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Weather Convicted murderer may be freed by Chris Miller courts reporter Supreme Court deemed the death penalty During the 1968 trial, Dr. John Exner, a "[Staten] has a severe personality dis- unconstitutional and Staten's sentence University psychologist, testified he be- order of the sociopathic type," the report was changed to life in prison. lieved Staten would kill again if returned stated, "manifested by repeated antiso- A man sentenced to die by a three- "We filed an appeal with the U.S. Su- to society. cial acts, alcohol and drug abuse." judge panel in Wood County Common preme Court and it came up for hearing Staten was paroled once, in 1987, but An official at Lima Correctional Faci- Picas Court could be released when he at the same time as the case of Furman was reincarcerated in November of that Ity, where Staten is currently being held, appears before a parole board this vs. Georgia in which they outlawed the same year after an arrest in Lucas said no exact date had been set for this month. death penalty," said John Halleck, Sta- County for drug offenses. month's parole hearing. Terry Lee Staten was convicted in 1968 ten's attorney during the murder trial Staten had a history of drug abuse "All I can say is he will appear before of the shotgun murder of Casmir Wa- and the appeals. when he was arrested for Wasielewski's the [parole] board sometime in October," sielewski on Walbridge Road in Wood While the death penalty was reinstated murder. A psychological report issued to said the official, who did not want to be County. by the state in 1978, the law prevented the court by Toledo physicians Dr. Simon identified. According to court records, Staten was the original death penalty sentence from Dorfman and Dr. Morris Weinblatt Anyone interested in the hearing can scheduled to die in Ohio's electric chair being reinstated on Staten. revealed Staten had been on a drinking write to: Ohio Parole Board, Adult Parole Cool as ice: on October 1, 1968, but several appeals "Once they give him breathing room, binge and took phenobarbital when he Authority, 1050 N. Freeway Dr., Colum- Today, mostly sunny with delayed his execution. In 1972, the U.S. they can't take it away," Halleck said. shot Wasielewski in the back and head. bus, Ohio, 43229. the high 60 to 65. Light southeast winds. Tonight, clear and not quite as cold. Mud Slide Low around 40. Wednesday, Tremors mostly sunny with the high 65 to 70. may have Inside The News been a

Ouch!: A1990 University alum- quake nus is accosted by an angry mob after the postponement by Julie Tagliaferro of a vehicular manslaughter administration reporter case. J See page three Although most Bowling Green Electionorama: residents agree they felt a tre- The News provides an in- mor shake the town Sunday depth look at the day's elec- night, local officials disagree tion news, along with the over what the tremor actually candidates' stances on mak- was. ing health care affordable. Charles Onasch, a geology n See page four professor at the University, be- lieves the tremor to be an earth- quake and not a sonic boom, as previously reported in The News. Onasch said that Don Stierman, Outside Campus supervisor of the seismographic equipment at the University of Toledo, recorded the tremor as a small quake measuring between Cot 'em snookered: 1.8 and 2.0 on the Richter Scale. CINCINNATI - A majori- ty of Ohioans contacted in a Wood County Sheriffs Dep. telephone survey approve of Wilbert Strohl said he believes the tremor was the result of a the way Gov. George Voino- Thc BC Ncwi/Rcbccca Colon vich is doing his job, an Ohio sonic boom, despite reports from Digging into the ground, two fraternity members participate in lege Park Sunday afternoon. The event raised more than $800 for the University of Toledo. poll reported Monday. the 29th annual Pi Beta Phi and Sigma Phi Epsilon Mud Tug at Col- the American Heart Association and the Arrowmont School. Fifty-two percent of those polled approve of the job See Quake, page three. Voinovich is doing in his second year in office. The Project to total $300,000 ... poll found 23 percent dis- approve of his performance, and 25 percent said they did not know how to rate him. City Park Pool complex to be expanded Voinovich, a Republican, has been criticized for his by Chris Hawley budget cuts, particularly in next to the Columbia Gas build- education. He has imposed local government reporter area, a sand and water play area and a new toddler pool with spray ing, 521 N Main St., has been $316 million in budget cuts "Tliis is what we need to do to make this pool safe and jets and a fountain to the existing canceled because the city sur- to help the state cope with a attractive." veyor has determined it is not an budget deficit. Bowling Green City Council pool complex. "This is what we need to do to alley and is not city property. The random statewide approved payment Monday to Robert Callecod, Parks and Recreation director The Collaborative, Inc., a Toledo make this pool safe and attrac- Director of Public Works Bill telephone survey of 976 architectural firm, to begin con- tive," Parks and Recreation Di- Blair told the Council fall leaf adults was conducted Sept. struction plans for the first rector Robert Callecod said gin Jan. 15 and will be completed "The climate is so favorable and small brush pickup will be 9-19 by the University of phases of a $300,000 City Park about the project. on May 15, according to Callecod. for borrowing now," Callecod completed by city wards. He said Cincinnati. It has a margin Pool improvement and expansion The Council agreed to pay up to He said the project will be said. "That's why we're going pickup will begin in wards one of error of plus or minus 3 project. $15,000 for the construction funded through a combination of ahead with [the project]." and two on Oct. 19 and added percentage points. The poll The project will add a 150-foot plans, which are scheduled to be loans and funds raised by the In other business, Municipal pickup in other wards will be an- was sponsored by the Cin- water flume, a sand volleyball completed by Dec. 1. current parks and recreation Administrator Colleen Smith said nounced through the local news cinnati Post. court, a landscaped sunbathing Construction is expected to be- levy. the proposed vacation of an alley media. Of those who approved of the governor's perform- ance, 22 percent said he was doing a good job, 9 percent Freshman said they just "like" him and USG approves school year budget 8 percent cited his tight fis- cal policy in balancing the dies in plane state budget. Those who disliked the Group also plans a 'Get Out and Vote' campaign governor's performance accident byJeniBond cited his education budget The BG News staff report better," Melendez said. "If we need the cuts (7 percent), followed by student government reporter 'Tm basically glad we have a budget money later, we'll have it." budget cuts in other areas (6 to operate with. The financial Because there was no debate before voting percent). Two percent fault- An 18-year-old Universi- Undergraduate Student Government on the remainder of the budget, senator Mi- ed Voinovich for not im- committee took it upon themselves to ty freshman was killed in a passed a budget Monday for the 1992-93 chael Haynes said there is a lack of respect proving the state's economy plane crash Sunday morn- academic year and is planning the "Get Out write the proposal and the body in USG for students and other senators. or reducing unemployment. USG will also continue their campaign to ing in Hancock County, and Vote" campaign as a follow-up to its re- accepted it, which was the best thing W.Va., on her way back to cently-completed voter registration drive. encourage students to vote, according to Bowling Green from West The USG budget, which was passed in part to do under the circumstances." Jackson. After registering nearly 700 people during the voter registration campaign, USG Lottery Virginia. at the Sept. 21 meeting, was completed when )ason Jackson, Undergraduate Melissa Lynn Curdie, a the assembly voted and approved allocation will kick off a"Get Out and Vote" campaign biology major from Can- of funds to the various USG committees. Student Government president Oct. 27 through Nov. 3. In other business, onsburg. Pa., was pro- Passing the budget was necessary for USG Mike Sears; national, state and community CLEVELAND - Here are nounced dead at the scene. to function, according to USG President Ja- $300; multi-cultural affairs committee pro- affairs coordinator, announced his resig- Monday night's Ohio Lottery Her aunt and uncle, son Jackson. gramming, $1,150; student welfare commit- nation from USG due to personal reasons. selections: Kathy and Mike Hansen, 41 "I'm basically glad we have a budget to tee programming, $800; public relations Sears, who also serves as Ohio Student Asso- Pick 3 Numbers: 5-7-0 and 36 respectively, were operate with," Jackson said. "The financial committee spring BG News contract, $1,558; ciation chairman of the board of presidents, Pick 4 Numbers: 3-4-9-3 also killed in the crash. committee took it upon themselves to write other advertising, $500; co-sponsorships, said he will also forfeit his position in OSA. According to the Han- the proposal and the body accepted it, which $1,000; and national, state and community "My decision has nothing to do with USG," The Super Lotto jackpot is cock County sheriffs of- was the best thing to do under the circum- affairs committee programming, $1,000. Sears said. "I'm resigning as chair of OSA $4 million. fice, the single-engine 1948 stances." USG voted to put the remaining money In a because I felt I shouldn't stay on if I'm not Beechcraft Bonanza took Funds were allocated to: administrative holding account, which will be available for going to be involved with USG." off from Herron Field, a committee equipment and maintenance, $50; future allocation. According to Sam Melen- Sears will be replaced In the spring, ac- Compiled from staff and private airport about 40 postage, $300; duplication and printing, $400; dez, senator-at-large, the holding account cording to Jackson. Jackson and USG Vice wire reports. miles north of Wheeling. It academic affairs committee programming, will allow USG to be more flexible later in President John Babel will deal with prob- crashed at 10:20 am. $100; faculty course evaluation booklets, the semester. lems that arise within the committee until $2,000; internal affairs committee awards. "[The account] will help to serve students the position is filled, Jackson said. Opinion page two The BG News Tuesday, October 6, 1992

The BG News JEREMY STONE WEBER AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT VOICE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF FOUNDED IN 1920. J.J. THOMPSON KIMBERLY LARSON PUBLISHED DAILY DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR NEWS EDITOR OPINION EDITOR AND WEDNESDAYS DURING THE SUMMER SESSION. KIRK PAVELICH CHRISTINA WISE CAMPUS EDITOR CITY EDITOR 214 WEST HALL BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY MATTHEW A. DANEMAN GLEN LUBBERT BOWLING GREEN, OHIO 43403-0276 INSIDER EDITOR SPORTS EDITOR Copyright 1992, The BG News Public may never know truth about JFK's death

