The Guardian, October 20, 1993

Wright State University CORE Scholar The Guardian Student Newspaper Student Activities 10-20-1993 The Guardian, October 20, 1993 Wright State University Student Body Follow this and additional works at: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/guardian Part of the Mass Communication Commons Repository Citation Wright State University Student Body (1993). The Guardian, October 20, 1993. : Wright State University. This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Activities at CORE Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Guardian Student Newspaper by an authorized administrator of CORE Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Issue No. 5, Vol. 29 1993 'rinted on Recycled Paper Wright Stale University INSIDE: Presidential search narrows By JEREMY DYER News Editor Two weeks after the Oct. I application deadline for Wright State president, the presidential search committee met for another round of candidate reviews. If all plans work out, the final candidates will be touring Wright State before the end of fall quarter. Sharon Lewis, assistant vice president for information resources management, said the Board of Trustees, who will make the final choice for president, has asked the search committee to bring two to five candidates to Wright State. The final candidate will then meet with department chairs, faculty, SG and other student groups. Lewis said in order for the candi- Boys on film date to meet with students, he or she would have to be brought to Wright State before the Page 8 December break. "We'd like to have a president named before the holidays," Lewis said. The committee received the names of more Film Festival than 180 candidates before the deadline. That number has been reduced through committee WSU students win jury screening but Lewis declined to give an exact prize in Portugal. figure. Page 7 "At this point, we'vestill got a much larger numberthan ultimately we'll bedealing with," Lewis said. "We don't mean to be cryptic about it, but we've got people who might Cavs and currently be president somewhere and if they Celtics rock felt their board might find out, they would withdraw now." photo by Scott Cozzolino "Nutthouse" Student government President David The field of candidates to succeed WSU President Paige Mulhollan Kirkhart, who is one of two students working is beginning to narrow. The choice may be made in mid-December. NBA preseason basketball with the committee, also declined to give a comes to Wright State. figure, saying only that the number of candi- tinuing background checks on the candidates search will also find any references to the Page 11 dates now was "workable." include a Lexus/Nexus search for lawsuits candidates in newspapers and other publica- In the meantime, the committee is con- and both credit and reference checks. The tions. WSU men's soccer goes Geography may fall off the map By CHRISTINE ARNOLD said Moore. lum Committee seemed to be the most logical OT—again Staff Writer Kcnji Oshiro, geography department chair place to start." Raiders drop heartbreaker and last remaining full-time faculty member Oshiro said the criteria for justifying de- For the first time in nearly a decade. Wright in the department, feels approval of the pro- partment needs is not always clear. to Wis.-Green Bay. State is considering closing down a liberal arts posal would be a "step in the deterioration of According to Oshiro, elimination of the Page 13 department. In this case, it's a department that an intellectual basis for a college of liberal department would save the University $40 - has been on campus since the first day of arts," and will "support establishment of a $45,000. The money would be used to fund classes nearly 30 years ago. precedent that would put other departments in other programs such as the women's studies News 1-3,6 The early retirement of a professor in the danger." center. Opinion 4-5 Both Oshiro and Moore agree there is no Moore said the university has to consider Spotlight 7-10 geography department led Perry Moore, dean Sports 11-13,16 if the college of liberal arts, to propose doing established or clear way of dealing with the "how central is the discipline" to the college; Classifieds....14 way with the major at a liberal arts curricu- situation. "Right now this is something we're just see "Geography" Comics 15 um meeting Oct. 15. continued on page 6 "It's a situation I would prefer not to face," looking into," said Moore, "and the Curricu- I 2 THE GUARDIAN WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 20. 