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G The BG News Wednesday, June 24, 1992 Bowling Green, Ohio Volume 74, Issue 151 Governor voices encouragement Voinovich promises The week balanced budget, in weather Rain and shine: help for education Wednesday, partly sunny with a chance of showers in by Jacqueline Porter Ohio universities should work the morning. High in the editor together to narrow down the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 number of programs they teach. percent. This will help cut costs, he said. Chance of showers state- Amongst a standing ovation by "Every institution has had to wide Wednesday and over Buckeye Boys Staters and Amer- re-evalutate their position." he the northeast Thursday. ican Legionnaires, Governor said. "Of course some have done Otherwise fair. Highs George V. Voinovich said the so- better than others. When that is mainly in the 60s. Morning lution to the budget crisis is al- finished, we need to see where lows from the mid-40s to the most upon the state. we're at, what we want, and de- mid-50s. The governor's speech at An- cide where we want to be to get Fair Friday. Another derson Arena ended his tour of there." chance of showers Saturday. the Toledo area Friday. Voino- Voinovich said the budget cuts Highs from near 70 to the vich was keynote speaker at accomplished the neccessary mid 70s Thursday, in the 70s Buckeye Boys State this year. task of "eliminating the paper The BO Niwi/Todd Swanion Friday and upper 70s to Voinovich said that although shufflers" of the institutions. He said he wanted to eliminate the Ohio Governor George Voinovich gives the "thumbs up" sign during a speech to Buckeye Boys State lower 80s Saturday. Lows in the country has problems at the Saturday at Anderson Arena. Voinovich talked about his education reform plans for Ohio. the SOs. current time, it is still the best people who were taking the country in the world and the state money from the reason a college higher education, but that be- "Our standard of living will cessful as their parents, and if Inside the News of Ohio needs encouragement to exists - to teach people. cause of the defict, cutbacks had sink or swim on the basis of edu- that happens, it will be the fault work up to its potential. "We need to work harder and to be made somewhere. cation," he said. "We need to of the current generation. Genealogical records in Among the programs Voino- smarter and more with less and "Even though the programs rededicate our goals to educa- The governor said he is work- jail: vich stressed is the restructuring provide value," Voinovich said. are very good, we can't do it all," tion." ing to promote the passing of a The Genealogical Society of education programs. He said "Value equals a good, quality he said. He said that a better-trained sin tax - an added tax on alcohol has been located in the he will not cut any more funding product." According to Voinovich, the work force will help bring back and tobacco - to help funding for basement of the former from elementary and secondary "[Universities] are dying in state's very future rests with the Ohio's economy. Voinovich said higher education. He said that a Wood County Jail since last education, but higher education paperwork," he said. quality of education. Currently, this is necessary because the sin tax may get some of the August. still requires work. The governor stressed he did 25 percent of Ohioans do not Boys Staters will be among the money that was cut from the year When most people think The governor said state funded not want to cut funding for graduate high school. first generation to not be as suc- before if passed. genealogy, they think of family history. Webster's Dictionary defines it as be- ing "the study of family pe- Rollerbladers need safety digrees". The Genealogical Renowned prof Society does a lot more than that. It has a vast collection, of Fairview Avenue, City Park areas require caution archives, some of which are by Theresa DeFranco passes away at 76 housed and/or shared with staff writer "As the popularity [of rollerblades] increases, so does the the Center For Archival Col- Retired University lections at Jerome Library possibility of problems." professor Russell Decker and the Wood County Dis- The city of Bowling Green has Galen Ash, Bowling Green police chief died June 17 at Wood trict Public Library. recently reported an increase in County Hospital. the number of rollerbladers In 1952 Decker became □ See page three. traveling through the city middle of Fairview Avenue and bladers, there are always poten- the first full-time professor streets. fail to move aside when a vehicle tial problems. of business law at the Uni- Outside campus As with skateboarders and bi- is approaching. "As the popularity [of roller- versity after practicing law cyclists, rollerbladers can be the City Park is another area of blades] increases, so does the Ala. cuts gay funding: in Ames, Iowa, beginning in cause of problems and accidents concern where rollerbladers possibility of problems," Ash 1946. AUBURN - Auburn Uni- if safety is not enforced. need to exercise caution. said. versitys gay student asso- While at the University, Municipal administrator Col- "City Park is a traditional fami- Decker was a member of ciation plans to ignore a new leen Smith said her department ly park...[the park] has lots of Using precautionary safety Alabama law prohibiting it the University Athletic staff has received a few com- traffic," Smith said. measures will decrease problems Board, the City Planning from receiving public plaints about rollerbladers on Police Chief Galen Ash said brought on by rollerbladers as Commission and an active money or using builings at Fairview Avenue. The roller- that though there haven't been well as skaterboarders and bicy- member of the American state colleges, the groups bladers reportedly go down the major problems with roller- clists. Cancer Society. He was faculty adviser said. secretary-treasurer for the Without comment, Gov. American Business Law Guy Hunt signed legislation Strummin' Up A Storm Association for many years May 14 making it illegal for and later became president state universities to give and a member of its board. ical science and graduated money to or allow buildings For years he was a dedi- from the Drake University to be used by groups that cated sports fan, especially Law School in 1941. promote "a lifestyle or ac- dedicated to the University He retired from teaching tions prohibited by the so- baseball program and was a in 1977 to live in Arkansas domy and sexual miscon- supporter of the team for nine years and then duct laws." through the Falcon Club. spent six years in Okla- The Gay and Lesbian Decker was a 1937 grad- homa. Decker and his wife Rights Association already uate of the University of has a charter to exist as an Iowa with a degree in polit- officially recognized group See Decker, page Six. on campus. Barry Burkhart, a psychology professor and adviser to the group, said the students planned to con- tinue meeting until someone Free UAO events brings action against them. College women's drinking slated for fun, full on rise: CHICAGO - Students get drunk more often and are more motivated to drink in students' summer order to get intoxicated, a by Heather McQulller study by Harvard Universi- staff writer ty researchers said. The proportion of stu- dents who said getting Anyone looking for something to do this summer can take part in drunk was a "somewhat" or the activities being co-sponsored by the University Activities Organ- "very important" reason for ization. drinking was two to three UAO is co-sponsoring several events this summer, most of which times as high in 1989 as in are free to all students. Other organizations taking part in sponsoring 1977 when a similar study the activities are Multicultural Activities and Programs, World Stu- was done, the study said. dent Association, Residential Services and the Off-Campus Student Of 1,669 college freshmen Center. surveyed, 37 percent of women admitted getting "Since most of the activities are free, it's a good way to have some- drunk one to three times a thing to do without spending a lot of money, since everyone is spend- ing so much money just to be here in the summer," said UAO Sum- month. A 1977 study reflected mer Program Director Kristle Bledsoe. that 14 percent of women One of the activities UAO is sponsoring is a movie every Wednes- got drunk that often. The BG Newt/Teresa ThomaB day in Eva Marie Saint Theater. The movies are free of charge. UAO Tom Gorman from Saint Thomas More University Parish, 425 Thrustln Ave., also gives away free popsicles every Wednesday behind Moseley. CompUedfrom ttaffand plays his guitar while singing in front of the Union Oval Monday.