Last December, controversial film case. They decided that by doing this, director Oliver Stone forced the all of the speculation and assertions American public to relive the events of raised by Stone could finally be put to Nov. 22, 1963, with the release of rest. Work on this legislation began "JFK." back in January. The subsequent furor over Stone's Nine months have now passed and Christian love judgmental hypothesis that forces within the still the people of this country do not United States government conspired to know everything the government kill President Kennedy resulted in a knows and everything that is contained public outcry, demanding that all in the files. Why? Our elected repre- of homosexual orientation sealed files pertaining to the case be sentatives want us to believe a minor Every so often, an issue comes released. disagreement and proposed amend- up in The News that shrieks out was basically just a business The "official" version of the case, as ment have led to the stalemate in the for further discussion. One such Guest Column transaction for him. concluded by the presidentially- legislation. Supposedly, the issue rested Issue recently being debated is appointed Warren Commission in 1964, on the question of who will have the the justification of discrimi- Likewise, these pagan neigh- nation against homosexual indi- Nikki Floros bors were into homosexuality. holds that Kennedy was killed by Lee power to appoint members of a review viduals through attempts to ar- Well, gosh darn it, an Israelite Harvey Oswald, a man they character- board -- whose members will have the gue their inferiority as a group. couldn't be associated with those ized as a single "lone-nut" assassin. awesome responsibility of deciding heathens, could he? And he Ever since that verdict was decided 28 what we the people can see and what we The United States of America Gang rape was a pretty good surely wouldn't want to be years ago, the people of this country are still not ready for. has been referred to as a "melt- method of achieving that humi- thought of as being a woman, be- have been forced to abide by that con- The House wanted a judicially- ing pot." What this means is that liation. We are not talking about cause as we've already seen, it clusion and that conclusion alone. Beg appointed review board, while the Sen- numerous cultures were added to two men in a loving relationship; pretty much sucked to be a wom- to differ and you will likely be branded ate wanted the president to have the the pot like so many spices, but we arc talking about sexual vio- an in Israelite society. Voila! A as just another one of those "conspiracy power. You'll remember the work of the what Uncle Sam dished out was lence. ban on homosexuality. theorists." Warren Commission -- considered to be the "American" culture - In What the selective Bible- Meanwhile, all government docu- quite flawed after 30 years of examina- theory a blend of all ingredients, quoters leave out of the story is So, is homosexuality evil in the but in reality one embodying the that our hero, Lot, protected the 20th century? Not particularly, ments, including evidence gathered by tion - came about because of a presi- values of white, Anglo-Saxon unless we're the sort of society the CIA, the FBI and the Warren Com- dential appointment. In the end, the Protestants. that follows mores directed at a mission, are locked up in the National Senate won out. If the legislation is to culture that existed thousands of Archives, not to be released to the pub- be signed into law, the president of the If we accept this, then clearly years before us. In fact, it seems lic until well into the 21st century. The United States will have the authority to one of the main shapers of values "What the selective in the broader context of Chris- reason? Purposes of "National Securi- appoint members to the review board. in our society is Christianity. And Bible-quoters leave out of tianity, which encompasses two ty." Oh yeah, George Bush would be per- one of the ideas still officially testaments, the key for dealing Now, with the cold war officially over fect, considering he served as the di- held by the Christian churches is the story is that our hero, with our fellow humans is love, and the United States being the only rector of the CIA back in the late 70s. that homosexuality is an incor- Lot, protected the angels by not prejudice and bias. And if we claim to love our neighbor, how real superpower left in the world, what rect moral choice. basically throwing his virgin issues of almost 30 years ago can still Why? can we deny her her rights just Whatever the case may be, it appears Well, the Bible, in whatever daughters to the crowd to because she happens to love an- be classified as ones of "National Secu- the files will be released soon -- provid- version one chooses to read, de- appease them. Nice guy." other woman instead of a man? rity"? Especially when we are led to be- ed the president approves the legisla- tails in several places just why lieve the president's death was the re- tion. Perhaps by releasing them now, homosexuality is evil. Let's con- Some have said homosexuals sult of a lone assassin from this country the endless cycle of questions and criti- sider a few of these. are trying to legitimize their be- -- with no evidence of any sort of for- cisms about the Warren Commission haviors, that they want mar- eign intervention. can finally be put to rest. Maybe then Episcopal Bishop John Shelby riages and health benefits and all If that's really the case - if Oswald we will know the real truth, or at least Spong, in his (I find it delightful) angels by basically throwing his sorts of unimaginable things. really is the only person involved in the the knowledge that what we thought to book "Rescuing the Bible from virgin daughters to the crowd to Gee, go figure. They want the shooting and we already know the real be true all along actually is. Fundamentalism," points out a appease them. Nice guy. same rights any heterosexual is truth -- then why can't we see what is Perhaps we will never know the en- number of instances where peo- entitled to have. contained in these classified files? ple cite biblical text selectively, Makes you think pretty highly tire account of what actually happened ignoring other areas that contra- of heterosexual behaviors, Homosexuality is as much a Thanks in part to the reaction to in Dallas on Nov. 22,1963. But it is pos- dict or otherwise mar their ar- doesn't it? The only decent sex- state of being as heterosexuality Stone's movie, both the United States sible we can find out some more of the guments. ual interaction is that between is. Did I choose to be heterosex- House of Representatives and the Sen- details -- as long as the files become men and women, and yet women, ual? No, I just happen not to be ate began work on passing legislation available. After nearly 30 years of For example, we can recall far from being equals, can be attracted sexually to other wom- that would once and for all release all of questions, our government owes us at Srom St. Patrick's Day of this used as pawns and hatefully vio- en. I didn't choose to reject them; the government files pertaining to the least that much. year that certain people opposed lated, all in the name of decency. it's just the way I am. And vice to homosexuals marching in a versa. I wonder if we're aware of Boston city parade held up signs Thanks just the same, but I'd how ridiculous it is to justify dis- reading "God said kill fags" with much rather love a woman as my crimination because "they chose Bush's BG visit 'tremendous success' little footnotes about Leviticus equal than be the sexual property to be that way." Who chooses dis- 20. It is true Leviticus 20 says of a man. Guess I wouldn't have crimination? Who chooses ha- College Republicans thank supporters, denounce vocal protestors homosexuality should be puni- lasted long in Israelite society. tred? All they "chose" was not to shed by death. However, it also deny who they truly are, just as I says those who curse their par- Biblical scholars - not ordin- choose not to deny who I am and The BG News: gling signs past the security Furthermore, some College ents should be put to death, God's ary laymen and women, not fun- subsequently pretend to be a ho- were not privileged. The rules The Whistle Stop Tour of Democrats instigated unpro- people should not eat shellfish damentalist literalists - have ar- mosexual. were the same for all. President Bush to Bowling Green voked attacks with supporters of and a multitude of other similar gued for some time that the was a tremendous success. The President Bush. These disgrace- commands that heterosexist Bi- directives about sex found in the Before we jump on the band- BGSU College Republicans Second, students were escort- ful acts prevented some people ble-quoters conveniently ignore. Old Testament served only the wagon and denounce homosexu- wanted to make this stop enjoya- ed from the front of the crowd from hearing the president's purpose of separating the Israe- ality as abnormal behavior, let's ble to the public. We wanted to because they were in a reserved message, interfering with their The story of Sodom and Go- lites from their "pagan" neigh- consider the basis for our judg- ensure the public could hear the area and did not have passes - opportunity to make an educated morrah is another passage cited bors. Their neighbors were into ment. Do we genuinely believe president's message and furth- not because they had Pro- decision this November. to argue the evil of homosexuali- sex with temple prostitutes, and any group of Americans de- ermore make President Bush Clinton signs. Security was very Thank you to all the people who ty. Yet this story is, as Spong ar- by all accounts, the Israelite men serves to be stripped of its rights feel welcome in Bowling Green. tight around the president, and I joined us in welcoming the presi- gues, about gang rape, not homo- thought this was pretty cool. So because we may personally be We took several steps to ensure am very proud of the manner in dent last weekend. Bowling sexuality. Lot, he writes, is the we have dictates telling them not sickened by behavior that harms this. which our volunteer security Green welcomed President Bush hero of the story because he to sleep with temple prostitutes. no one, or are we merely reciting First, no signs were allowed to performed. with open arms last Saturday. protects God's angels from being an old lesson that needs to be re- be brought into the arena. This Despite the rude behavior of a sexually abused by the men of But that is not to say all pros- vised? meant no Pro-Clinton signs nor Finally, I would like to con- handful of people, the Whistle Sodom. In biblical times, the best titution was considered bad. A Pro-Bush signs. People wishing demn the actions by the College Stop Tour was an enormous suc- way to humiliate men was to man could legitimately sell his cess. Nikki Floros is a left-wing to protest the president with Democrats. Michael Brennan, make them act like women in the daughter's sexual favors, be- Catholic and the copy editor public relations adviser of the signs could still do so outside the sex act (that is, to act passive). cause she was property, and it of The News. arena. CDs was quoted in The News on Shane R Ostrowski Our security personnel were Wednesday, Sept. 23 as saying, Vice President of External Af- Instructed to secure any signs at "We're not planning on disrupt- fairs Free Market DanDuiica the gates. Additional signs were ing [Bush's] speech or anything. distributed inside the arena This We just want to have a visible bet* AT rue temtTHei/r SUM/IE f m rtrtmE vtrs UI H*£ yorlA UaAEAtm OF £*C*Sr UE TAKE TUB HA» t-*r* n" s/fjfrs fb*. /*• m*-**% If To KEioLlrc step ensured that an excess of presence." The CD leader, Mike LMJTT Wm>A/gi AVe U - AU. <*&£ wu- se ummep PKo&LEH OF MK&AA. AM sta> n TUB vsumoH* TKS CAWS St /rh» ttr signs were not held to block the Cook, agreed as well in the same bASTi PIS*>SAt. &UMSLT CAUIE **» urt m acff"i fi*0 »K. THAT TAflfs Ftt/t" president from the public wish- article. &#SAT rsva&Ai. SMEfsr CWiE IT *vtf#lr n Hfoyi Responses *<"»»i««« »exe *■/«w< tones /AJtf. UlA^SB *¥)* 6"tV 01 WF ing to see him. In contrast, the College Demo- 1 it/rto*K,m A#EuMeri,x> ruSr fiiffBlEKrr /tfrun. Aeurv n tew A*tA/af< This was allowed since the crats chanted and shouted Wanted or PutsAL. 1/U.f /«** MKJut^tes event occurred on private prop- throughout Bush's speech This JWx-'v** THE TTME erty and an agreement was made was deliberately planned and If not submitting a letter or with the property owner. Under performed as stated in a copy of guest column in person, please this provision, any signs which their agenda from their meeting address the submission to: were smuggled past security Opinion Editor were confiscated. People who Tuesday, Sept. 22 before the The BG News . disobeyed the rules by smug- event. 210 West Hall Campus Tuesday, October 6, 1992 The BG News page three blotter Mob assails University alumnus O Timothy M Collier, 18, 244 Bromfield, was cited for Courtroom crowd underage consumption Saturday he recently learned of his wife's has had problems while report- lead for that evening's news on Thurstin Avenue. According turns on reporter cancer. ing on a story. broadcast. to the police report, Collier, with Tobin was shooting video of the "I have been verbally threat- Laurence Jankowski, Universi- a blood alcohol content of .238, by Chris Abbruzzese defendant's departure from the ened numerous times," Tobin ty journalism department chair- was extremely intoxicated and campus reporter courthouse when the tempera- said. "I have also been chased man, was surprised Tobin was was taken to Wood County Hospi- mental crowd turned on the re- around a car by an angry citizen involved in the incident. tal for treatment of alcohol porter. He soon found himself be- when reporting on the 100th an- "Doug was one of the most sen- poisoning. In a bizarre courtroom alterca- ing pushed into a wall and his niversary of the massacre at sitive and caring people I have O Robert J. Zamora, 18, 1070 horned people were just guests at tion in Rapid City, S.D., a 1990 camera covered by coats. Wounded Knee." encountered here at the Univer- Sand Ridge Road, was arrested a nearby party. University alumnus was ac- sity," Jankowski said. for theft, assault and menacing O Jesus Trevino, 51, 247 N. costed by an angry mob after the "I've filmed dozens of court After the altercation, Tobin Citing recent coverage of vol- Saturday. Police said Zamora al- Prospect St., was arrested for postponement of a vehicular cases and this is the first time was escorted back to his car by atile world events such as the legedly stole a Bowling Green DUI Saturday. According to manslaughter case. that there was an incident," To- sheriff's deputies to avoid an- civil war in Yugoslarla and the High School letter jacket from a police, Trevino was found slum- Doug Tobin. a KOTA-TV news bin said. "I think they were going other confrontation. When they war in Saudi Arabia, Jankowski person at Brass Rail Billards, 145 ped over the steering wheel in his reporter, became the victim of a for the camera more than they arrived at his car a small group said he believes journalists must N. Main St., and told the victim vehicle on West Poe Road. brief emotional attack from were going for myself." had gathered to wait for Tobin. use common sense. he would have to fight to get his O Matthew G. Paxson, 19, about a dozen supporters of the Tobin said he was not injured "I was just worried about get- "These kinds of situations jacket back. Zamora allegedly Bradner, was arrested for as- defendant. During the hearing, in the assault but the camera ting the film back to the televi- where the press are hassled pushed the victim in an attempt sault, criminal damage and re- the defendant in the case broke received minor damage. He also sion station," Tobin said. occur frequently," Jankowski to start a fight and then left with sisting arrest Saturday at College down on the stand and cried that said this was not the first time he The story ran as the 5:30 p.m. said. the jacket. Police said Zamora Station. 1616 E. Wooster St. Ac- was "obviously intoxicated" at cording to the police report. Pax- the time of the incident. son was involved in a fight out- Faculty Senate to discuss Olscamp evaluation O A 16-year-old Bowling Green side the bar. A woman who was resident was arrested for DUI attempting to walk around the by Michael Zawackl "[The Faculty Senate] can evaluate the The guidelines, which have been in the and driving without a license fight was pushed on the ground faculty reporter president as a group with or without the au- works for about three years, have already Saturday. According to police, by Paxson and when she stood thority of the [academic] charter," said Al- been approved by Faculty Senate. However, the juvenile drove into a tree on back up, Paxson picked her up len White, chairman of Faculty Senate. Eloise Clark, vice president of academic af- Clay Street and received minor and slammed her against the ce- Faculty Senate plans to discuss today White said he will ask the senate if they fairs, recommended a few areas be redraf- injuries. ment ground. The victim was un- whether to evaluate University President want to conduct an evaluation of the presi- ted. The report given Tuesday will focus on O A Colorado woman reported conscious for five minutes. When Paul Olscamp. dent even though they do not have an the changes which were rewritten by Hol- her dog was stolen Saturday police arrested Paxson, he dam- Last spring, the Faculty Senate passed a amendment to the charter which authorizes mes this summer. while she was visiting a friend aged the plexiglass shield in the resolution requesting the opportunity to e- them to do so. In other business, after the one-month ex- who lives on East Merry Street. back seat of the police cruiser valuate the president on a regular basis and Today's agenda is also expected to include tension given by Olscamp, the Welfare According to the police report, and shoved a police officer in an to make this practice part of the academic a report by associate legal studies professor Committee will be presenting its series of the woman tied her 85 pound attempt to escape. charter. The motion was rejected by the Robert Holmes about the Faculty Personnel recommendations on the Health Care Task golden retriever to a tree outside O Matthew L. Newman, 22,801 University's Board of Trustees. and Conciliation Committee Guidelines. Force report. the residence and went to visit N. Main St., was arrested for dis- other friends. When she came orderly conduct while intoxi- cated and with persistance Sun- Quake back 30 minutes later, the dog Continued from page one. was gone. day on North Main Street, police O A South College Drive resi- said. Strohl said the Toledo Airport Onasch said although loud sooner had the seismograph at retirement and natural attrition, dent reported people wearing H Matthew D. Scherer, 18, 305 reported a sonic boom resulting noises are not often associated the University been operating. although he said there have been horned hats were running around Conklin Hall, was cited for pos- from a jet breaking the sound with quakes, they can occur The seismograph at the Uni- no direct lay-offs. the area and she was concerned session of a false ID Sunday at barrier. Strohl believes the boom when the quake is shallow and versity has not been operating Strohl said the sheriff's de- they were involved in "satanic Brathaus, 115 E. Court St., police is more likely because earth- nearby. due to budget reductions, Onasch partment received "an enormous activities." Police confirmed the reported. quakes usually do not have noises The tremor occurred as a re- said. undetermined amount" of calls accompanying them. sult of an existing fault or the "It's a shame for the Universi- from people feeling the tremor "As many earthquakes as I ex- creation of a new fault, Onasch ty as well as the community that Sunday night. He said he perienced [while living] in Japan said. The nearest fault, the Bowl- the [seisograph] service is not received one call Monday from a [for six years], I never heard a ing Green Fault, runs west of available," Onasch said. "Toledo Pemberville woman who felt and boom," Strohl said. Bowling Green south to Findlay is getting attention and publicity heard a tremor about 12:50 Mon- Strohl said he believed seismo- and can be detected in the that should have been [received day afternoon. She did not feel graphs detect many loud noises, Maumee River. by] Bowling Green." the one Sunday night, Strohl said. not just earthquakes and could Onasch said because of the lo- Onasch said the geology de- Onasch said a quake of similar still have detected the sonic cation of the fault and the tre- partment has experienced other magnitude was felt in North Bal- boom. mor, it could have been detected unfilled vacancies as a result of timore in July.

