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mostly cloudy New program to assist disabled students Office of Disability Services offers computer program that writes what people say However, he said, "They work together," Cunningham transcripts of students' and ities, so they have an equal By IRENE SHARON (computer programs] are far less said. teachers' responses. This will chance of being successful. high: 69 SCOTT than perfect." Additionally, the Office of help deaf students to participate "We try to minimize the nega- The BG News Also, in the fall they will have Disability Services hopes to start in class actively, he said. tives and focus on similarities low: 50 The Office of Disability Ser- handbooks available for teachers an organization for disabled stu- Several disabled students rather than differences," he said. vices for Students is offering and faculty members, so they dents. expressed contentment over the When Petrisko, who has pro- additional services for the dis- can better accommodate dis- "We are willing to provide the services that the office of disabil- found to severe hearing loss, was abled community at the Univer- abled students. The handbook support," he said. "But we need ity services offer them. deciding whether to attend sity. will have descriptions of differ- students to show interest." "They make sure our needs BGSU or , i Columnist Jeff Gill tells According to Robert Cunning- ent types of disabilities. It will In addition, this semester for are met," said Nikki Petrisko, a she chose the University because ham, director of the Office of Dis- also include what are the best deaf students who don't know freshman communication disor- she could live anywhere and the ' students to be satisfied accommodations for a student sign language, they started to der major. accommodations she needed with BGSU or leave. ability Services for Students, next fall they will provide software with a particular disability and provide a "real time captionist," Cunningham said their mis- could be installed in any room with speech input capability. how the Office of Disability Ser- who is a trained transcriptionist sion is to keep with the Universi- she wanted. At Kent, she would This software program allows vices can help teachers. who attends class with the stu- ty and make sure students feel have to live in a special residence Guest columnist slams the students to speak into a com- "This is offered as positive dent/staff and types lectures welcome and accepted. They hall. In addition, unlike Kent, the puter and the computer writes information for both the [disabil- and/or class discussion as it hap- help the University to extend its Lotus Notes again. out what is said. ity! office and faculty, so we can pens. They will also provide services to students with disabil- • See DISABILITY, page six. nation 4 New limo i Three American E-mail service soldiers captured in routine mission in Kosovo. aids U.S., University students I Dolly, the cloned By KIM WILFONG sheep, gives birth to become more reliant The BG News three. An area entrepreneur is com- on e-mail ing up with an alternative to tinmen! 7 staggering home from the bars. puter science major, is one stu- Denny Emahisen, an employ- By BRANDI BARHITE dent who admits she is The BG News ee at Campus World Travel in "EdTV" is not a replica obsessed with checking her e- Bowling Green, is starting a lim- When the University's newly mail. She has her e-mail set on of "The Truman Show." BG Newt Photo/ KEVIN VORHEES ousine service that will offer free installed e-mail system, Lotus autocheck and every time she drop-off and pick-up for stu- has a new message she checks Notes, encountered a few bugs dents from local bars. in mid-March, students and fac- it. Dustin Lampe. a freshman business and pre-law major, checks his e-mail using Lotus Notes. "I'm offering free rides to the ulty were frustrated. "Since I came to college my bars," Emahisen said. "If you "When the system goes reliance on e-mail has intensi- now essential— which becomes said in 1994, registering for an e- want to give me money, I will fied," she said. "Last semester down, people think their lives evident whenever the system mail account was made more donate it to a charity." my computer crashed. I went end," said Matt Mikulicz, an goes down." accessible. Emahisen said that he is Information Technology Ser- about crazy when I couldn't Toby Singer, interim execu- "It has become a way of life," doing this to let kids have fun check my e-mail." vices system supporter. tive director of ITS, said he she said. "Originally it was just and stay safe. He is not exaggerating. The rest of America is also understands why people felt so used among professors and col- "1 just want everybody to According to Ann-Marie Lan- experiencing this craze. "lost" when Lotus Notes could leagues, but.now everyone is on have fun and get home safe," he caster, vice provost of technolo- According to a recent article not provide a consistent and a listproc." said. "I would rather have this gy, the University is reliant on e- in U.S. News and World Report, at reliable e-mail service. She said that even when than run into someone intoxicat- mail and would not be able to least a third of the nation is now "It doesn't surprise me e- school is out for break, thou- ed on the road." function without it. She said sending messages over the mail is so popular," Singer said. sands of e-mail messages are Emahisen has received posi- between five and seven thou- internet. It further reported that "It is fast and a simple way of processed. tive