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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 1-24-2001 The BG News January 24, 2001 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 January 24, 2001" (2001). BG News (Student Newspaper). 6747. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/6747 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. Bowling Green State University WEDNESDAY January 24, 2001 BG BATTLES NIU: FLURRIES Women's basketball HIGH: 31 | LOW: 26 travels to Northern www.bgnews.com Illinois; PAGE 8 A daily independent student press VOLUME 90 ISSUE 82 USG: s inadequate By Chuck Safer hard to distinguish from normal University's $2.2 million Pepsi USG REPORTER lights. agreement. According to the con- Members of Undergraduate Freimark questioned, the ability of tract, this money can be used for Student Government believe that someone who is injured or in dan- any purpose. there are not enough emergency ger to 'find and reach a phone. % The issue is not new. "Last year blue light phones on campus. "When you panic, you don't have USG wrote legislation to add During an emergency, the your wits about you," he said. phones, but the bill never went into University's 20 blue light phones Student awareness of these effect," Bragg said. may prove inadequate, according to phones is low, according to Members of USG have not yet Joel Freimark, District 6 Senator in Freimark. "The University does not prepared legislation regarding the Tom RMdBG News USG. "There are certain places show new students where to find addition of new phones, but are cur- where itisquiteahiketothe nearest these phones," he said. rently looking for support from AT RISK: One of the 20 call box." he said. People do not recognize the prob- Other organizations. With enough blue light phones on Scattered across campus, each lem due to the lack of recent, serious support, the issue will be hard to campus, this light is phone acts as an instant 911 hotline crime, according to Fn-imark "We ignore, said Freimark. near the basketball for those in danger. When the want.to solve the problem before Bragg said that the issue has won courts between the receiver is removed, the phone something like that happens," he much support from the Harshman and alerts campus police of the location said. Organizational Roundtable, which Kreischer quadrangles. of the caller. "You should be able to stand any- consists of members from about 70 The Undergraduate Freimark is not only concerned where on campus and see at least organizations. The roundtable con- Student Government about the number of phones, but five blue lights," said Jonathan vened for the first time in and the Graduate that current phones lack visibility. Bragg, junior and USG Senator. November. Student Government He said that the phones' blue lights Bragg said that the University Graduate Student Senate also feel that there are not are not placed high enough to be should have plenty of funds to cover supports USG's cause, according to enough of the blue easily seen from a distance and are the cost of new phones, citing the Steve Dietrich, GSS president. lights on campus. Meeting PROFILE Pepsi focuses on contract general DEDICATED TO money >- education STUDENTS up in air By Marie Chich* By Rhonda Colvm W0RID 1»0 NATION BUT CAMPUS LIFE REPORTER A public forum on general edu- President Sidney two years and only a week Angeles. During his stay, during his third year at the between 1976 and 1987, he As of now, it is still unclear cation was held in the McFall where all the $2.2 million from Assembly Room yesterday. The Ribeau spends University. This is his fifth year. developed an ethnic and race the Pepsi- Cola and American meeting the first in a series of three over 70 hours a Despite his lack of personal relations course, as well as a Bottling Company contracts will forums on general education, week working for time, Ribeau remains relaxed class on Third Wforld images in focused on curriculum issues. and seems at home in his film. 8°- Organized by the Faculty Senate, the University office in McFall Center. There Ribeau remained in As stated by the University the discussions coincide with the are papers sprawled across the California until he came to when it first entered negotiations process of scheduled review of the desk which attest to his tight Bowling Green in 1995. But he with Pepsi, money will be used By firnberty Oupps schedule, and his bookshelves returned to that state to visit University's general education pro- STAFF REPORTER towards programming in the gram this year. are lined with books written alumni chapters and update new Student Union, leadership Leaning back in his chair by faculty members. former BG students of what is "It is important to take a look at scholarships, and other universi- with jeans and a baseball cap In a way, Ribeau envies the going on at the University. whether our general education on, it might be hard to imag- ty groups and activities. program is in line with the authors on his bookshelves. He is out of town any- ine that University President He looks forward to the days where between 50 and Exact ideas of where the University's mission and vision, Sidney Ribeau is not taking with the core values and the yearly when he will be able to leave 75 days a semester money will go are very vague at the day easy. his administrative duties visiting alumni this point. University adminis- The pinstripes and tie were behind and go back to teach- chapters and trators know that groups, pro- FORUM,PAGE 5 discarded after a 7:30 a.m. ing University bene- grams, and scholarships will be meeting in an effort to be "I enjoy leaching much factors. The travel awarded money but aren't sure more comfortable. He was more than this job," Ribeau schedule he has fighting "one of those things when or how much. said. "I remember talking to maintained this The only money from the that are going around" and a my friends and they would tell year prevented case of "the sniffles." me how they had to go to him from being Pepsi contract that has been U. to hold Runny nose and all. Ribeau work but I would say that I able to take on a allotted specifically is about will still put in a 12-hour work- was going to school. It didn't class. $50,000 for each year. day. This is not atypical for the seem like work to me back "It's an "$43,000 has been set aside for high school head of the University. He usu- then." importan student initiated programs and ally puts in 12 hours a day Ribeau entertains his love of job, but it is also $10,000 worth of free prod- Monday through Saturday teaching by trying to lead a hard work." ucts will be available for those and an additional four or five science class once a year. Two years Ribeau groups," said Wanda Overland, hours on Sunday. ago, he team taught a course said. "In "It is a wonderful job if you Dean of Students and Assistant in intercultural communica- this job, Vice President of Student Life. conference are a high stimuli person, but tions. you are By Ivy Ickes you have no life of your own," "Team-teaching worked out always com- Overland also said that the stu- WOMEN'S ISSUES REPORTER Ribeau said. very well for me," Ribeau said. peting with other dent-initiated groups will have to Four hundred high school girls The president's social calen- "We split up the days that each universities and try- request the money and go voluntarily studying science? dar consists of dinners with of us would teach. If some- ing to sell your uni- through certain criteria to be That's exactly what will happen at alumni and benefactors, thing would come up, the versity." awarded the money. That certain the University's 10th annual attending athletic events and other professor would be able Much of Ribeau's criteria is now being decided by a Women in Science, Engineering, meeting with student leaders. to cover for me." competing takes panel of students who have Math and Technology Conference. He tries to keep Sundays free The topic of the class delved place in Columbus already been chosen. The conference will take place for personal time, but often into Ribeau's interest in "the and Washington D.C., has obligations to fill. "We wanted students to be on Feb. 23 from 830 am. to 200 cultural trends that shape the where he lobbies for involved in the guidelines and p.m. in 101 Olscamp and invites He had 10 days to himself values of students." He began government money to the criteria and where the money girls from grades nine through last year, when he took a vaca- go toward student to express this interest when is going to," Overland said. twelve to learn more about non- tion. However, Ribeau did not he was a professor at traditional careers for women. take any vacation time his first California State, in Los RIBEAU.

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