 8 if Dakich had waited one or two best interest of my family, myself home for the last five years. Krebs "I told these guys here that I lighten up. p.m. Friday and ended 12 hours Bore days to make his decision, and probably West Virginia," said this proves Dakich's charac- made a mistake in terms of "We're usually rockin' a little bit later. On Saturday morning, over 9 would not have been possible Dakich said. "They can get some- ter, and he believes Dakich is the them," he said. "I didn't realize irl here," he said. a dozen box homes stood in the to take him back. body that can do their job better best man for Bowling Green.

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