feedback for his idea. i Women's track team sand e-mail messages are 2.2 billion e-mail messages are communicating and at a very Jeff Hawley, junior English "This is an experiment to see processed per hour. Over 20,000 sent a day compared to the 293 low cost." and computer science major hosts Northwest if it would work and I've got students and faculty have e- million pieces of first- class mail Despite BGSU's reliance on e- who uses Eudora, said he is not tremendous response," he said. Track Invitational. mail accounts. sent. mail, it has not always been so obsessed with e-mail, but he "I've talked to all the bar owners She described this phenome- "E-mail has become second popular. In fact, only 3,000 Uni- does check it regularly. He has it and everybody loved the idea." non as "e-mail madness." nature to techsavvy net-setters versity students and faculty had set on autocheck. The service will pick up and "It provides you nearly and groovy grandmas alike," e-mail accounts in Spring 1994. "Whenever 1 enter my room, drop off 24 hours a day, every instantaneous communication the article said. "It is de rigor for Yet by December 1994. 13,000 I see if the little letter icon has Opinion 2 day of the week. where other forms of communi- college kids, and an important people had e-mail accounts. appeared, and I check it," he "There is a 24-hour call, seven Page Three 3 cation might be hard," she said. tool for children and teenagers, Lancaster said the growth of said. days of the week, anytime," who use it to test the limits of World and Nation 4 "We are reliant on the speed of e-mail can be traced to the facul- He said e-mail makes his life Emahisen said. "If I can drive Entertainment 7 the communication." social behavior and good taste. ty's desire to interact with their you, I will drive you." In many workplaces, it is by students via the service. She Sports 9 Sandy Shadburn, junior com- i See E-MAIL, page five. University students think that Sports Agate 10 . this is a good idea. "People are going to drink whether they have a ride home E-mail problems being ironed out or not," said Tanya Jacimovic, ing to Ann-Marie Lancaster, with e-mail attachments and "The transition has been senior interpersonal communi- By BRANDI BARHITE vice provost of technology. replies. painful, but we had to do it." cation major. "It's better that The BG News "A year from now all those Yet three weeks after the Toby Singer, interim execu- they do than drive home "It has become a way who want to be converted will University changed its e-mail tive director of ITS, said the drunk." One year from now, the new Amy Nesbit, senior interper- of life. Originally it was e-mail system Lotus Notes is be converted," Lancaster said. system from Pine to Lotus change was for the better. The She also said Information Notes, Lancaster said opera- Lotus Notes program can work sonal communications major just used among profes- projected to be operating at its agreed. sors and colleagues, but fullest potential. Technology Services is working tions are going more smoothly. with other applications that For awhile though, Lancaster will eventually allow people to "I think it would be a really now everyone is on a list- This summer, Lotus Notes on eliminating the need for will be installed into all Univer- users to set up the entire Lotus said the switchover was creat- use the e-mail system for more good idea to have a limo service proa" Notes System every time they ing problems. than just sending mail. sity administrative offices, and to drive people home from bars Ann-Marie Lancaster faculty will undergo training to check their mail. They are also "What we a-e doing is the vice provost of technology use the new program, accord- trying to work out problems right thing to do," she said. • Sec COMPUTERS, page six. • See SERVICE, page five. Director takes stand for students, University in capital Check out: www.bgnews. Larry Weiss is influential in many governmental projects in Columbus By VINCE GUERRIERI largest legislative delegations in cert with other colleges and uni- com the state, according to Weiss. versities. The BG News Weiss's most recent project News, web extras and a "If we have each university The University has an advo- has involved House Bill 165, a running around for themselves, whole lot more. cate in Columbus. bill which would permit the car- we won't get as much done as if Larry Weiss, the director of rying of concealed weapons in we presented things in one Want to get in touch? alumni affairs for the University, Ohio. Weiss said the University voice," Weiss said. has been serving as the interim is not opposed to the idea of car- The main issue Weiss has been bgnews@bgnet. director of governmental affairs rying concealed weapons, but it concerned with is the drawing bgsu.edu since 1997, going to Columbus would be inappropriate to carry up of the state budget. Ohio two to three days a week on them on university campuses. draws up a budget every two Your direct line to your behalf of BGSU and higher edu- House Bill 165 represented an years, and the General Assembly newspaper cation in general. Last July, the issue on which colleges and uni- is in the process of making the word interim was dropped from versities in Ohio came together. state budget. Governor Bob Taft Or call us: his title. Many times, the causes the Uni- has already given his budget Weiss stays in contact with all versity lobbies for or against are proposal to the General Assem- the legislators in the General causes on which other colleges bly. 372-6966 Assembly, but particularly with and universities across Ohio Weiss will be particularly BG New» Photo/ VINCE GUERRIERI the 12 legislators who are Uni- have opinions. One of Weiss' versity graduates, one of the duties is to keep working in con- Larry Weiss, the director of government affairs in Columbus, • See WEISS, page five. most recently worked on the House Bill 165 project. ! H prt|i<' 2 The BG News Friday, April 2, 1999 The BG News