1993 NEWS Comparing food costs at Wright State Some prices higher but WSU doesn't always have final say By ANTHONY SHOEMAKER The biggest price differences TJiis graphic lis}* th® price differences Special Writer can be found at Pizza Hut, where a ^acos Cost between food sold Wnghf State and food personal peppcroni pizza costs sold off campus. Food items with the same Diners ai Wright State may $2.59,60cents more than the same N| I Here... price were not listed. have noticed differences in the item at the Pizza Hut on Wright menus at certain places to eat on Brothers Parkway. campus. While Pizza Hut, Burger According to Tom Wilson, di- King and Taco Bell at WSU have rector of Wright State dining ser- different menu items than their vices, WSU is not solely respon- off-campus counterparts, some sible for setting the prices. The items also have different prices. different franchises give Wright For example, a chicken soft State price suggestions before Burger King taco at the Taco Bell in Millett WSU makes the final decision. F Hall's Bike Shop is 10 cents more However, Wilson said the fran- I °od Item Cheeseburger than the same item at the Taco Bell chises always have the option of Hamburger on Colonel Glenn Highway. removing their franchise if they BK Broiler The regular taco and soft taco disagree with the final price. Taco Bell are also 10 cents more at Wright "We have some input into rood Item State. prices, but if Taco Bell wants us to Taco1:.8" SO" Taco • •$W89 7 79mPU* The majority of prices at Uni- start charging two bucks fora taco, Soft Taco""" * 69 $ .59 versity Center Burger King are the we can say we really don't think ! Pizza Hut $ S9 same as they are off campus, al- we need to do that," Wilson said. d cZ esePizza one., though the BK Broiler chicken "But if they say it's this or you 1 74 Pepperoni Pizza $2 59 J ' sandwich, at $2.59, is 10 cents lose your franchise agreement, Supreme *%•*%••• 51" more than the store on Airway then we charge two bucks for a $2.49 Road. taco." Campus Crime Report dow. A TV set. stereo equipment j I WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER of a 22-year-old man arrested for bookbag outside 1090elmanHall. Two Nutter Center box office employees told Public Safety they and CDs were taken. Total yalue j 13 impersonating a Montgomery County deputy sheriff. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15 received repeated harassing phone of the stolen items: $1,375. calls at the office. The calls were Dotty Hammersley and Tresa Barlage reported name not obscene. The caller reportedly Dcena Evcrsole reported some- tags were taken off walls outside THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14 Officer D.M. Cox found the top of the door to the circuit breaker left his phone number with the of- one left a threatening message dorm rooms in Oak, Maple, Ce- on the answering machine in their Colleen Lin, Dayton, reported box between Allyn Lot and the fice. dar and Hawthorn halls. Maple Hall room. Meliss Giles told Public her bookbag and contents worth water tower had been torn open. Safety someone wrote on hall- $140 were stolen from the Book- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17 MONDAY, OCTOBER 18 way windows in Hawthorn, Ce- store drop-off area. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16 dar and Hickory halls. Laura Hawthorn of Fairborn Michael Wilson and Chris Wil- Scott Nestich, Maple Hall, David Williamson reported reported two hubcaps stolen from Goran Petrouski reported his liams told WSU police their Spring- notified Public Safety he has re- someone sprayed a sticky, gritty her car in a general parking lot. black Fuji Silhouette bicycle worth wood Lane dorm room was bur- ceived several prank phone calls substance on his car in the Hamil- Piqua resident Tony Rowley $ 170 was stolen from the bike rack glarized on Oct. 16. The intruder this quarter. The most recent call ; ton Hall lot. told officers a Motorola flip phone outside Maple Hall sometime on apparently entered the first-floor occurred on Oct. 17. Fairborn police took custody valued at $250 was taken from his Oct. 15 or Oct. 16. room through an unlocked win- Meetings & Events WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER • RCA meeting, 4 p.m., Univer- emony. 3:30 to 5 p.m.. University II. For more information call 873- 26. For more i nformation call 873- 2700. 20 sity Center Cafeteria Extension. Center Cafeteria. 3135. • Baptist Student Union meet- • LIBNET Instruction, 2 p.m., • UCB Cinema: The Wizard of Oz and The Yearling, 8 p.m.. 116 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26 • ICC meeting, 2 p.m.. Univer- ing, 7 p.m., Campus Ministry Build- Fordham Library. Health Sciences Building. Also sity Center Cafeteria Extension. ing. shown on Saturday. • UCB meeting, 4 p.m.. Uni- • WSU Theatre: Steel Magno- • UCB Video: A Few Good Men, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22 lias, 8 p.m., Creative Arts Center 4 p.m.. Rathskeller. Also shown on versity Center Cafeteria Exten- Festival Playhouse.

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