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by David Harpster sports writer this year. The men were in action for Karen Micus reached the the first time this season at the The Bowling Green men's finals at No. 3 singles but was Ball State Invitational. and women's tennis teams met defeated by her Toledo oppo- with mixed results this week- nent 6-3,6-2. Performing well for the Fal- end as they each competed in Bank and Seely-Brown cons was junior Jim Snyder, invitational tournaments. teamed up to capture a victory who reeled off four consecu- The women at the No. 2 doubles slot. They tive victories in the consolation hosted teams defeated teams from Toledo bracket after losing his first from Toledo, and Xavier by scores of 7-6,6-3 match in the singles 'B' flight. Xavier, and and 6-2, 6-1 in order to win the His four victories all came Duquesne in title. The team of Kassie Hem- against Big Ten opponents, in- the inaugural bree and Julie Assenheimer cluding the final two against BGSU Invita- defeated their opponents from Michigan State players. tional. The Toledo in the finals of No. 3 Falcons were doubles 6-3, 7-6(8-6). Bowling Bob Zumph, playing in the able to ap- Dean Green's No. 1 doubles team of •A' flight for the Falcons, won pear in three Sarah Emdin and Erin Bow- his first match but had to de- finals in both beer reached the finals but fault his second round match singles and doubles. were defeated 3-6,6-0,6-3 by a because of a lingering injury. Leading the way for the Fal- team from Xavier. cons were freshman Patty Head coach Dave Morin was Bank and junior Melissa Seely- Head coach Penny Dean was reasonably happy with his Brown, who each captured ti- pleased with her team's per- team's snowing. 'Overall, I tles at No. 6 and No. 7 singles, formance, but noted there was thought we had a good tourna- respectively. still some room for improve- ment in singles considering it Bank defeated opponents ment. was our first competition of the from Duquesne and Xavier by year,' Morin said. 'I was disap- scores of 6-1,6-0 and 6-4,6-2 en 'I was extremely pleased pointed in our doubles play, but route to capturing the title at with the way our doubles teams we'll probably be experiment- No. 6 singles. Seely-Brown played, placing three out of ing with our doubles combina- survived a tough first round four teams in the finals. tions for most of the fall match against her opponent However, we still have some season.' from Xavier, eventually win- work to do when it comes to ning 1-6, 7-5, 7-6(7-2). She then singles,' Dean said. "This was The men are home this defeated her challenger from the stiffest competition we've weekend to host the Keefe Toledo in the finals 6-4, 6-4. faced this year and if we hope Tennis Classic while the wom- The BG Ncwi/Linda Lcac Both Bank and Seely-Brown to improve we have to play en go on the road to play Cin- Sophomore Kassie Hembrcc returns a shot against a Toledo doubles foe. Hembree teamed with have yet to lose a singles match tough competition.' cinnati. freshman Julie Assenheimer to win third doubles at the BGSU Invitational. Cecil Fielder wins 3rd RBI title Falcon safety Bair The Associated Press home run title by hitting his 43rd attle Mariner to win a batting ti- of Cleveland led the AL with 66. Sunday. tle at .343. Sheffield finished at Jack Morris of Toronto and wins MAC award Edgar Martinez and Gary Boston's Roger Clemens won .330 for San Diego. Kevin Brown of Texas tied for Sheffield won their first batting his third consecutive AL ERA ti- the AL lead in victories with 21. The Associated Press runs of 7 and 3 yards and topped titles sitting on the bench, and tle at 2.41. Bill Swift of San Fran- Fielder topped both leagues Tom Glavine of Atlanta and Greg the 100-yard mark for the second Cecil Fielder became the first cisco won the NL ERA title at with 124 RBIs. Darren Daultonof Maddux of the Cubs tied for the time in his three games. player to lead in runs batted in 2.08, while John Smoltz of the Philadelphia led the NL with 109 NL lead with 20. TOLEDO, Ohio - Miami of Bair, a junior from Fairfield, three consecutive years. Braves won the strikeout title RBIs. Ohio tailback Deland McCul- was credited with 14 tackles in- Fred McGriff won the NL with 215. Randy Johnson of the Oakland's Dennis Eckersley lough and Bowling Green safety cluding 10 solos, and had one home run title with 35, the lowest Mariners led the AL with 241 Marquis Grissom of Montreal led in saves with 51 and Lee Joe Bair have been selected as interception and broke up an- NL leader's total since 1946. Juan strikeouts. won his second straight NL steals Smith of St. Louis led the NL with the players of the week in the other in a 17-14 victory over Cen- Gonzalez of Texas won the AL Martinez became the first Se- title with 78, while Kenny Lofton 43. Mid-American Conference. tral Michigan. He also had two McCullough, a redshirt fresh- tackles for a minus-4 yards in man from Campbell, rushed for losses. He leads the MAC with 115 yards and two touchdowns on five interceptions and is tied for Scoreboard 13 carries in a 24-7 victory at third in the nation in that catego- Browns' Tomczak ready Eastern Michigan. He scored on ry.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL Associated Press TOP 25 to lead improved squad 1. Washington (42)4-0 The BG News' Athlete of the Week 2. Miami (16) 4-0 The Associated Press 3. Midu|>n(1)3-0-l Kosar sustained a broken right team's practice complex in 4. Tennessee (2) 5-0 5. TeniAAMS-0 CLEVELAND - Cleveland quar- ankle during a Monday night nearby Berea. "They narrowed 6. Alabama (1) SO The BG volleyball team, led by senior tri-captain Holli terback Mike Tomczak, with one 27-23 loss to the Miami Dolphins. down exactly what they wanted 7. Pcnn Slate S-0 Costein, swept their MAC opponents this weekend, defeating game under his belt as the He was thrust into the starting to accomplish. We were posi- 8. Florida State 4-1 9. Colorado 4-0 Western and Ball State on consecutive nights. Because of her Browns' starter, says he will role after Philcox broke his right tioned to put the ball in the end 10 Virginia S-0 "killer" weekend, Costein has been named the BG News' Athlete have more offensive weapons at thumb in the Browns' 28-16 win zone or come away with three II. Standord4-l of the Week. his disposal when the Browns over the Los Angeles Raiders. points a number of times against 12 Georgia 4-1 13. Notre Dame 3-1-1 take on Pittsburgh this weekend. "The bye week came the right Denver." 14. Ncbralka3-I Costein played back-to-back great games, culminating in an Tomczak, who is playing for in- time," Tomczak said. "We have "We're going to get better. It's 15. Syracuse 3-1 awesome display of power against Ball State. exciting to know you will get bet- 16. Oklahoma 3-1 jured quarterback Bernie Kosar the luxury of getting more things 17. Georgia Tech 3-1 In match one against the Chippawas, she and backup Todd Philcox, was in the offense. I've had time to ter." 18. Mississippi State 3-1 teamed with Jessica Andrasko to shut down nine of 19 for 75 yards and two dissect it and look at the whole One of Tomczak's intercep- 19. UCLA 3-1 their opponents. She finished with 18 kills and 20. Southern Cal 1-1-1 interceptions in his debut against thing." tions in his Cleveland debut was 21. Boston College 4-0-1 a .256 hitting percentage. the Broncos two weeks ago. With only about a quarter of made by Broncos' linebacker Mi- de. Ohio State 3-1 The following night, she destroyed Ball the offense memorized for the chael Brooks; the other was 23. Florida 1-2 State at home, keeping the Cardinals guessing The Browns (1-3) did not play 24. California 3-1 last weekend because of the AFC Denver game, Tomczak said the picked off by safety Dennis 25. Clemson2-2 with 17 kills. Central bye week. In their last coaches were wise to rely on the Brooks. lie. North Carolina Slate 4-2 The senior leads the Falcons in kills per Others receiving votes: West Virginia 90, game, with 4.02, and digs per game, with 3.27. outing Sept. 27, the Browns lost running game. Of the Browns' "I had a bad read on the one by Wisconsin 74. Waihinglon Stale 72. Arizo- to the Denver Broncos 12-0 in 216 total net offensive yards, 141 Smith," the 6-foot-one, 204-pound na 57. Auburn 43. Hawaii 37, San Diego Cleveland. came on the ground. quarterback said. "It was intend- State 27, Mississippi 14, North Carolina 13, Costein Kansas 12. Kansas Slate S. Air Force 1, Ore- He was signed by the Browns "The coaches were smart last ed for Mark (Bavaro) but he got gon 1. Sept. 16 to backup Philcox after week," Tomczak said at the hit and pushed away."

