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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 4-15-1999 The BG News April 15, 1999 Bowling Green State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news Recommended Citation Bowling Green State University, "The BG News April 15, 1999" (1999). BG News (Student Newspaper). 6484. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/6484 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Publications at ScholarWorks@BGSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. ■" * he BG News Women rally to 'take back the night' sexual assault. istration vivors, they will be able to relate her family. By WENDY SUTO Celesta Haras/ti, a resident of buildings, rain to parts of her story, Kissinger "The more I tell my story, the The BG News BG and a W4W member, said the or shine. The said. less shame and guilt I feel," Kissinger said. "For my situa- Women (and some men) will rally is about issues that are con- keynote "When I decided to disclose tion, I'm glad I didn't tell my take to the streets tonight, pro- sidered taboo by society, such as speaker, my sexual abuse to my family, I parents right away because I claiming a public statement in an rape and incest. She has attended Kendel came out of the closet complete- think it would have been a worse attempt to "Take Back the Night" several TBTN marches at the Kissinger, a ly," Kissinger said. "At that case scenario." (TBTN) at their annual rally and University as well as other simi- sociology point, I wrote a letter to my fam- Kissinger said her parents march. lar events. instructor at vL_> ily and they rejected me." aren't monsters; they just Sponsored and organized "It gives people a chance to Her parents wrote her several Kendel Kissin er weren't prepared to be parents solely by Womyn 4 Womyn validate their experiences and to munity Col- 8 ' letters back, which she will read i Columnist Jud Laipply legeinFindlay keynote speaker or deal with their own issues and (W4W), the University's feminist show that such offenses do parts of during her talk. What problems at the time. laments our genera- activist organization, this event exist," Flaraszti said. and a University alumnus will followed for Kissinger was a hor- "They did the best they tion's laziness. is about reclaiming the night, a TBTN begins at 7 p.m. at the speak out about her experience rific journey of learning how to time for people to gather and Clock Tower Quad, between the as an incest survivor. Even if survive and cope on her own Education and Business Admin- some students are not incest sur- without the love and support ol speak out against all forms of • See RALLY, page seven. i Guest columnist calls for publishing teacher Horseback evaluations. Serbs claim NATO bombed refugees riding d nation 4 The Associated Press BELGRADE, Yugoslavia — proves Yugoslavia accused NATO jets Palestinian tests of blasting apart a convoy of therapeutic nuclear missiles in refugees under Serb police response to escort Wednesday. The alliance By AMY JO L. BROWN said its pilots fired on military The BG News India's tests Sunday. vehicles only, and the Pentagon suggested that Serbs may have At most stables, people take been responsible for the car- care of the horses, but at the Vail Meadows Therapeutic Riding i Chilean native wins nage. Video of the scene taken ( enter the horses are taking i are Big Game Lottery. under Serb control showed of the people. bloody bodies scattered along a Vail Meadows provides peo- roadway, damaged farm vehi- ple with disabilities the opportu- cles and bombed-out buildings nity to enjoy recreational or nearby People in rough peasant competitive horseback riding clothing loaded the dead and while also providing people wounded into cars or wheelbar- with therapeutic benefits. rows to transport them. A young This summer the University boy sobbed bitterly. will be working with Vail Mead- The civilian bloodshed came ows on a special program as NATO warplanes zeroed in designed for people who have 5 multiple sclerosis. The program on Serb targets throughout Associated Press Photo L hm Kosovo, hammering ground is being sponsored by the Part- forces in an elfort to limit troop A victim lies amid rubble at the site where a convoy of refugees were struck near the town ot nership lor Community Action movement and force Yugoslav Djakovica in southern Kosovo. grant. Football stages annual President Slobodan Milosevic to German plan, but it did not trolled attacks," and that they neth Bacon said relief organiza- "The use of horses in a thera- peutic sense is nothing new," Brown and Orange accept a peace deal for the endorse it, and there was no had been fired on from the tions in the area reported that refugees entering Albania had said Sue Gavron, project coordi- game Saturday. province. sign that Yugoslavia was inter- ground with surface-to-air mis- It also came amid diplomatic ested. siles and anti-aircraft artillery. said Yugoslav planes attacked nator. "We try to work with pos- peace efforts. The European Pressing its version of the "The pilots slate they civilian convoys. But he could- ture, balance and mobility using Union voiced support for a U.N. attack on the convoy, Yugoslavia attacked only military vehicles," n't confirm that any of these treatment with the help of a I Men's track domi- plan that calls on Milosevic to railed against NATO's "crime the allied military command refugees had spoken of an horse." attack on Wednesday. She said that a horse has an nates UT and Detroit. end his crackdown in Kosovo, against humanity." Serb officials said in Belgium several hours while Germany called for a 24- put the death loll at 64 and the after the attack. The allies said If the reported death toll is internal rhythm and when the hour halt in bombings to allow number of wounded at 20. no civilian casualties could be accurate, it would mark by far horse moves forward and side to Serb and Yugoslav forces to I lours later, NATO said its confirmed but promised a full the largest single loss of civilian side, the motion stimulates mus- withdraw from the province. pilots had fired on military vehi- investigation. cles. Warmth from the horse also NATO said it would study the cles on the same road in "con- Pentagon spokesman Ken- helps the muscles stretch more index • See KOSOVO, page seven. easily.- "It approximates the feeling Opinion 2 of walking," said Darren Love, a lbach-in to discuss U.S7NATO bombings Vail Meadows employee. "But it Page Three 3 also provides a cardiovascular may have about the United ican culture studies instructor. World and Nation 4 discussion. workout for the person." By BRANDI BARHITE States' involvement. He "I went home and decided to Sports 9 "A lot of people have no idea Psychological benefits are just believes one media-created organize it." 1 1 The BG News why we are involved in Koso- .is positive as the physical bene- NOW vo," said Jason Kucsma, an myth is that the U.S./NATO Ludlow said oftentimes peo- Instead of joining hands at a fits. Sports Agate 16 organizer of the Kosovo teach- bombing is part of a humani- ple will come up with ideas, yet sit-in, they will be joining "They might overcome a fear, in. "We are pulling together to tarian effort. no one wants to organize them. minds at a Kosovo teach-in or just enjoy learning the sport try to make sense of all this." The idea to hold such a dis- Despite her own busy sched- today. of horseback riding," Love said. Kucsma hopes that people cussion originated after two ule, she decided this was too University faculty and stu- Gavron believes the social will leave the discussion with a professors were discussing the important to throw to the way- dents have organized a teach- interaction between the volun- say what? better understanding of the sit- complicated nature of the side. in, which will aim at making teers and people with disabili- uation. He said the intention is Kosovo situation. "No one who comes to the "The more I tell my sense of the U.S./NATO ties is a great benefit. not to change people's views, "1 was talking to Phil Terrie teach-in is going to have the involvement in Kosovo. The "With every rider there are story, the less shame but to help them understand about how hard it is to get right answer," she said. "Our teach-in will take place from 4- three people working together, the context of the situation. information on Kosovo and he main objective is to try to share and guilt I feel." 6 p.m. in the BA 1007. Eight it's a team approach," she said. Kucsma also wants to said we ought to do a teach-in," professors will be leading the address misconceptions people said Jeannie Ludlow, an Amer- • See TEACH, page seven. Kendel Kissinger • See HORSES, page seven. Sociology instructor at Owens Community College Photojournalist depicts Holocaust Heroes and several soap operas, "Make sure your dream is ByJEFFARNETT and a couple that fell in love at a your dream, not your parents' electronica The BG News concentration camp and married dream, but your dream," Del A photojournalist talked after they were freed.