The BG News April 10, 1985

Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 4-10-1985 The BG News April 10, 1985 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 10, 1985" (1985). BG News (Student Newspaper). 4382. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/4382 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. Wednesday, April 10,1985THE J3G_ NEWS Vol. 67 Issue 107 Admission standards to be raised by Michael Mclntyre ematics, and reading competency. coming out of high school than they years. Allen said BGHS has toughened its staff reporter Phase two raises the recommended were three or four years ago," Lunde Allen said students may get a more graduation requirements in keeping standards even more. They include said. "We are keeping right in line with realistic look at the difficulty of college with the higher college entrance stan- College entrance standards are get- three units of science, three units of our sister institutions (by raising stan- when trying to meet the requirements dards. ting stricter in Ohio and the University social science, two units of a foreign dards)." in high school. He said beginning next year, stu- is in the process of keeping with the language and one unit of visual or NEAL ALLEN, principal of Bowling "Maybe this will shake them up dents will need 19 credits to graduate, tough changes. performing arts as well as the phase Green High School, said the increased enough to look at other vocations." he while last year, students needed only Phase two of an articulation plan at one standards. standards may lead to a lesser number said. "Not everyone can go to college; 17. The high school also has increased the University is in the works and Harold Lunde, chairman of the Uni- of high school graduates going on to we need people in other vocations too." requirements in areas such as math- should be presented to the Faculty versity's Committee on Academic Af- college. But he said those who do will Allen added that while education ematics and science as well as offering Senate at its meeting next week. fairs, said raising admissions be better prepared. standards are increased in high school, more courses in foreign languages. On Oct. 8,1982, phase one of the plan standards is a benefit to the University. Lunde said the recommended the social life of students who want to "Five years ago, we had a full-time was approved by the University Board He said the raise in standards is going guidelines do not exclude students. He go to college is affected. Spanish teacher and part-time French of Trustees. The recommendations that on nationwide and reflects a better said students with deficiencies in any of "There just isn't much room in their and German teachers," Allen said. the Board of Trustees approved in- quality of education in the United these fields may be accepted to the schedule to take elective courses or to "Now we have full-time Spanish, cluded high school preparation of four States. University, but must make up those participate in extracurricular sports French and German teachers and we units of English, three units of math- "Students are better educated today deficiencies within their first two and socialization," he said. offer four years of each language." Funds cut Use of Public Safety Ceiling police cars restrained cracked by Ellen Zlmmerll staff reporter by Michael Mclntyre staff reporter A recent tightening of the Public Safety budget has left many patrol officers making A hairline crack in the ceiline of the Char- foot patrols instead of using their cruisers. troom on the second floor of McFall Center "We're trying to cut back so it won't affect was caused by the placement of too much anyone except internally." Dean Gerkens, weight in one spot, according to Ray Buck- associate director of Public Safety/Police, holz, assistant to the University architect. said. The ceiling cracked because the Office of Gerkens said the restrained use of the Continuing Education (OCE), which is housed patrol cars has resulted in better coverage in on the third floor of McFall Center, had too academic buildings and residence halls. But much heavy office equipment in a place which some areas of the University are not being was structurally incapable of holding it. patrolled as much as they were, such as the parking lots and other property areas. "Coinddentally, the most weight was BUI Bess, director of Public Safety, said placed where there were the biggest beam that although the presence of a patrol car may spans," he said. "It was overloaded weight- have had some preventive effect on crime in wise by design." parking lots, no one ever really knows how Buckholz said the crack was spotted last much. week and immediate action was taken. He "As the weather gets better, students bring said his office called in a structural engineer up nicer cars because they're not as worried to determine what can be done. about salt," Bess said. "Crime in these areas The structural engineer should have a re- are expected to increase. But I'm not willing port this week which will aid in solving the to attribute increases (of crime) in the park- problem on a long-range basis, he said. ing lots to the decrease in patrols." "He will probably suggest where to place the equipment," Buckholz said. "It is ba- BESS SAID the reduction in car patrols sically a reworking of the floor plan. We're may also have cut down on the response time going to take it one step at a time." of the officers since they may not be as close HE SAID he believes the design of the to their cars. building is sound, but the distribution of By using only one patrol car instead of the equipment was not. normal two, Gerkens said the department is In the meantime, he said the problem has saving money in a various ways. The mileage been solved on a short-term basis. has been "cut down," the patrol cars are Dan Parratt, director of Environmental serviced once every two months instead of Services at the University, was contacted by every month, and the amount of general Buckholz last Friday about the danger of service work and repairs is not as high. having the equipment in that spot. Overtime has also been cut by adding one Parratt said he pointed out the problem to patrol person who had been working on other University Inventory Control who, with the projects to each shift. This allows more le- cooperation of the OCE, moved the office niency in the shift if someone calls in sick. equipment either out of the building or to Both Bess and Gerkens said it is not unusual other parts of the building which were struct - for the budget to be so low at this time of year. rally sound to hold it. "There are only so many things you can "It is surprising that this sort of thing hasn't control and anticipate," Gerkens said. arisen before," Parratt said. "Many of the An unanticipated drain on the budget was buildings on campus are old and change the increased patrols that were put on last fall BG News/Jo* PheUn purpose over time. ' because of the number of sexual assaults on Mural history He said McFall Center was originally built campus. Gerkens said the extra security for Using an airbrush, art professor Adrian Tio paints a mural on a first floor wall in West Hall. This, the third as a library and according to the olue prints, the presidential and other dignitary visits also of seven panels showing the history of moss communication, honors twentieth century innovators. Tio said the area of the third floor in question was a unexpectedly drained the budget. he plans to complete the mural by June. recitation area, which meant stacks of books and other heavy objects weren't kept there. "THE BASE funding the department re- ceives is not enough to do all the things we anticipate," Bess said. "The budget is low. We're spending at a USG sends I.D. question to Board faster rate uian we want to." "It looks like from the comments I've been Bess said by having the officers perform by Nancy Boetwtck A resolution was passed to request the Univer- staff reporter getting (from University administration) that sity adminstration to establish a policy that their patrols on foot, it builds an "esprit de we're going to get photo I.D.'s next year," he professors may not give tests, major quizzes or corps among those on the shift," but doesn't The question as to whether University students said. assign major projects during the week prior to necessarily mean the officers are happy with will have picture validation cards will be an- The program will cost the University $36,000 the decision. swered this Friday, according to Matthew Shull, initially, which will be financed through a $2 fee According to Bob Wade, USG president, the "Generally, I think everyone accepts it USG student welfare coordinator. from each student, he said. Following the first resolution was written with the belief that such a because they understand it.

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