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Republican incumbent, George Bush Democratic presidential candidate. Bill Clinton Debate Black Student Issues O: One of the most pressing concerns of African American college students is the a- Q: Many of our Historically Black Colleges and Universities are struggling for vailabllity of funds to finance their college education. What do you propose to do to their very survival. What specific plans do you have to help maintain the viability of get more funds Into the hands of these students. these critically needed institutions, especially In light of the recent desegregation order to the institutions of higher education in Mississippi and other southern states? Ceorge Bush: Because a college de- Bill Clinton: I have a plan to give every Bush: I was proud to have signed on Clinton: Black colleges and universi- gree can lead to increased opportunity, I American the right to borrow money for April 28, 1989 an Executive Order that ties have made an immeasurable contri- want to strengthen the Pell Grant pro- college. While maintaining Pell Grants, established the President's Board of Ad- bution to American society. At times gram. My 1993 budget requests $6.6 bil- we will scrap the existing student loan visors on Historically Black Colleges when racist institutions excluded Afri- lion in Pell Grants, a 22 percent increase program and establish a National Ser- and Universities (HBCU's). Our nation can Americans, Black colleges ensured over 1992 appropriations. All students vice Trust Fund. Those who borrow from has benefitted greatly from the contri- that African Americans could continue would receive higher awards, with the the fund will able to choose how to repay butions that graduates of Black colleges to go to college and fully contribute to largest increases in dollar amounts the balance: either as a small percentage have made to their communities and to America. These institutions remain ex- reserved for students from families with of their earnings over time, or by serv- our nation, to maintain their viability, tremely important today, enabling incomes below $20,000. My budget also ing their communities for one or two my administration has increased federal thousands of African Americans to raises the loan limit on Guaranteed Stu- years doing work their country needs as grants to HBCUs from $775,850,000 to receive first rate educations and find the dent Loans and makes the interest on teachers, law enforcement officers, $887,900,000, or 14.5 percent, from FY high wage, high skill Jobs that America student loans deductible for federal in- health care workers, or peer counselors 1989 to FY1991. needs. In a Clinton Administration, the come tax purposes. helping kids stay off drugs and in school. Most recently, I announced that Clark- federal government will make sure that Atlanta University and Morris Brown Black colleges and universities can con- Q: What Is your position on race-based scholarships for African American and College will each receive $2.25 million tinue to help African Americans and other under-represented ethnic groups? grants to participate in the Army's contribute to America. Centers of Excellence program. Addi- Bush: title VI of the Civil Rights Act of Clinton: I oppose the Bush Administra- tionally, the Secretary of the Army an- 1964 forbids discrimination based on tion's prohibitation of race-based schol- nounced that under a seperate program, race, creed, color, or national origin by arships. The National Service Trust the Department of Defense, with the any recipient of federal funds. My ad- Fund will make college loans available to Army as the lead service, will award a ministration does not support, basing every American who wants them, re- research grant for appoximately $12.8 scholarships on racial considerations gardless of race. million to an Historically Black College Continued Pag* I alone. I strongly support the awarding of or University. The Grant will fund the scholarships based on Income or to help establishment of a University Research broaden the cultural and intellectual Center for the Department of Defense diversity of a college's student body. and military services. Pag* 2 October 8.1992 The Voice Writer Says: 'Criticize Clinton, Beat Bush' by Manning Marable contests, and with the national Hart in 1984 and Paul Tsongas ton-Bush electoral contest boils administration has consistently Guest Columnist disgrace of Watergate tarnishing earlier this year. down to a simple alternative: Do I rejected legislative proposals to the Republicans. vote for Clinton, or do I stay address the crisis of hunger. The The DLC's objective is to win home on November 3? At times thirty-seven million Americans The presidential campaign of Nevertheless, Carter was un- the support of at least 47 percent when I watch a Clinton speech on without health insurance have 1992 seems in many respects a able to transform the Democrats of the overall white electorate. C-Span, his words almost make much to gain if Clinton's initia- replay of 1976. In both cam- into an explicitly "centrist" sense, but I know he's not talking tives are enacted in public paigns, a moderate, Democratic party, despite his aggressive cuts Clinton is painfully aware that to me. I fear that a Clinton White health. governor from a Southern state in social programs. since 1948, the Democrats have House would be even further to emerges from the middle class captured the majority of whites' the right than Jimmy Carter. Clinton could still snatch hinterland, to seize his party's But after a decade of Reagan- votes only once, in any presi- defeat from the jaws of victory, nomination from the liberal es- ism, the political cultures of both dential election. In the three Despite these misgivings, I however, if he continues to dis- tablishment. major parties have shifted de- presidential elections in the would still advise African- tance himself from the Black An embattled, frustrated Re- cisively to the right. It was in this 1980s, Republican candidates Americans, other people of color, electorate and its concerns. The publican president presides over context of reaction that Clinton won 33 million more votes than and progressives to criticize Democratic candidate has no a major economic recession, and the conservative cabal, the the Democrats, with an eight-to- Clinton, but to beat Bush this high-ranking Blacks in his cam- driving his popularity polls into Democratic Leadership Council, one margin in electoral votes. election year. paign organization, and his golf- the basement. The Republican seized control of the party's We must ask ourselves ing excursion last spring at an incumbent is even challenged national apparatus. This explains Clinton's de- whether a substantial, critical all-white country club was racia- unsuccessfully by a leader of the termination to avoid being char- distinction can be made between lly insensitive and politically right wing of his own party in the Their conservative agenda acterized as a "tax and spend lib- Clinton-Gore and a second term stupid. primaries. represents a sharp break from eral", of the Kennedy-Mondale- for Bush-Quayle. Millions of In November, 1976, Jimmy New Deal-Great Society lib- Dukakis tradition. Preaching women, threatened with the loss If fewer than fifty percent of Carter narrowly defeated Gerald eralism. Clinton's basic strategy "family values", "patriotism" of their freedom of choice on the Black voters go to the polls in Ford-but nothing in politics is is to speak primarily to two key and "personal responsibility", he issue of abortion, can certainly November, the Arkansas Demo- predictable. constituencies: "Reagan Demo- frequently sounds like Republi- understand the dangers of a Bush crat will probably lose, regard- crats", the white, blue collar can evangelist for Pat Robertson. victory over Cl inton. less of the white vote. The historical analogy breaks workers who abandoned the Rainbow Coalition chief strate- down when we consider the party of Roosevelt and Kennedy gist Jack O'Dell suggests that a People of color will recall that African-Americans must vote social and ideological forces be- over affirmative action, busing Clinton presidency would be Bush vetoed the 1990 Civil Rights against Bush by voting for Clin- hind Carter and Clinton, respec- for school desegregation, and roughly similar to the adminis- Act, and turned Willie Morton ton-but we must be prepared to tively. Carter ran in 1976 with the welfare; and younger, suburban, tration of Harry S. Truman. into Michael Dukakis's unnofi- struggle everyday against the Democrats having won seven of white professionals who were at- For progressives, the real cial running mate. Advocates of conservative policies of a Clinton the previous eleven presidential tracted to the candidacy of Gary question presented by the Clin- the poor realize that the Bush administration. Students of Color Must Acknowledge Budget Cuts As Major Predicament by Erroi Lam immediately to seriously discuss struggles and sacrifice which called 'good intentions'of the praise from people of color for Asian Corner the repercussions of budget cuts means nothing will be given up powers that be at the University. doing so. At the same time, and plan for whatever conse- easily or willingly by those in While the subject of race re- however, they must be careful quences that could occur. power as we well know. As Lillian lations is relevant, let's consider not to criticize or ridicule these What's up with the future of stu- Political education is a key Allen reminds us, it's a case of this; the negative conditions are people. Whites must learn to ap- dent's of color at BGSU now that ingredient of the struggle and "...nobody giving up nothing." not created by us (peoples of preciate and respect people of the budget cuts are real? While students must have the Informa- Planning ahead of time is cer- color) but we are, in fact, victims color. Join us as committed co- we need to provide culture for tion in order to produce positive tainly a requirement, and if it's of the racist attitudes and actions workers who are willing to go all present students, it is also im- action for change in defense of not done carefully and correctly, of this institution. the way, yes ALL THE WAY. perative that the "minority" their future. future generations will suffer In Do not be suckered-this instu- Eradication of racism is a life- leadership at all levels begin People come here despite hard this community despite the so- tion is a part of the real world. long task and a dangerous one. Still, no one has yet to study the Better race relations are possible workings of this institution, and under the conditions mentioned as a result, the collective peoples above. Do you think it is worth it? The Effects of Color Symbolism of color on this campus remain Until, peace and one love... by Jenean Atwood lizes love. From this we associate Now, this color symbolism is editorial writer red roses and red hearts with not a problem until we use these love. Seem harmless? Keep read- same words to identify ethnic Editor-in-Chief DannyM. Gray ing. groups. In a sense, the connota- Editorial Editor Rolando Peterson Black is beautiful. Black is a According to Webster's New tions are then transferred to the Campus News Editor Anaie Cobb color. Black is a race. It is the World Dictionary of the English people. Imagine growing up in an Feature Editor ArTis N. Moore trademark of the fashion in- Language, black is: opposite to environment that is manipulated Photo Editor Leo Cunningham dustry; it is the essence of a peo- white, soiled, dirty, evil, wicked, by color symbolism. For children Managing Editor locresha Levesque ple. Yet, history has attached a Ma rkeh'ng Director „ Tracy Davis harmful, disgraceful, sad, dis- who identify with black, they Staff Writers Marcus Amick, Jenean Alwood, Michelle Ellison, Audrey negative connotation to the con- mal, gloomy, disastrous, without must try to overcome all the neg- Flowers, April Hill, Terre Holmes, Ajamu Kafele, Daron McDonald, cept of Black that has perpetu- hope, and humorous or satirical ative- connotations associated Natalie Parker, Craig Smith, Kevin Wallace ated self-hate and fueled racism in a morbid or cynical way. In with the very word that labels Photographers BriggittChilds, Monica Gaiter, Leo Cunningham generation. Why? Color symbol- contrast, white is defined as: op- them. Those children are search- Advertising Interns Tracy Davis, Sholu Bhojwani ism. posite to black, morally or spirit- ing for who and what they are in Let's start with a basic defini- ually pure, spotless, innocent, a world that (indirectly) refers to The Obsidian is a monthly publication that will strive to present all views tion. Color symbolism is the act free from evil intent, harmless, them as 'dirty, harmful, and and concerns relevent to minority student life in regards to all of its of assigning a predetermined honest, fair, decent, happy, and without hope. It is no wonder readers. WE encourage any student participation in any area, such as connotative meaning to a color fortunate. Notice how the colors they become adults that spend all submission of poetry, articles, letters to the editor, or the production of the and thus everything (or almost publication. have become more than hues, However, we do reserve the right to reject submissions due to space limi- everything) that is the same they have developed "reputa- Continued page 7 tations or if the material is found to be in poor taste. color. For example, red symbo- tions" as good or bad. ■ i r lii P»g» 3 October 6,1992 Black Campus Leaders: Please Lead

