Former Student Researches for Steel Documentary for Campus Space Saving

NEWS: ENTERTAINMENT: Popular columnist Ren and Stimpy car• 1// The Lady Penguins Jack Anderson will toonist visits local dropped two games speak at Skeggs Lec• gallery to sign auto• this past week to ture on Wednesday. graphs. MCC foes. Page9 March 30. i Page 7 Page 2 Seeking Truth, Justice and Equality Tuesday, March 8,1994 YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY VOL. 73 NO. 3 Former Student Researches For Steel Documentary CYNTHIA LOVAN the subject. News Editor . Research for the film shows that many area blacks migrated "You don't hear anything from the South in the late 19th cen• about this side of the area's his• tury in search of. better racial en• tory in school," said former YSU vironments and employment op• student Christopher Stroilo. He portunities. was referring to the history of the 'There were a few steel mills black steel workers and local steel in the Deep South, and the skilled strikes that are the focus of the workers came here during strikes documentary film Struggles in because the pay was better," Mahoning Valley Historical SocietySteel. Stroilo said. A national guardsman stands amid the ruins of Wilson Avenue in Campbell after a violent Stroilo, a former YSU studio During strikes "they were arts major, graduated in the spring caught, between the unions and the 1916 steel strike. of '93 and is now a student and companies and used as bargaining member of Pittsburgh Film-mak• chips and pawns." ers. Through an internship pro• The white unions .wouldn't let gram, he is working on Struggles them join, and the mills valued in Steel, a film that documents the them because they would work For Campus Space Saving history of black steel workers in during strikes, Stroilo explained. Western Pennsylvania and neigh• "They worked the most dan• PIA BRADY the proposal is passed it will be in• Schulick encouraged repre• boring steel communities, includ• gerous, dirty jobs for the lowest Editor-in-Chief creased by $5. sentatives to ask questions about ing Youngstown. wages and ate their lunches in a Schulick told the body that the the proposals so he could inform The documentary is being separate area." President Scott Schulick, pre• Campus Space Utilization Plan the University administration made by independent film-maker Eventually the white unions sented Student Government with might be implemented through a about their concerns. Malik Tony Buba, of Braddock, PA. began to recruit blacks to join in Mostella, second vice president, documentation on proposed fees yearly process. The plan would Stroilo is helping Buba by re• hopes of having more effective said last year's student govern• and charges for 1994-95 and the also lead the University in its goal searching steel history in the strikes. ment members were not able to proposal for campus space utiliza• to achieve the updated structure of have input on this year's propos• Mahoning Valley. Stroilo said, "The blacks tion at yesterday's meeting. Campus 2000. The plan was cre• als and that the body was capable Even though Stroilo is a joined in hopes of getting better Many of the representatives ated in order to "maximize the uti• of influencing the outcome of next Youngstown native he said, "I working conditions, but the unions were concerned about increases in lization of University facilities." year's fees. didn't know anything about this treated them as members in name student fees. Mostella questioned Schulick said he was pleased Representatives are also inter-, stuff." only." proposed parking service in• with the plan. ested in students' reactions to fee Before the civil rights move• By the '30s and *40s, black creases; the budget allows for a 'The University is in the pro• increases and the Campus Space ments in the '60s, local black workers began to protest their 16.67 percent increase for parking cess of updating computers and Utilization Plan. Leslie Sell, spe• workers faced many challenges in working conditions. Gus Hall, the permit charges. Mostella said it creating an electronic campus," cial projects and research commit• the steel industry, Stroilo said. leader of the Communist party, appeared as if students were pay• Schulick said adding that he ap• tee chair, suggested Student Gov• Books have been written on came to Youngstown and was in• ing more money for the same proved of the proposal to move ernment find a way to issue infor• black history in the steel industry, strumental in organizing Valley amount of parking space. Permits computers from Meshel Hall to mation to the students through fli• but Struggles in. Steel will be the labor protests during the '30s. are presently $30 per quarter; if student's prospective colleges. ers or an ad in The Jambar, first documentary film focusing on See STROIXO page 11 Stu Gov Representative Discusses Student-Related Bills MATTHEW DEUTSCH cess to executive