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Vol. 68 Issue 9 THE BG NEWSTu«esday September 10,1985 Opposition abandoned Reagan orders sanctions WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi- dent Reagan abandoned his op- dtion to sanctions against Pretoria's side, page 11. h Africa yesterday and or- dered implementation of most of the anti-apartheid provisions in block the sale of nuclear technol- a bill that congressional leaders ogy to South Africa unless it is said would have passed even "necessary for humanitarian over his veto. reasons to protect health and Attempting to avoid the em- safety." barrassment of a foreign policy defeat in Congress, Reagan is- In the order, signed in the sued an executive order that be Oval Office during a nationally said was "aimed against the broadcast ceremony, Reagan machinery of apartheid without also proposed to ban importa- indiscriminately punishing the tion of the Krugerrand, South people who are victims of that Africa's gold coin, subject to system." consultations with America's A year of racial violence in major trading partners. South Africa in which more than Reagan sent U.S. Ambassador 650 people had been killed, most Herman Nickel back to Pretoria Where's the ocean? BG News/Joe Phelan of them black, had brought with a letter that the president These fans started the wave in a sea of emptiness, but It didn't catch on with the other fans in Doyt L. Perry stadium for the BGSfJ-Toledo sharp attack in the United States said expressed his "grave view Trust Soceer Cup on Saturday afternoon. and in Congress against Rea- of the current crisis and our gan's policy of "constructive assessment of what is needed." engagement" with that country "The American people are - quiet diplomacy to persuade impatient," Reagan said. the governing whites to share As a practical matter, most of power with the voteless black the steps contained in Reagan's Boycott rumors unfounded majority. executive order won't have a Until now, Reagan had Justi- substantial impact on the South by Don Lee ployees were going to picket in lotte Starnes, also a council rep- cent increase in step and longev- fied his opposition to sanctions African government or econ- staff reporter front of the Union - in protest of resentative, said Friday's ity pay, was the best the on the grounds that economic omy, administration officials Olscamp's recent salary In- attendance was "slightly up University could do within the penalties would hurt blacks said. A rumoed boycott by Univer- crease, which one Classified from last year." limits set by the state budget's more than anyone else. Another senior administration sity classified employees of Staff Council representative Starnes called the boycott ru- increase of 4 percent from tu- REAGAN'S ORDER would official, briefing reporters at the President Paul Olscamp's called "more than some of them mors "Just street talk among the ition fee revenues. prohibit U.S. banks from lending White House on condition he not speech Friday never happened. (the classified workers) make in employees." money to the South African gov- be identified, said banning im- In fact, about 600 employees a year." Sharon Stuart, Classified Staff OLSCAMP SAB) the increase ernment unless the funds are ports of Knigerrands was the turned up at the Lenhart Grand Chris Esparza, council rep- Council chair, would not com- left the University SI million to used to help the disenfranchised only penalty that marked a gen- Ballroom for the annual wel- resentative for planning and ment. give to the classified staff, and black majority aa well as uine change in existing policy. come-back convocation. budgeting, said Friday's atten- In his speech to classified em- '... it was the University's whites; ban computer exports to The president insisted he was There were rumors that some dance was up about a third from ployees, Olscamp said the clas- intention to distribute it differ- South African military and law not abandoning his policy of employees were not going to last year's convocation, and sified employees' 4.66 percent ently," but many employees enforcement agencies; and "constructive engagement. attend - one version said em- Public Safety sergeant Char- raise, coupled with a 1.34 per- • See Olscamp, page 4. Student Express to run local route Possible by Mike Mclntyre The bus, which can hold 44 Ninth Street, returning north the entire semester. Bowling Green Police Chief editorial editor students and will run 7:30 on Elm Street. He said, however, that the Galen Ash said the bus would link in a.m. to 7:30 p.m., will be Patton also plans routes bus service would be free for help city police. For those students who are driven through the University uptown on Thursday, Friday its first week. 'Teople can go in (the tired of walking six blocks to on Ridge Street, making seve- and Saturday nights until The bus will begin rolling bars) and tip a few and get a crimes campus and even further to ral stops. Patton is still work- midnight and a trip to Food- Sept. 16, and Patton believes bus ride back," Ash said. the shops and bars uptown, ing on a schedule of the stops town Saturday afternoons. it's high time. "The idea has the potential to Mark Patton is coming to the the bus will make, but said he But the service is not free. "I've always felt there was cut down on drunk driving as by Jim Nleman rescue. would like to include one at a need for it," he said. "The well as open containers, dis- staff reporter Patton is a Bowling Green both Kreischer and PATTON SATO fees haven't winter is terrible here and orderly conduct, and litter businessman who, along with Harshman quadrangles and been worked out yet, but he parking is always a problem (from people walking back A woman was raped Saturday two partners, has bought a one near the University estimates the cost per ride at the University." from the bars)." in an incident similar to a break- used school bus and is start- Union. will be about SO cents. He said But shelter from extreme Bill Bess, director of Public in and molesting that occurred ing a city/University bus The Student Express will students may also purchase a temperatures and deconges- Safety at the University, last Thursday. service called Student Ex- also make a loop off-campus pass for about $39 that would tion of University parking lots agreed. He said the bus serv- The rape occurred about 5:30 press. using High Street south to allow them to ride the bus for are not the only advantages. • See Bus, page 4. a.m. Saturday on the 1500 block of Clough Street. According to police reports, a male entered the apartment through a un- locked glass door. On Thursday, a male broke Computers adapt to students'sophistication into an apartment on Scott Ham- ilton Avenue and threatened to by Don Lee Computer use on campus has computer, you actually had to go kill a female that lived there. In staff reporter increased significantly since to the computer to use it," he • Free classes Offered, page 5. that incident, the man entered 1970, students in computer sci- said. "Today, virtually no one the apartment through a sliding- The University's computer ence courses have been writing goes to the computer,'' working glass bedroom door that had system has been getting more sophisticated programs instead through remote termi- • Air-handling disadvantages, page 5. been left open and a sliding smaller, faster, more powerful and the computer is available to nals and even telephone hook- screen door that was broken. and cheaper over the years, and an increasing number of people ups. Police are investigating both more and more people are using on campus, Richard Conrad There are 160 terminals flees on campus, and 10 termi- capacity of 1% million bytes, or cases. it, according to the University's said. booked up to the University's nals available to students, three units of memory, Conrad said. "They sounded like the same director of computer services. "In the '60s and '70s, to use the main computer at various of of which are in residence hall At the time, it was one of the thing," said Bowling Green Po- labs. Nine residence halls have largest computers built by IBM, lice Chief Galen Ash. "It's iden- computer labs. he added. tical to the girl that was It was replaced in I960 by a molested on Scott Hamilton." IN THE NEAR future, a stu- rented IBM 370 Model 158, with 4 SUSPECTS IN both cases fit dent may be able to contact the million bytes, twice the speed, the same general description. computer with the new touch- and at 5 feet by 7 feet by 7 feet, Saturday's rapist was de- tone campus telephones, key In nowhere near the size of the scribed as a male in his twen- his or her Social Security num- Model 75, Conrad said.