by Rolando (Landy) Peterson deal with reality. go about it. of students that we (Blacks on Editorial Editor Put bluntly, anyone can kick For starters, you can accom- this campus) don't attend anti- pro-Black knowledge to educated plish this without the assistance racism marches because we are The purpose Blacks because they can and will of African garb. No kente cloths tired of that type of protest. (Ex- of The Voice is "..Jlnd dem nlggas that say understand (although they may please (jeans and a cap will be pelitivc!) There wasn't a single dey too Black/ Put 'em over seas, not agree). A true leader has just fine). In addition, I wouldn't fire set here at BGSU following to promote dis- n' they'll be beggin' to come foresight, a quality which I have advise greeting them with "asa- the Rodney King verdict. Given back..." -Ice Cube not recognized in our leaders. laam alekkum"either (sorry that, what type of protest do we cussion amongst Wliat good are their teachings about the spelling, I didn't bring want? We have had a chance to the minority Hmmm... to us? Hell, we're on the road to, my handy, dandy Islamic dic- be violent... we didn't. We have As a self-proclaimed "critical at the very least, material suc- tionary today). "What's up?"will had a chance this year to be students on thinker," 1 have viewed Bowling cess just by being enrolled in a probably make them feel more at peaceful at the Unified Commit- campus. If there Green State University as a university. And it is on this pre- case. Finally, you can do away tee's march and rally... we didn't world inside of another world. A mise that I propose our leaders with the fake names. If these kids even show up. There is no deeply is something world in which Jason Jackson is give no more than one lecture per find out that your name isn't complex explanation for this. In our "George Bush"(sorry Jason, year per leader on this campus. changed legally, they may accuse fact, it's quite simple: We don't that you don't it's just an analogy), and Gary Time normally spent on other YOU of not having knowledge of care. Leaders, you should accept agree with, let Blackney is our version of Vince campus-oriented endeavors can self (these kids are pretty sharp this fact and perhaps work to Lombardi and so on and so forth. be used to enhance the lives of you know?). change it rather than trying to your voice be What about the role of Black the less fortunate...perhaps Now that I've told our leaders create some grand philosophical leadership? Who are BGSU's Black, inner-city youth in...Iefs what they won't necessarily need theory that shifts the blame. heard. "Jesse Jacksons?" Who are say Toledo (so they won't have to to improve the lives of these Black leaders, our problems BGSU's "Martins" and "Mal- travel too far). Then to insure children, I'll also tell them what cannot be solved until we can You've got the colms?" Do you have any people that they won't get lost, we'll get they will need (drum roll): admit our own faults and the in mind? (think on it for a these children out of my neigh- A true understanding of real- faults of our people. The problem vocal chords, minute) Now that you do, I'm go- borhood. The hell with it. Follow ity. is that these things are hard to now use your ing to do what I get paid to me home (to Toledo)! Unfortunately though, it recognize when you're con- do...provoke a thought. Now, being the nice guy that I doesn't seem to me that all of our cerned with African vanity and voice...peace. Black leaders, it is time that am, I wouldn't make such a pro- leaders have this understanding. not Black sanity and when you're you get off of your pseudo- posal to our leaders without giv- To illustrate, I recently heard acting as prophets and not peo- African pedestals and begin to ing them a few pointers on how to one of them tell a large gathering ple. LSU Demands More Support From Blacks gram before can testify to the was a disappointment; resulting by Anonymous Writer when Black leaders call for unity Hispanic Heritage Month is with other peoples of color, yet fact that it requires months of in 5 people in attendance, 3 of one way to be supportive of our fail to set the example, they are planning to insure that intrica- which were LSU cabinet memm- culture. This month-long event not practicing what they are cies such as hotel reservations, bers. Meager turnout for Latin- provides an array of interesting A number of things have both- preaching. speaker coordination and pub- o-sponsored dances also contin- activities that are intended to in- ered me in the four years that I'- licity are all taken care of. When ues to dishearten me. form everyone about our unique ve attended this university. Pri- For example, many Black or- an event goes unsupported, I have had lifelong exposure to culture. When only Latinos par- marily speaking, the lack of sup- ganizations come to LSU (Latino effort, time and money are all both Hispanic and African- ticipate, the purpose is defeated port received from African- Student Union) for monetary wasted. American cultures and have We are not asking African- American toward Latinos. It ap- support and we usually assist To illustrate this point, Latino made a conscious effort to sup- American students to assimilate. pears to me that for four years within our means. However when Awareness Day was planned as port both cultures in their en- We are asking for support and I've heard Black leaders preach LSU requests the assistance of part of Unified Week. This event deavors. respect of our culture from them. "...Diversity, multiculturalism, these organizations, it is rarely and unity," and yet their pleas given. RRRflRnRRonRRnnnnRr are mere shells of words. Under- Understand though, it is not the stand that Bowling Green State financial aspect that Is of great University has approximately concern, the support in deed is 18,000 students including just what we desire. 1,777 people of color. Therefore Anyone who has put on a pro- BBCA & BSU UNDERSTANDING WHITE SUPREMACY October 10th - Homecoming (RACISM) 10:00pm - 2:00am V % & PART"3 Bridging the past with the ^WHITES SUPREMACY; present for the future. !»,

7:30pm - Rm. 404 Moseley Hall $1:00 Before 12:00pm Tuesday, October 6th $2:00 After 12:00pm Videotapes of the first two lectures are available in the NE Common & Amani library.

Sponsored by Your Black Student Union HNHHWNHVCMiN P»B« 4 Oclolwt 6,1992 Campus PHC Makes Rules More Strict For Parties byJenean D.fllwood Uptown and (Jassidy's can't even orderly fashion, and will not be security guards and the hosts of just want to ensure the safety of feature writer enjoy themselves on campus if permitted to re-enter once they the functions. Since many times our students." this behavior continues," he said. leave. people give more respect to the The organizations are encour- Due to the recent increase in the Also, as the policy has been in white man, maybe we'll get bet- aging students to get involved by The African-American Greek number of altercations at the the past, no drugs or alcohol will ter results from the white man's alerting the sponsors of the lettered organizations that com- dances sponsored by organiza- be allowed, nor will obviously in- discipline," Garrett said. events as well as security when prise Pan-Hellenic Council, (Al- tions representing PHC, new toxicated people be permitted to they see anyone causing a prob- pha Phi Alpha, Delta Sigma provisions have been added to enter these events. Students will "This is not to say the white lem. If a confrontation occurs, do Theta, Kappa Alpha Psi, Phi Beta ensure the safety of University also be expected to vacate the man can solve our problems, but not get involved. If you do, you Sigma, Sigma Gamma Rho, and students. First, no one will be premises immediately after the because of the mentality that was will be arrested and possibly re- Zeta Phi Beta) are banding permitted into BGSU dances events have ended. embedded in us by them, some of ferred to Standards and Proce- together to stop the violence. and/or events without a valid us still choose to respect him dures. "They [the new provi- "PHC no longer condones the college ID - this means a driver's The names of those who are more than their own people," he sions] will continue to promote behavior of inconsiderate people, license will not be enough to get disruptive will be referred to the said. the fact that our events are en- whether they be students or visi- through the door of any dance office of Standards and Proce- Finally, the number of security tertaining, safe, and responsible, tors," said PHC president Tahlib sponsored by any PHC organiza- dures. guards present at the functions and that students and organiza- Will Garrett. "Those who can't tions. In addition, students will "For some reason some broth- will be increased. "This is not to tions must work together to make enjoy themselves at places like be expected to enter events in an ers don't seem to give respect to scare anyone,"said Garrett,"we it all happen," Garrett said. PHC Still Feeling The Prescence of IFC by Danny M. Gray Life's choice for the PHC gradu- The members of the PHC Greek perspective," he said. that she has more ties with the Editor-in-Chief ate student advisor at a recent thought that when they were al- According to members of PHC, bureacracy, while Lebron is PHC meeting. The office chose lowed to participate in their own they were under the impression more familiar with the activities Kimberli Goldsberry, who Is also governing body, that they would that Eddie LeBron was going to and procedures of the Black Members of Pan-Hellenic an advisor for IFC. The fact that be free of the limitations and act as the sole advisor to PHC. Greeks. Council expressed their discon- Goldsberry Is also an advisor for obligations of alleglence to IFC. LeBron Is still one of the advisors Admittedly, Goldsberry also tent with the office of Greek IFC Is where the problem lies. But with Goldsberry's prescence for PHC, however, Goldsberry said that the real basic differ- as advisor for the organization, acts as a second advisor. ence between herself and LeBron instead of an African-American Is fact that Goldsberry has a Greek from a Black Greek organ- "We had a meeting with Mike Master's Degree, while LeBron ization, NPHC still feels the Vetter last semester and we said does not. haunting prescence of IFC. that we wanted someone who Some members of PHC, "The problem is that we want- would be a minority, and however, see Goldsberry's posi- ed someone who had better re- someone in a Black Greek organ- tion with the organization as un- Office of lations with the organization. ization, and Eddie was one of our necessary, while still others see Someone that is in a Black Greek choices. Last year, when we were her as somewhat of a spy for IFC. organization," said Tahlib Will Black Greek Council, Tomeka These members see absolutely Garrett, President of PHC Taylor was our sole advisor, and no reason for her prescence, and Multicultural "Black Greek organizations that's what we expected for this argue that whatever Goldsberry are totally different from other year," said Garrett. does, LeBron can do also. Greeks. I cannot have an advisor who cannot completely speak for According to Goldsberry, one Affairs the organization because they of the reasons that there are two are not fully aware of the Black advisors for the organization is THE FOCAL y#W«»Oi>#<#wmi POINT • Thursday, October 15,in Wishes you a the NorthEast Commons. Come Celebrate with • 7:00pm - 9:00pm, a fading session. Anyone in Latino Student Union need of a fade is welcome very safe to come get faded! • 8:00 - 9:00pm, Black The 3rd Annual folks TV hour. Come chill with us while you get your and Hispanic Heritage Month hair cut,, and trip out on Martin, Dewayne Wayne & Whitley. Hispanics changing the face • 9:00pm - 11:00pm, THE Joyous FOCAL POINT Panel of America: Our time has come! Discussion on Male/Female Relationships. Homecoming Dedicated to the memory of Sponsored by The Obsidian and The Alfredo (Freddie) Lebron. Black Student Union.