sessions on cam• 52, which would create a new uniform format so people would on its own." Assistant News Editor pus. Ohio State University re• scholarship fund from a check off know what is and what isn't sexual The gender equity issue will cently granted their student trust• box on the state tax return. If harassment," said Multari. be discussed more at next month's A recent meeting of the Ohio ees that right. passed, the bill would have the In addition, House Bill 550 OSA meeting, which will occur in Student Association (OSA) con• 'This bill would ensure that ability to generate at least $1 mil• would provide for gender equity early April in Athens, Georgia. On sidered numerous bills which may students' needs are being taken lion dollars in scholarship money. in college athletics. Under the bill, April 13, a rally will take place at influence the lives of college stu• care of," said Multari. "By being 'The bill is currently in hear• universities would be required to the state house .in Columbus, dents, including those at YSU. able to vote, the (student) trustees ings before the subcommittee, so offer the same number of programs where students will be able to According to Joe Multari, sec• would be acting in the best inter• it's too early to say which way it for both men and women. Accord• speak to local representatives and retary of legislative affairs for stu• ests of the students." will go," said Multari. "But as of ing to Multari, the OSA is not tak• voice their concerns. If any YSU dent government at YSU, the fo• Multari also pointed out that now, I think there are more propo• ing a firm stand on the bill at the students or organizations are inter• cus of the meeting revolved nents than opponents." time, mainly because the bill's ter• students don't often have a vested ested and want more information, around several major bills. The interest in executive sessions since Senate Bill 145 would require minology is very vague. they can contact Multari at 742- first of these is House Bill 601, trustee boards often consist of «. universities to adopt sexual harass• "We were told by Ohio State 3591. which would give student trustees business and corporate leaders. ment policies. In addition, the bill that they would have to cut fifty the right to vote and access to ex• .Student trustees would be able to would also require mandatory programs in order to have a gen• 'The best thing students could1- ecutive sessions. Up until January, provide a greater voice at these training for all students, faculty der equity program," said Multari. do would be to write to their local'' YSU was the only university in meetings, he said. and staff on a regular basis. "On the other hand, YSU is get• representatives or talk to me for Ohio to grant student trustees ac• The second bill is Senate Bill . "It would be nice to have a ting pretty close to gender equity more information/* he said. - THE JAMBAR March 8,1994 Columnist Speaks At Skeggs Lecture A correction from the Skeggs Lecture Series at 7:30 ited with, being the first to report Against Government Waste, a pro• March 1 issue of The p.m. Wednesday, March 30, in the on stories like the Savings and gram designed to cut waste from Jambar on the editorial Chestnut Room of Kilcawley Cen• Loan scandal, the Iran/Contra the national budget. ter. Arms-for-Hostages deal and re• The semi-annual Skeggs Lec• page Dr. Victor Wan- Anderson's popular column cent terrorist attempts in the U.S. ture Series was established in 1966 Tatah was identified as a in memory of Leonard T. Skeggs appears on Mondays, Wednesdays A legend in journalistic history professor. He is in by the Skeggs Foundation. The" and Fridays mThe Vindicator. He circles, Anderson's column ap• Skeggs lectures bring to the Uni• the department of phi• will replace Dr. Shelby Steele, who pears in more than 1,000 newspa• versity speakers who.are authori• losophy and religious was originally scheduled to speak pers daily. He is a daily radio com• ties in their respective fields. studies. as a Skeggs lecturer on March 30. mentator for UPI Radio Network's Lecturers are chosen from the A correction from the The columnist is the author of 1,100 stations and a regular arts and sciences on the basis of March 4 issue of The the best-selling book Stormin' speaker on the lecture circuit. their education and ability to in• Norman, which tells the story of Anderson also works with the spire young people. In addition to Jambar lawyer Sandra L. Norman Schwarzkopf, the retired Young Astronaut Program, which major public addresses, the lectur• Oenman will be a general Jack Anderson Army general who served as com• is designed to promote scientific ers conduct specialized or techni• counsel for YSU and will cal seminars for students and fac• YSU - The popular syndicated mander of American troops during study and encourage peace.

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