Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 12-13-1996 The BG News December 13, 1996 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 December 13, 1996" (1996). BG News (Student Newspaper). 6104. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/6104 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. Opinion H E Sports Yes, Santa, there is a Virginia. Men's basketball hosts Tiffin Uni- versity. Page 2 Page 5 State Falcon hockey on the road to take on Central Michigan. Chief Wahoo art allowed to stay. Page 5 Page 3 NEWS Friday. December 13, 1996 Bowling Green, Ohio Volume 83, Issue 215 The News' Process used Bad visit Briefs Valley fever rising for snow days in Arizona ATLANTA - A deadly Dawn Keller lung infection caused by a The BC News soil fungus in the Southwest is on the rise in Arizona, The University administration goes through several steps before preying on the elderly and they decide to cancel classes. those with the AIDS virus. Bob Martin, vice president of Operations, said he discusses the The number of cases of weather and road conditions with University police officials starting valley fever in Arizona at about 5:30am. jumped from 255 in 1990 to Those officials get information from the highway patrol and com- 623 last year, the Centers puters, according to Barb Waddell, public information officer. for Disease Control and "They are out In it, so they can tell us what the weather is actually Prevention reported Thurs- like," Waddell said. day. Valley fever caused University police also have a lead computer which will give them 134 deaths in Arizona from 1990 to 1994; figures for weather bulletins. 1995 aren't available. "It will tell us how much snow is coming and what is happening ac- cording to other law agencies," Waddell said. Arizona's recent weather Martin said the road conditions around the campus, city and state patterns and changing de- are a big factor. mographics are to blame, "I talk to them to give me a feel of the ability of people to get said the CDC's Dr. Rana around," Martin said. Hajjeh. Valley fever begins as a Martin said wind-chill factor is one of the many secondary factors. fungus that grows in the "With the distance we have here, if people are properly clothed, it's ground, usually after heavy not as big of a deal," Martin said. rains. Long dry spells cause Martin said after he talks to University police officials he discusses the fungus to become air- the information with the provost, who makes the final decision. borne, where it is inhaled. Tom Gllbcrt/Thc Af BOclated Prctl Also, the number of peo- Martin said if school is canceled he notifies the public relations de- Josiah Biggs, 4, right, touches the cheek of his unhappy sister Sarah Biggs, 1, as Santa Claus asks what ple 65 or older and those partment. Fact Line and puts the message on 372-SNOW. Public re- they want for Christmas Wednesday at the Promenade Mall In Tulsa, Okla. who have tested positive for lations notifies all media outlets. the AIDS virus increased in Arizona from 1990 to 1995. The disease is called val- ley fever because It is often found in the dusty soil of the Southwest, Mexico and Cen- Colleges arm campus police for safety tral and South America. Michael Snllfen rates are so low is that colleges year with complete data. In addition, campus law en- spending four years studying," JFK memorabilia The Associated Press and universities have recruited By comparison, in the nation as forcement agencies employed said Levin, who has studied cam- huge numbers of security per- a whole that year, there were 716 nearly 10,000 nonswom security pus crime."But that alone doesn't causes squabble WASHINGTON - U.S. college sonnel to protect students," said violent crimes and 4,656 prop- officers, who did not have arrest explain the lower campus crime campuses are havens from much Jack Levin, a professor of cri- erty crimes for every 100,000 power. rates because college students BALTIMORE - When of the violent and property crime minology and sociology at North- residents. Overall, three-fourths of the are In the most crime-prone John F. Kennedy's longtime that afflicts the nation. One ex- eastern University. "You can't The bureau surveyed public personal secretary died last schools had campus police offi- years." year, she left an immense pert says that's because they sell an expensive college educa- and private four-year institutions cers with arrest power, including "Most crimes on campus are collection of JFK memora- have become "armed camps." tion to parents who believe their with 2,500 or more students last 93 percent of the public institu- committed by students against bilia. Now, three collectors In its first study of campus law children aren't going to be safe, year. These schools enrolled four tions and 43 percent of the pri- one another," Levin said in a are squabbling in court over enforcement, the Justice De- so colleges In urban settings have out of five of the nation's nearly 9 vate ones. telephone Interview. He said the right to inherit it. partment reported Wednesday become armed camps. And it's million college students. Police officers are armed at 81 these crimes can be reduced by that three out of four college and working very welL" Colleges and universities last percent of the public campuses security measures because they Robert L. White of Ca- university campuses now employ The department's Bureau of year employed nearly 11,000 full- and 34 percent of the private are more often spontaneous than tonsville and Clifford and police officers with arrest power. Justice Statistics found that time sworn police officers, who campuses, the bureau found. premeditated. Maria Ray of Cocoa Beach, And the campuses have far lower there were 64 violent crimes and had been given general arrest "College students are econom- "Violence on campus usually Fla., have each filed suit violent and property crime rates 2,141 property crimes reported powers by a state or local ically better off than society as a results from an argument in a seeking items in the estate government, the statistics bu- of Evelyn Lincoln and her than the country as a whole. to police for every 100,000 stu- whole and they have bought into husband, Harold. All are "The reason the campus crime dents in 1994, the most recent reau found. the system or they wouldn't be See CRIME, page three. named in the Llncolns' will. The items owned by Mrs. Lincoln include a silver presentation box given her by Kennedy's staff; an au- Hussein's son tographed Kennedy appre- ciation medal; a typewriter used by Mrs. Lincoln in the White House; a box of 300 hurt in ambush gold PT-109 pins; and a framed portrait of Kennedy The Associated Press during a family quarrel. that had hung in the White Immediately after Thursday's House. BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam ambush, Odal was rushed to Ibn Hussein's eldest son, sometimes Sina hospital, part of the presi- Jewell gains another described as his heir apparent, dential complex in Baghdad. The was slightly wounded Thursday Youth TV report said police were ally when attackers ambushed his investigating, but did not provide car. details on the assailants, the WASHINGTON - Rich- Odal Hussein was rushed to a ard Jewell, the man cleared weapons used or Odai's Injury. as a suspect in the Olympic hospital where he was reported Odal has been the target of at Park bombing, gained an- in stable condition. Youth TV re- least two previous assassination other congressional advo- ported The station, which is attempts since the 1991 Persian cate Thursday: Ohio Rep. owned by Odai, interrupted its Gulf War, sparked by Iraq's in- Bob Ney. programming to announce that vasion of Kuwait. In 1992, gun- Ney, a Republ lean at the he was attacked while driving in men shot him in the arm while he end of his freshman term, the upscale al-Mansour district was driving into his ranch north sent a letter to the incoming of Baghdad. of Baghdad. chairman of the House "He was the target of a cowar- After the war ended, Saddam Government Reform and dly attack which led to a light Oversight Committee sug- put his sons in charge of key min- gesting an examination of wound," the television reported. istries and military units. Sad- what happened to Jewell It was at least the third assas- dam's younger son, Qusai, is in after the July 27 bombing. sination attempt against the control of the elite Republican 32-year-old Odai, who heads Guards and the state's security Jamie Yankak/Thc Associated Pren Ney said Congress should Iraq's trade and information min- apparatus. This is a cut-away model or a portion of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame unveiled Thursday. scrutinize everything istries and is considered one of He further increased his sons' "from the manner in which Iraq's most powerful figures. influence after a power struggle Mr. Jewell's name was He has been involved in In his usually tight-knit family, leaked to the media to the several violent personal inci- sparked by the defection of his Rock hall changes look way In which Mr.