"r*0*0*0+ to+o+o*oto* Pig« 5 October 6,1992 Saluting Our Black Athletes...Finally by Kevin D.Wallace schedule.The summer workouts Staff member were definitely effective be- cause they have already brought their fans S exciting games, with As we move into a new and two impressive victories over more prosperous year at BGSU, Western Michigan and East Caro- we should give our sports heroes lina. more recognition than we have in In addition, our young but tal- the past. ented basketball team lias been Many times we take for grant- training throughout the summer ed the efforts our athletes put so that they can bring us many forth in order to excel at their memorable games and moments various sports, while simultane- this school year. ously dealing with the daily Some athletes that will be lead- struggles of being a Black col- ing their teams into victory this lege student. year are Zeb Jackson and Leroy While many of us were enjoy- Smith, two talented running ing the last three weeks of our backs both capable of breaking summer vacation, our California away for big plays in any game; Raisin Bowl champs were under- Charlie Williams and Ronnie going a vigorous conditioning Redd, wide receivers who can

Right photo-Senior guard Michael Huger streaks up the court on his way toward set- ting up another basket for BG.

Top photo- Cornerback Car- los Brooks goes up Tor what seems like yet another funky Interception by the BG hit squad.

Right photo-Talita Scott go- ing to the hoop strong over a late but determined opponent, giving the Womens Basket- ball Squad a lift.

WE PUT THIS AD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SPORTS Bowling Green State University TRIBUTE SO THAT YOU Libraries and Learning Resources COULDN'T HELP BUT Multicultural Affairs Committee READIT! presents bent any defense for long plays; ity to connect with long range Issues in Cultural Diversity 1992-93: and Carlos Brooks, Kenny Bur- jumpers that will break up any Brother Andre Gregory Is Cross Currents ress and Artie Mangham who defense. Running For Homecoming lead a defensive unit capable of Tanzania (Tangy) Williams and Diversity in Women's Issues Talita Scott will be contributing King For BGSU. If He creating big defensive plays that Wednesday, October 21,1992 could change every game. to the women's basketball teams Wins He Will Be The First George Johnson and Recle Coles road to the Mid American Con- Block Man ro Do So. Let's One In Ten: Who's Sitting in Your Row? are also an Important part of our ference championship. Wednesday, February 17,1993 football team. That's just a few of the talented Support Our Brother In Black athletes that will be lead- The Only Woy That WE Physically Challenged: Building Bridges, Meeting Needs TTiis year our track teams will ing our sports into competition Can. Vote For Andre Wednesday, March 17,1993 be lead by Todd Black, 400-metcr for the upcoming school year. Gregry... YOUR Next I'm So Glad I'm Not Young Anymore Mid-American Conference Between studies, try to get out Wednesday, April 14,1993 champion Benlta Thomas, Sonya and support our Black athletes. Homecoming King. VOT- Traylor.Dashawnia Carr, and They all provide many thrilling ING ENDS 2-DAY! All programs will be held on long Jumper Andrea Lytle. and memorable moments to our THE OBSIDIAN ENDORS- Wednesday mornings, Our basketball team will be college careers. We should sup- 10:00am-noon, in the Jerome Library lead by two very talented senior port their efforts because they ES ANDRE GREGORY guards, Vada Burnett and Mi- are struggling young Black col- FOR HOMECOMING Conference Room. cheal Huger. Both have the abil- lege students just as we are. KING OF BGSU! Pag* (October 6,1 M2

Student Leaders at Anti-Racism Rally by Rolando(Landy)Peterson On a more global level, BBCA Editorial Editor president Muhammed Luster told the audience"...any prob- lems that you (Blacks) have are primarily due to White supre- Varying opinions were voiced macy."It was then these grounds on the causes and solutions to that he urged Americans to"...get White Supremacy (racism) at the into their own niches and respect Unified Committee's Third An- other's niches." nual Unified Week march and rally on Tuesday September 8. Jack Taylor, from the Office of Spearheaded by Danny Gray, Multi-Cultural Affairs, ad- co-chair of the Unified Commit- dressed the relatively large tee and member of Phi Beta Sig- White turnout. "There is room ma Fraternity, the rally featured for you," he said. Taylor also re- several guest speakers in addi- minded the entire audience that, tion to an open forum for anyone "Historically, many whites have interested in voicing an opinion been on the front lines of our on any facet of white supremacy. struggle and many have even USG president Jason Jackson was a guest speaker and asserted given their lives." tliat BGSU's problems resulting The march started in back of from White supremacy stem Offenhauer Towers and ended from"...a lack of knowledge..." outside the Student Services He went on to add that, "Educa- Building where about 100 stu- tion is where you begin the dents, Black & white listened in breakdown of racism." to the various speakers. Photo by Loo Cunningham Campus Shorts by Angle Cobb Campus Editor and has special discount prices pointment with the owner. She by Angle Cobb Regular Bible Study meetings for students only. was hired on the spot and has campus editor are held Monday evenings from A local hair and tanning salon A cosmetologist of 11 years. been in BG ever since. 8-9:30p.m. in the Taft Room of recently hired a black cosmeto- Donna received her license at D.J. is at Campus Headquar- The Ethnic Studies Depart- the Union, and Church services logist to expand clientele and es- Scott High Schools Skill Center ters every Tuesday & Thursday ment will sponsor the 9th Annual are every other Sunday from pecially to meet the needs of the in Toledo. She has been employed 10-5, and Saturdays 10-6. She ac- Conference November 11 and 12, l:30-4p.m. at Prout Chapel. Bible Black woman on campus. at We Care Hair, and Troys, and cepts her last clients an hour be- 1992. This years theme is "Ethnic Study as well as church services Donna Jean Swilling, known as also has regular clients who fore she leaves. Students must Studies:Crossroads to the 21st are open to everyone,and COMB DJ, has been In Bowling Green come to her Toledo home. show I.D. to receive the student Century-Inter-Ethnic Relations." urges everyone to come out and for approximately five weeks at After hearing from her hus- discount.. Anyone interested in The department feels that this see what they're all about.The Campus Headquarters, 425 E. band, that Campus Headquarters scheduling an appointment or in- issue is important because the re- Next Church Service will be held Wooster. She does everything was in Toledo In search of a black quiring about prices should call lations of ethnic groups have be- October 11. from f rench rolls to hair bonding, beautician, Donna set up an ap- Donna Jean at 354-2244. come a national issue of critical proportion, especially since the ^ Los Angeles riots. The keynote speaker will be by Daron McDonald Dr. Laudelina Martinez, Execu- staff writer tive Director of the Hispanic As- sociation of Colleges and Univer- Black Entertainment Televi- sities. sion (BET) is on its way to viewers of Wood Cable by the BSU & LSU by Caroline McCliin end of the year, according to an volunteer writer employee of Wood Cable who wished to remain anonymous. After having a very successful BET is known for a variety of AntiColumbus \ Anti Colonialist Day semester last spring, the Chris- programs.lt features historically tian Outreach Bible Ministry has black college football games, come back stronger than ever. videos by rap and R&B artists, a The ministry has Invited a va- black news program, and various riety of guest speakers to Join other programs that address the October 12 at 8:00pm students for Bible Study, church needs of black students. services, and weekend rap ses- "Basically, Wood Cable has In the Community Suite sions. Rap sessions give mem- been bought out by another com- bers an oppurtunlty to leave the pany and has made a verbal usual routine of church and bible commitment towards the end of study, to discuss issues faced by October," said Chris Smlther- young Christians today. man, co-chairman of the People The officers of COMB are: For Racial Justice committee. Leris Baptiste;president, and The PRJ committee has Dr. Robert Perry & Panel Discussion Caroline McClain; vlce- worked for about a year to get president.The organization feels BET on Wood Cable and started a that with such strong leadership, petition to enlist community and they will have continued success. student support. Smltherman They will be visiting several res- commended the new cable com- idence halls In November to give pany for making BET available, student the oppurtunlty to learn and believes a lot of black stu- more about their organization. dents will be excited. P«0» 7 October 6,1 M2 Black Acheivers On Campus Get PROPS!

