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OPINION NOW WORLD NEWS 4 SPORTS Columnist Jud Laipply offers From James Bond Police enforcement agencies 'ft ■ The BG News follows sage advice for the lovelorn. to Andy Kaufman, are testing a gun that would "«* the 1959 football NOW has a line-up give police the ability to teams national of the fall movies. capture people by net. championship season. >***- J ..- Weather Today: Thursday chance of showers September 30, 1999 High 68. Low 47 BG News Volume 87 & Issue 27 A daily independent student press UAO still plans events despite suit By BRANDI BARHITE wide survey so students can say $7,500, the amount promised if tacted any bands and is plan- Although the Office of Stu- "If the financial burden The BG News what bands they want and how the concert was canceled. Yet ning to wait for the results of dent Affairs is handling the wojld not have been too great, Despite being threatened much they will pay for concert the band does not agree with the survey before making a They Might Be Giants case, cancelation might have been an with a lawsuit for canceling the tickets," Joyce said. the terms of the contract and decision. By December, they UAO still has to contend with option," he said. "In this case, They Might Be Giants concert UAO's legal problems began wants the remainder of the hope to have a contract. the possibility of being sued. In because of the contract, cance- last April, the University Activ- last spring when it canceled the $15,000. said Nancy Footer, Yet Joyce said in order to fact, if the band decides to sue, lation had the potential for ities Organization is still plan- They Might Be Giants concert University counsel. avoid last year's outcome, UAO UAO members involved with legal action. I would have ning a concert for next semes- one week before the scheduled Although the costs of being is going to seek more support the They Might Be Giants con- advised going ahead with the ter. performance because of low sued could put a dent in UAO's when it comes to organizing cert could be called to testify, concert." In fact, Jennifer Joyce, UAO ticket sales. The band now budget of $100,906, the money and advertising the concert. according to Ed Whipple, vice Yet Joyce, believes canceling president, said UAO is adopt- wants UAO to pay $15,000, the would be taken from each of the "This year we are going to president for student affairs. the concert was the best deci- ing a more interactive approach amount UAO had agreed to pay 13 committees and UAO could ask for help from campus orga- In hindsight, Whipple said sion for the organization. in planning concerts that will them for performing, in addi- still continue holding pro- nizations and get everyone UAO should have reviewed the "We would have lost more involve seeking student opin- tion to $5000 for incidental pur- grams, including a concert, involved because the more contract carefully and evaluat- money than $15,000 and UAO ion. poses. Joyce said. money we have, the better," she ed the ramifications for cancel- would not have been able to "We are looking at a campus- UAO has paid the band As of now, UAO has not con- said. ing the concert. survive," Joyce said. Workshops offers students look into journalism Project GLIPA encompasses wide array of sessions on different subjects Search ByJy IRENE SHARON SCOTT newspaper adviser from Mans- [~~ ' " ' ~] caters to TTic BG News field Senior High School, partic- ipation in GLIPA provides sev- The Great Lakes Inter- eral worthy opportunities and minorities scholastic Press Associ- is a bargain. By KATIE WOODS ation (GLIPA) hosted "One, we get ideas for our The BG News approximately 850 high school newspaper and yearbook," said There are a number of orga- and junior high school students Kay. "Two, our students get an nizations and services for yesterday in its 47th annual opportunity to get ideas and undergraduate students. Fall Workshop. share their ideas with students Graduate minority students also have a group that meets GLIPA is a regional organi- from other schools. It is a real deal." their needs on campus. The zation which invites students group is called Project Search from schools from Ohio, Indi- Kay added that Mansfield and it caters to the needs and ana and Michigan to attend. Its Senior High School has been concerns of approximately 250 purpose is to better school pub- attending GLIPA since 1979 minority students in the grad- lications. Most schools utilize and this year they were really uate college. the program to sharpen their impressed. "There is a lot of talk about skills and get ideas. "I commend Linda Glomski diversity, but there is very lit- According to Linda Glomski, on her organization," Kay said. tle services for multiethnic stu- GLIPA coordinator and treasur- Tonia Teyada, a junior at dents," said Lisa Chavers, er, the improvements can come LaKota West High School, said director of Project Search. in a variety of forms. by participating in GLIPA they Chavers said that many of "It can come from teacher gain motivation, see a profes- the graduate students they tar- training, networking, being sional approach to doing things get are from other parts of the with other staff and teachers and gain useful techniques country and often from under- and having resources available regarding photography. graduate universities where to them," she said. they are not minorities. "My favorite session was 'Zen BG News Photo/ IAIN EASTMAN "It is a support for those stu- This year, GLIPA offered and the Art of Creating Inter- dents who are use to being about 90 sessions on the topics esting Photographs,'" said around their 'own kind,'" of yearbook, newspaper, pho- Several high school students gather around the registration table at the GLIPA workshop yester- Rebecca Grassabaugh a sopho- day to check in for the day. The workshop offered different sessions on journalism with speakers Chavers said. tography and broadcasting. more at LaKota West High from around the area. Chavers is more than just Directors of sessions were uni- School in Cincinnati. "The the director of the program. versity students, journalism speaker's philosophy on photog- abaugh attended, told the stu- LaKota West High School, said really goes on in our school," She is a doctoral student in professors and instructors, pro- raphy was unique. He said that dents when taking photos to the session on getting story she said. "He said you need to leadership studies, which also fessional advisers experienced when taking a photos you allow their vision to come ideas by Ray Laakaniemi, an listen to everything that is puts her among the group of in publications and experienced shouldn't focus on the technical through and not get caught up associate journalism professor, going on around you." students that benefit from the high school advisers. aspect of it and the setting up of with the technical aspects. impacted her and made her Laakaniemi said GLIPA is program. Attendants of GLIPA said the picture." "Photos should be a reflec- realize the connection between effective and resourceful. being aware of one's surround- the program was beneficial for Tim Gleason, a doctoral can- tion of your personality," Glea- "There is nothing like it," he ings and creating story ideas. • See PROIECT, page five. several reasons. didate in mass communication, son said. said. "I never realized how much According to Ann Kay, a who directed the session Grass- Erin Pinkley, a sophomore at Lotus Notes Beijing police drag away meditating protesters offers new Suspected members of outiaived group defy security in Square feature By JOHN LEICESTER circle. lie protests by Falun Gong By JENNIFER LULEY The BG News Associated Press Writer A uniformed guard quickly practitioners, laid-off workers, Attention Lotus Notes users: BEIJING — Suspected came over to talk to the man. democracy activists or others disgruntled with Communist there is a shortcut for checking members of an outlawed group Two uniformed police officers your e-mail that you may not protested Wednesday by medi- and another in plainclothes Party rule be aware existed. tating cross-legged in Beijing's then walked him off the square. 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