The BG News April 5, 1995

Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 4-5-1995 The BG News April 5, 1995 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 5, 1995" (1995). BG News (Student Newspaper). 5840. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/5840 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. gfrf gfejtapg 1995 The BG News "Celebrating 75 Years of Excellence" Cloudy high of 45 Wednesday, April 5,1995 Bowling Green, Ohio Volume 82, Issue 128 Attorney battles racial injustice get along?" Dees asked. trying to establish that in- leverage. He realized his imprisonment Dees cited the OJ. Simpson vestigating police officers may "The autopsy photos were stripped him of all his opportuni- trial as being exemplary of the have, motivated by racism, passed around, and the mother ties in life, and he 'ildnt even racial divisions in America Of planted evidence in order to saw the bootprints in the victim's know where his daughter was or the African Americans polled, frame Simpson for the crime. face," Dees said. if he'd ever see her. The Klans- only 7 percent believed Simpson Also, during the 1988 presi- The convicted Klansman asked man began to sob. begging the was guilty based on the evidence dential campaign, George Bush presented to date. This is con- tried to show opponent Michael trasted with 70 percent of polled Dukakis's "softness" on crime by whites who believe Simpson to be running an advertisement Famous civil rights guilty. portraying an African-American "There is fear, anger and dist- man being released from prison rust on both sides," he said. under Dukakis' authority. The lawyer shares insight African Americans believe advertisement, which played on they do not have equal opportuni- racial fear, spotlighted Willie Michael Zawacki not have, and he has put those ty, partly illustrated by the fact Horton, who committed a crime The BG News to good use serving his coun- that white men hold the majority against a white woman. try and community. of important jobs, he said. Afri- "People often play that 'race' The public's lack of a long- Dees, who during the civil can Americans are turned down card - when they don't need to," term historical view frus- rights movement aided minor- for a loan five times more than Dees said. trates civil rights attorney ities in court, helped establish whites, even if the credit records However, Dees does believe Morris Dees, in 1971 the Southern Poverty are essentially the same, Dees racial harmony is possible. The civil rights movement, Law Center. The Center is a said. He remember a lawsuit he which in historical terms took non-profit group supplying The BG Newi/Kou Welur.tr On the other side, whites be- filed against a Ku Mux Wan or- place a short time ago, is being lawyers who specialize in law- lieve blacks do not want equal ganization. This civil suit, follow- forgotten. Dees said. suits involving civil rights vio- Esteemed civil rights attorney Morris Dees speaks to students opportunity. Rather, they want a ing the conviction of a Klansman "A lot of the gains made dur- lations and racially motivated and faculty In the Lenhart Grand Ballroom about racial Injustice "guaranteed slice of the pie." ing [the civil rights move- crimes. ' in America Tuesday night. who lynched an African- Dees said he marvels at this American man, was an effort to ment] for the equal treatment "I thrive on challenges, and ganization reportedly beat an division because both whites and expose "the whole cast of charac- of people are being reversed there are a lot of challenges Aaron Epple African-American man to death African Americans want the ters." today by politicians willing to today - things don't stay stag- The BG News in Portland, Ore. Metzger viewed same basic things. During the trial, the victim's play on the public's lack of nant," he said. "We may have America's greatness as being at- "Both sides want a safe place mother was present. A Klans- understanding of what hap- eliminated a lot of the rank ra- Bringing o message of broth- tributed to the whites. to live and good schools for their man, who agreed to testify aga- pened such a short time ago," cism in the past and the ine- erhood and togetherness, noted "The America that Metzger be- children," he said. "Both sides nist the other, said the victim he said. qualities in the laws, but now civil rights attorney Morris Dees lieves in is an America that never want a good Job and the ability to begged to be spared, saying, Dees said he has been bles- we have a growing intolerance spoke to University students and existed," Dees said, citing nu- support themselves, friends and "Please, I'm my mother's only sed with a good education and See INSICHT, page six. faculty in the Lenhart Grand merous advancements in this neighbors, and peace of commu- son." advantages other people do Ballroom Tuesday night. country made by various ethnic nity." Ignoring his plea, the Klans- Dees opened by referring to a citizens, such as the polio vaccine However, Dees iaid the race man hit him with a baseball bat. to be allowed to speak to the jury. mother's forgiveness. suit he filed against white su- and the success of the Persian issue inadvertantly comes up in Then they ensured there was no He explained he was raised to The mother looked at him and premacist Tom Metzger, who is Gulf War. politics and our legal system. life in him left by pulling the hate African Americans by his said, "Son, I've already forgiven an advocate of racial violence. "If diversity is what made us For example, O. J. Simpson de- noose tight around his neck while parents and was inducted into the you." Two members of Merger's or- so great, then why can't we all fense lawyer Johnnie Cochran is planting his boot in his face for Klan at the age of 12. Student allegedly Miami union caters to students Jim Barker Miami's other classroom and ager for Shriver Center, said the burger once, several years ago. The BG News recreational facilities. variety of university food ser- Students didn't seem to care for raped on Sunday The outer structures of this vices located in tike building it, so it was taken off the menu. Editor's note: In light of the three-story facility are com- make eating less of a hassle for "We have a pizza shop, a fast Aaron Gray push for a new student Union at prised of richly colored brick, Miami students. food service, an ice cream shop, a The BG News the University, this is the first in and the roof shingles look like deli, a juice bar and coffee shop, A University student was reportedly raped early Sunday a series of four stories exploring stone. The front entrance is University and even an international menu morning by a man who had allegedly been stalking her for the different student unions of- guarded by tall white pillars. that changes dally. several weeks. fered at Mid-American Confer- Inside, one will find a foyer "We have our Spring Street The victim, an on campus student, was reportedly raped Sun- ence Schools. flanked on the left side by an in- Miami University Market right here too, so that day at 1:00 a.m. near the 100 block of East Merry Street. The vic- Nestled into the rolling hills of formation desk and a conference Student Union students can sit down and eat, tim reportedly told police the alleged rapist is the same man she Oxford, Ohio, Miami University room; to the right lies the en- then do their grocery shopping believes has been stalking her both on and off campus. prides Itself on having a student- trance to the two-story Miami ShnverCenter without ever having to leave The victim was reportedly walking alone from a downtown oriented atmosphere. The uni- University bookstore. Straight Date of Construction: campus, 'headded. bar to a friend's apartment when a man grabbed her from be- versity's promotional literature ahead lies a formal lounge with The third floor belongs primar- hind and held a knife to her throat. touts the academic facilities as wall portraits and a grand piano. 1957 ily to Miami's student organiza- The alleged attacker was described by the victim as a six-foot, second to-none. Downstairs on the first floor Renovated: tions. But the third floor also con- 200-pound, 30 to 35-year-old white male with a full face. So, it is interesting to see bow are the check cashing service, tains a commuter lounge, as well The victim reportedly filed two complaints with University Miami University's student the First Miami Student Credit 1964,1988, completed in 1991 as a number of conference police in March and February after seeing the man on campus. union, the Shriver Center, stacks Union, a post office, a television rooms. She also reportedly received several phone calls from the al- up against other student unions room, a 24-hour study lounge, "Here we've got everything in Shriver Center's assistant gen- leged attacker, one at her parent's home during spring break.

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