by Artis Moore the Joseph Silber fellowship in African American community. gga/dancehall music, two styles Danny, and don't get a heart at- Feature Editor the summer of 1992. Props go out to Kevin Wallace of black music which don't tack. Props go out to Beverly Nelson. and Chaka Clemens and Pasha receive much air time in the Michelle Ellison also gets her A Graduate Assistant In the De- Durr, WBGU's newest Power 88 midwest or the northwestern props. Motorola, a company that Props go out to several Univer- partment of Sociology (Crimino- 1) .I.'s for doing different and in- Ohio area. Durr says that produces semiconductors and sity students for their academic logy/Deviance), Beverly Nelson novative things on the air. "The house/club music is very non- cellular phones, awarded Senior accomplishments. First, the Ob- will be presenting a paper on Vertical Joyride" is the name of violent and promotes peace and Technical Writing major, Miche- sidian, extends our hand to Mar- "The Adaptive Use of Violence Wallace's and Clemens' show love. lle Ellison as their Outstanding cietta Wilson. Ms. Wilson, a Pre- for African American Adoles- which has intergrated special Technical Communications Stu- Med/Biology major, has been a- cents'. The paper will be pre- guests speaking on social and po- Props go out to Obsidian editor dent. warded the Joseph Silber Fellow- sented a the American Society of litical issues with hip-hop, R&B, Danny Gray, who single- ship for Summer 1993. Marcietta Criminologists Conference to be slow jams, and a lot of 'love' in handedly completed the first Ellison was chosen in national will be Research Fellow for the held in New Orleans, Louisiana the words of Clemens. On the ever early-bird Obsidian issue competition. After writing her a- Department of General Surgery - from November 4th through 7th. other side of Power 88, Pasha which hits the stands only a few ward winning essay, she was giv- Colon Rectal and Breast Cancer. The paper focuses on the intensi- Durr A.K.A. 'Gimmi' (pro- days after the fall semester en an all expense paid trip to Chi- The fellowship is made possible fying use of violence among nounced 'jimmy') sends his mes- started. Also, Danny gets props cago to give a presentation con- through the American Cancer African American males and sage through his music on for being nominated onto the cerning her perception of the fu- Society. Ms. Wilson, a member of offers a theoretical explanation "Gimmi's House". Durr plays BSU/BBCA African-American ture of technical communica- Delta Sigma Theta, also recleved for the increase of violence in the house/club music and ra- Homecoming Court. Good luck, tions. Playwright Debuts at BGSU with "IVBrror, lVBrror" by Danny M. Gray the University, Mirror Mirror is must also deal with her own inner sen by Williamson to direct Mir- "That's why we're doing this," Editor a play about an African Ameri- struggles as well. ror, Mirror, which is the first said Thomas. "One of the criteria .can woman, whom after twenty According to Williamson, "Self play that Williamson has ever (for entering a play into the the years of living with adopted discovery is the big issue, written. LH awards) is that the play must The first African American white parents, is finally tord that brought on as a result of insensi- According to Thomas, "We be produced." theatre production will be per- she is Black. tivity to cultrual needs by way of have a play that's well written fomed on Friday, October 30 thru Throughout the play, Denise, cultural adoption." and Gayle shows exceptional in- Some of the individuals plan- Sunday November 1. the main character, must not Theatre instructor, and direc- sight into foreshadowing and dia- ning on starring in the play in- Written by Gayle Williamson, a only prove her Black-ness to the tor of last year's "Black Antholo- logue. Working with her has been clude Sue Rogers, Steve Gray, graduate in the MFA program at supporting characters, but she gy", Lundeana Thomas was cho- exciting because she's on target Marcietta Wilson, Terre Holmes and has a flair for writing that I and Ethel Young. Williamson said haven't seen in a graduate stu- that she wrote the play mainly dent for years." because of the lack of Black cul- The play was taken to the tural identity that she noticed Color Symbolism Continued . . . Black theatre Network Confer- while attending Adrian College ence in Detroit during the middle during her undergraduate work. sent the recurring theme: good find minority children that of this summer. It was critiqued "I had been coming across a lot From page 2 guys wear white and bad guys choose white dolls over black by several prominent figures in of Blacks who really weren't sen- wear black. Even food cannot es- dolls, and when asked to point out African American theatre. By sitive to their own culture. I met of their time and money trying to, cape color symbolism - angel the clean, good girl they will the end of the Conference, it was one girl in particular who was change everything from eye food cake is white and devil's point to the picture of the white agreed by everyone that the play raised by a white family and she color to skin color. food cake is dark. Little white girl and pick the photograph of was a worthy entrant into the was always caught between lies are much better than black the black girl as the dirty, bad Lorraine Hansberry playwriting whether she was white or Black, Color symbolism also has a lies, and people who tick you off girl. This is our reality. awards. she said. negative effect on the Caucasian are put on your black list. Color community. Because white is as- symbolism is everywhere. sociated with purity and inno-. cence, people who are identified Now, what can we (society) do? as white are then associated with Is change possible? I believe that these same adjectives. It would seemingly be "okay" to be con- if it didn't start that way it Eighth Annual One Love Reggae Party sidered pure, innocent, and doesn't have to stay that way. We harmless, right? Maybe. Maybe should begin by identifying eth- not. Refer back to Webster's def- nic groups based on origin and with initions. They institute a dicho- location i.e. African-American. tomous approach to analyzing the This acknowledges who you are color - if it is not black, then it is (African) and where you are white or vice versa. Therefore, if (America). Colors no longer iden- THE ARK Band it is not black and evil, then it tify ethnic groups and thus their must be pure and white. This connotations (good or bad) are no type of association is embedded longer associated with people. in the subconscious. Just as mi- Combined with cultural aware- Saturday, October 24 nority children struggle with ness, education , and respect, we self-hate, Caucasian children can view one another as equals. 9:00pm struggle with superiority com- As a whole, we can refuse to per- plexes. If they associate white petuate color symbolism - we do Union Ballroom and all of its positive connot." no have to play the game. We are tions to themselves, then the op- self-empowered enough to posite, black, and It's negative release colors from their positive connotations are associated to or negative connotations A Caribbean Association Event others. Maybe my suggestions won't bring about great change. It is Then all of these children are going to take a combined effort injected with the media - the and a conglomeration of sugges- -Peace and Equal Rights- prime perpetrator of color sym- tion to make a difference. I do bolism. Everything from car- know that something must be toons to prime-time dramas pre- done. If not we will continue to ; V ••••■■•■ ■V-YY^-Y-VY V-V--. V-V ■ Yi ■ •■ vtv^v , , ■ ■■■■ P.fl« 6 October 6,1992

Student Leaders at Anti-Racism Rally by Rolando(Landy)Peterson On a more global level, BBCA Editorial Editor president Muhammed Luster told the audience"...any prob- lems that you (Blacks) have are primarily due to White supre- Varying opinions were voiced macy.'Tt was then these grounds on the causes and solutions to that he urged Americans to"...get White Supremacy (racism) at the into their own niches and respect Unified Committee's Third An- other's niches." nual Unified Week march and rally on Tuesday September 8. Jack Taylor, from the Office of Spearheaded by Danny Gray, Multi-Cultural Affairs, ad- co-chair of the Unified Commit- dressed the relatively large tee and member of Phi Beta Sig- White turnout. "There is room ma Fraternity, the rally featured for you," he said. Taylor also re- several guest speakers in addi- minded the entire audience that, tion to an open forum for anyone "Historically, many whites have interested in voicing an opinion been on the front lines of our on any facet of white supremacy. struggle and many have even USG president Jason Jackson was a guest speaker and asserted given their lives." that BGSU's problems resulting The march started in back of from White supremacy stem Offenhauer Towers and ended from"...a lack of knowledge..." outside the Student Services He went on to add that, "Educa- Building where about 100 stu- tion is where you begin the dents. Black & white listened in breakdown of racism." to the various speakers. Photo by Loo Cunningham Campus Shorts by Angie Cobb Campus Editor and has special discount prices pointment with the owner. She by Angle Cobb Regular Bible Study meetings for students only. was hired on the spot and has campus editor are held Monday evenings from A local hair and tanning salon A cosmetologist of 11 years, been in BG ever since. 8-9:30p.m. in the Taft Room of recently hired a black cosmeto- Donna received her license at D.J. is at Campus Headquar- The Ethnic Studies Depart- the Union, and Church services logist to expand clientele and es- Scott High Schools Skill Center ters every Tuesday & Thursday ment will sponsor the 9th Annual are every other Sunday from pecially to meet the needs of the in Toledo. She has been employed 10-5, and Saturdays 10*. She ac- Conference November 11 and 12, l:30-4p.m. at Prout Chapel. Bible Black woman on campus. at We Care Hair, and Troys, and cepts her last clients an hour be- 1992. This years theme is "Ethnic Study as well as church services Donna Jean Swilling, known as also has regular clients who fore she leaves. Students must Studies:Crossroads to the 21st are open to everyone,and COMB DJ, has been in Bowling Green come to her Toledo home. show I.D. to receive the student Century-Inter-Ethnic Relations." urges everyone to come out and for approximately five weeks at After hearing from her hus- discount.- Anyone interested in The department feels that this see what they're all about.The Campus Headquarters, 425 E. band, that Campus Headquarters scheduling an appointment or in- issue is important because the re- Next Church Service will be held Wooster. She does everything was in Toledo in search of a black quiring about prices should call lations of ethnic groups have be- October 11. from french rolls to hair bonding. beautician, Donna set up an ap- Donna Jean at 354-2244. come a national issue of critical proportion, especially since the y\\\ ,V\\\V- \«\ N\ ■"'. ■-'\V ^V^X\\\\\\\\N>N*0OC\\ Los Angeles riots. The keynote speaker will be by Daron McDonald Dr. Laudelina Martinez, Execu- staff writer tive Director of the Hispanic As- sociation of Colleges and Univer- Black Entertainment Televi- sities. sion (BET) is on its way to viewers of Wood Cable by the BSU & LSU by Caroline McClaln end of the year, according to an volunteer writer employee of Wood Cable who wished to remain anonymous. After having a very successful BET is known for a variety of AntiColumbus \ Anti Colonialist Day semester last spring, the Chris- programs.lt features historically tian Outreach Bible Ministry has black college football games, come back stronger than ever. videos by rap and R&B artists, a The ministry has invited a va- black news program, and various riety of guest speakers to Join other programs that address the October 12 at 8:00pm students for Bible Study, church needs of black students. services, and weekend rap ses- "Basically, Wood Cable has In the Community Suite sions. Rap sessions give mem- been bought out by another com- bers an oppurtunity to leave the pany and has made a verbal usual routine of church and bible commitment towards the end of study, to discuss issues faced by October," said Chris Smither- young Christians today. man, co-chairman of the People The officers of COMB are: For Racial Justice committee. Leris Baptiste;president, and The PRJ committee has Dr. Robert Perry & Panel Discussion Caroline McClaln; vlce- worked for about a year to get president.The organization feels BET on Wood Cable and started a that with such strong leadership, petition to enlist community and they will have continued success. student support. Smltherman They will be visiting several res- commended the new cable com- idence halls in November to give pany for making BET available, student the oppurtunity to learn and believes a lot of black stu- more about their organization. dents will be excited. Pag* 7 October 6,1992 Black Acheivers On Campus Get PROPS!

by Artis Moore the Joseph Silber fellowship in African American community. gga/dancehall music, two styles Danny, and don't get a heart at- Feature Editor the summer of 1992. Props go out to Kevin Wallace of black music which don't tack. Props go out to Beverly Nelson. and Chaka Clemens and Pasha receive much air time in the Michelle Ellison also gets her A Graduate Assistant in the De- Durr, WBGU's newest Power 88 midwest or the northwestern props. Motorola, a company that Props go out to several Univer- partment of Sociology (Crimino- D.J.'s for doing different and in- Ohio area. Durr says that produces semiconductors and sity students for their academic logy/Deviance), Beverly Nelson novative things on the air. "The house/club music is very non- cellular phones, awarded Senior accomplishments. First, the Ob- will be presenting a paper on Vertical Joyride" is the name of violent and promotes peace and Technical Writing major, Miche- sidian, extends our hand to Mar- "The Adaptive Use of Violence Wallace's and Clemens' show love. lle Ellison as their Outstanding cietta Wilson. Ms. Wilson, a Pre- for African American Adoles- which has intergrated special Technical Communications Stu- Mcd/Biology major, has been a- cents'. The paper will be pre- guests speaking on social and po- Props go out to Obsidian editor dent. warded the Joseph Silber Fellow- sented a the American Society of litical issues with hip-hop, R&B, Danny Gray, who single- ship for Summer 1993. Marcietta Criminologists Conference to be slow jams, and a lot of 'love' in handedly completed the first Ellison was chosen in national will be Research Fellow for the held in New Orleans, Louisiana the words of Clemens. On the ever early-bird Obsidian issue competition. After writing her a- Department of General Surgery - from November 4th through 7th. other side of Power 88, Pasha which hits the stands only a few ward winning essay, she was giv- Colon Rectal and Breast Cancer. The paper focuses on the intensi- Durr A.K.A. 'Gimmi' (pro- days after the fall semester en an all expense paid trip to Chi- The fellowship is made possible fying use of violence among nounced 'jimmy') sends his mes- started. Also, Danny gets props cago to give a presentation con- through the American Cancer African American males and sage through his music on for being nominated onto the cerning her perception of the fu- Society. Ms. Wilson, a member of offers a theoretical explanation "Gimmi's House". Durr plays BSU/BBCA African-American ture of technical communica- Delta Sigma Theta, also recieved for the increase of violence In the house/club music and ra- Homecoming Court. Good luck, tions. Playwright Debuts at BGSU with "Mirror, Mirror"

by Danny M. Gray the University, Mirror Mirror is must also deal with her own inner sen by Williamson to direct Mir- "That's why we're doing this," Editor a play about an African Ameri- struggles as well. ror, Mirror, which is the first said Thomas. "One of the criteria .can woman, whom after twenty According to Williamson, "Self play that Williamson has ever (for entering a play into the the years of living with adopted discovery is the big issue, written. LH awards) is that the play must The first African American white parents, is finally told that brought on as a result of insensi- According to Thomas, "We be produced. " theatre production will be per- she is Black tivity to cultrual needs by way of have a play that's well written fomed on Friday, October 30 thru Throughout the play, Denise, cultural adoption." and Gayle shows exceptional in- Some of the individuals plan- Sunday November 1. the main character, must not Theatre instructor, and direc- sight into foreshadowing and dia- ning on starring in the play in- Written by Gayle Williamson, a only prove her Black-ness to the tor of last year's "Black Antholo- logue. Working with her has been clude Sue Rogers, Steve Gray, graduate in the MFA program at supporting characters, but she gy", Lundeana Thomas was cho- exciting because she's on target Marcietta Wilson, Terre Holmes and has a flair for writing that I and Ethel Young. Williamson said haven't seen in a graduate stu- that she wrote the play mainly dent for years." because of the lack of Black cul- The play was taken to the tural identity that she noticed Color Symbolism Continued . . . Black theatre Network Confer- while attending Adrian College ence in Detroit during the middle during her undergraduate work. sent the recurring theme: good find minority children thai of this summer. It was critiqued "I had been coming across a lot From page 2 guys wear white and bad guys choose white dolls over black by several prominent figures in of Blacks who really weren't sen- wear black. Even food cannot es- dolls, and when asked to point out African American theatre. By sitive to their own culture. I met of their time and money trying to, cape color symbolism - angel the clean, good girl they will the end of the Conference, it was one girl in particular who was change everything from eye food cake is white and devil's point to the picture of the white agreed by everyone that the play raised by a white family and she color to skin color. food cake is dark. Little white girl and pick the photograph of was a worthy entrant into the was always caught between lies are much better than black the black girl as the dirty, bad Lorraine Hansberry playwriting whether she was white or Black, Color symbolism also has a lies, and people who tick you off girl. This is our reality. awards. she said. negative effect on the Caucasian are put on your black list. Color community. Because white is as- symbolism is everywhere. sociated with purity and innc-. cence, people who are identified Now, what can we (society) do? as white are then associated with Is change possible? I believe that these same adjectives. It would if It didn't start that way it seemingly be "okay" to be con- doesn't have to stay that way. We Eighth Annual One Love Reggae Party sidered pure, innocent, and should begin by Identifying eth- harmless, right? Maybe. Maybe nic groups based on origin and not. Refer back to Webster's def- location i.e. African-American. with initions. They institute a dicho- This acknowledges who you are tomous approach to analyzing the color - if it is not black, then it is (African) and where yog are white or vice versa. Therefore, if (America). Colors no longer iden- THE ARK Band it is not black and evil, then it tify ethnic groups and thus their must be pure and white. This connotations (good or bad) are no type of association is embedded longer associated with people. in the subconscious. Just as mi- Combined with cultural aware- Saturday, October 24 nority children struggle with ness, education , and respect, we self-hate, caucasiar. children can view one another as equals. 9:00pm struggle with superiority -com- As a whole, we can refuse to per- plexes. If they associate white petuate color symbolism - we do Union Ballroom and all of its positive connote no have to play the game. We are tions to themselves, then the op- self-empowered enough to posite, black, and it's negative release colors from their positive connotations are associated to or negative connotations A Caribbean Association Event others. Maybe my suggestions won't bring about great change. It is Then all of these children are going to take a combined effort -Peace and Equal Rights- injected with the media • the and a conglomeration of sugges- prime perpetrator of color sym- tion to make a difference. I do bolism. Everything from car- know that something must be toons to prime-time dramas pre- done. If not we will continue to '•"■''■ ■■■■■■ P1B.»Oclob.f 6,1992 University Student Publishes First Book by Arils Moore drey X. Flowers and her younger rhymes feature important black "You don't need a perm or a The nursery rhyme collections Feature Editor brother Vincent X. Flowers have figures such as Garrett Morgan, nouveau wave" aren't the first books written by taken the initiative and created Malcolm X, Denmark Vessey, "Be proud of the pretty hair the Flowers. Vincent began the "Rhymes of The Times", a duet Rosa Parks, Marun Luther King God gave" tradition with the book "Poetry Why was Little Boy Blue? of books containing nursery Jr., Elijah Muhammad, and the "You're a pretty little black Of Truth", . a compilation of Probably because he was Black. rhymes from the black perspec- Mandelas. In addition to the his- girl smart and brave" poems about black awareness, The lack of nursery rhymes for tive. Ms. Flowers is the author of torical themes the book includes Volume two has 22 rhymes, and then he and Audrey co-wrote the black children is something that "Rhymes of the Times" volume rhymes which promote black volume two, authored by Vincent second book, "666 Reasons To most black parents have ac- two which consists of nursery pride and self-esteem: X. Flowers, contains 80 rhymes. Love The Founders Of America" knowledged as a fact of life. But rhymes which promote historical "Pretty little black girl smart The Flowers hope to incorpor- "Rhymes Of The Times" have University Graduate student Au- and educational ideas. The and brave" ate the books into public schools, already been ordered by the public library systems and book- Spring Elementary School in cen- stores nationwide. They have tral Toledo and the Toledo-Lucas contracts which have secured County Public Library, and Vol- their publishing company , Poe- ume 1 is already in the Oakwood Student Issues Continued — try Of Truth. More members of Collge library in Huntsville, Ala- From page 1 the Flowers family have a hand bama, in addition to orders Q: The drug/crime problem is eating away at the very fabric of this country. What in the creation of the two vol- received across the country and do you plan to do to stop this menace to our communities and our families? Are you umes, the books were illustrated London, England. committed to education and prevention as well as law enforcement solutions? by their father, Ernest Flowers, The authors also received a and their sister, Broyny, who is large amount from two influen- only fifteen years old. tial people in Toledo's black Bush: I have been working very hard Clinton: George Bush has given Amer- Ms. Flowers expresses her dis- community: Minister Charles to strengthen our communities and fami- ica slogans and the highest violent crime satisfaction with the publishers Muhammad, who helped in the lies against the havoc wreaked by illegal and drug addiction rates in history. I which only present Eurocentric process of getting the books co- drugs. That includes more money for have a plan to wage real war on crime: fairy tales by saying, "When you. pyrighted and Reverend Floyd law enforcement and stiffer penalties. put 100,000 new police officers in the pick up and open a book of Cin- Rose, who played an important However, I believe strong families and a streets; provide real aid to communities derella there are never any black part in getting the books into li- good education are the most effective that adopt proven anti-crime measures faces, or they just stick a black braries. defences against drug abuse. My Amer- like community policing, expanded drug face on the same story. I want to ica 2000 plan to improve education calls treatment, and drug education; pass the present this book as history for Ms. Flowers, who want to teach for making our schools drug-and Brady Bill to create a waiting period be- all children. While their is a junior high school and high violence-free, beginning with kindergar- fore the purchase of handguns; ban as- widespread interest in some of school students says, "We hope ten, as well as making them a disciplined sault weapons with no legitimate hunting these new books, some people see these volume will be a stepping environment conducive to learning. Pro- purpose; and enact a Safe Schools Initia- it as opposition whenever you stone to the development of our viding our youth with the skills and con- tive to make our schools places of learn- want to teach both blacks and black youth in understanding and fidence they need to succeed in life will ing again, not killing. white about black history. I think thinking positively about black curb the appeal of using or selling drugs. it's simply educational." culture."

Q: For most African Americans, racism Is still the number one Issue negatively The Next Obsidian Meeting: impacting our everyday lives. What will you do to solve this most serious problem which, in fact, affects all Americans? Thursday, October 8,9:30 Bush: I was pleased to sign both the Clinton: For twelve years Republicans pm, at the Obsidian Office Civil Rights Act of 1991 and the Ameri- have divided Americans. They had a cans With Disabilities Act into law. they chance to bring out the best in us, but in- Room 304 Moseley Hall Let are signifigant steps toward a more stead they appealed to the worst. I will Your Views Be Amplified Through tolerant society, but they are part of a fight racism at every opportunity* In- continuing process toward the goal of stead of treating it like a "quota bill" The Voice of The Mi- total equal opportunity in America. My which it isn't, I will strongly support and administration's agenda for the next effectively enforce the 1991 Civil Rights nority Community. Be There! four years, whether it be guaranteeing Act. I will also nominate jurists to the equal protection under the law, pros- federal court with strong records, super- ecuting hate crimes, promoting excel- ior minds, and firm beliefs in the funda- lence in education, or creating jobs, will mental importance of civil rights and ensure that our country remains the equal opportunity in America. I will use leader of equal opportunity in the world the power of the presidency to promote and in our own backyard. equality for all Americans.

Q: What Is your position on the issue of reparations to African Americans for over 200 years of slavery, discrimination and institutionalized violence?

Bush: My main concern is building a Clinton: I want to help African Ameri- better country for the future. Repara- cans empower themselves-politlcally tions are not the answer when the people and economically. I will provide finan- who committed the injustices are no cial support for community organiza- longer living, the most important things tions that breathe new life into troubled Talented? We are looking for interesting and excellent we can do to help all African Americans neighborhoods-fighting crime, creating acts to audition for the "Night at The Apollo." discover the promise of American life jobs, and helping children. I will give tax are to create economic growth, breaks to people and businesses that are Sign up between strengthen families, provide adequate forging ahead. And I will do everything I Oct 12 -19 in the MAP GRAND PRIZE law and order to make our neighbor- can do to fight racism and minimize the office, 328 University . $150.00 hoods safe, and develop a world-class effects of America's tragic heritage in Union or call 372-2978 CASH educational system that gives all stu- race relations. for more information. dents access to good schools-whether Material provided by the Black they are public, private, or religious. Collegiate Magazine. Sponsored by MAP & (UEJS)