"An independent student voice serving Bowling Green since 1920" 210 West Hall Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 Phone: (419) 372-2601 E-mail: [email protected] Mike Wendlinji Editor-in-chief Brian Taylor Brandi Barhite Opinion Editor Managing Editor Kimberly Wilfong Scott I auber Copy Chief Photo Editor Tod McCloskey Scott Zimmer Sports Editor Graphics Editor Tony Cavallario Entertainment Editor Natalie Miller Web Editor Students need to stop whining Melissa Naymik Amyjo L. Brown Who hates the new e-mail ple get upset that they have to then waits for someone else to Assistant Managing Editor Chief Reporter system? Who hates by the lack of work for something, or they clean it up. I got angry about the parking spots? Who hates the can't have their way. Take that USG controversy, so I wrote a attendance policy? Who hates silver spoon out of your mouth, column to bring public attention the fact that USG doesn't do melt it down, and sell it. With to it. I did my part. jack? Who hates the fact that the money maybe you can afford I bet that none of you are try- computer labs are always full to buy your own computer. This ing to change the parking situa- and you have to wait so long? way you can check your e-mail This week, The News printed ,i three-part series on marijuana, tion. How many of you have Wc touched on the history of marijuana as a drug, its effects, legal Who hates that food at Chily's from the comfort .if your and the G.T. is so expensive? home everv 87 seconds. protested against the e-mail? I penalties for using it and even explored a few students' stories from probably couldn't even count on their personal use over the years. Well, quit crying. If there's Then there s the parking my hands the number of people From this information and more, it's clear that at the least, our one thing I've noticed in the last issue, which all the USG candi- who complain about USG, then nation's drug policy is insensible. year, it's that the students com- dates spoke much on during Men and women of science, ranging from the director of the Uni- plain too much. If everything a class gets out and there's a line campaigning. This seems to me do something. The point is to get versity's Health Center to government-sponsored scientists, all isn't just right, there's a major out the door of people waiting to be an issue that will never be active. Take a stand, then follow seem to agree thai marijuana might have valuable medical effects. controversy. The newspaper (probably all waiting to check e- solved, not as long as I'm here at through. It does nobody any But yet, our government still insists on keeping marijuana illegal here helps perpetuate this. I'm mail)? Yes, this sucks, but what least. I'd say a parking garage is good to say that something is for even that use. not slamming them, though. are you going to do? You leave the best idea, but it seems to be wrong. But hopefully it will and go to your next class, or Further still, holh local law enforcement and Dr. Joshua Kaplan, That's why they're here. The stu- far away from a possibility, due change itself. Don't be so lazy. dents are here to learn. home, or whatever and try later. to the budget. There doesn't Director of the University Health Center agree that alcohol is much It all boils down to the simple Everyone knows by now that Ifvoucome back 20 minutes seem to be much more room for more destructive that marijuana. But banning alcohol consumption fact that we're all lazy. We want BGSU got a new e-mail system. later everyone has left. Don't parking lots. I'm slumped. But is rarely ever given serious value. the world to run itself, but wants The basic fact is that law enforcement hasn't cut down on mari- It is much quicker and has more try to check e-mail between so is the University, so quit com- it to run our way. There aren't juana consumption. Although arrests have increased to nearly options. It seems to be a fine sys- classes and vou'll be okay. plaining. They're working hard many people that get out in the 700,00(1 people per year for marijuana, use of the drug has stayed tem. We should thank this insti- The University could build to find a solution for you. It more or less the same over the years. tution for getting it. What? Oh, it new labs and buy more comput- doesn't help them to keep yap- open to make a difference, to It makes little sense to put someone in jail for a maximum of 30 has a few bugs? Well, maybe ITS ers to accommodate the prob- pin' about it. make things belter for those who years for simplv selling or growing marijuana, as some states can should have waited till summer lem. They would have no place I like to complain too, but this come after us. and do. And it makes even less sense tor the federal government to to install it, so there were no to put them The solution is to is ridiculous, lust take a second I believe every student has punish people using marijuana on the same scale as that of those bugs, but they didn't. Deal with either wait till a low-congestion to picture a perfect University. I two options. 1) stop the com- using heroin or cocaine. it. God forbid you should have time of day or wait in line bet you liked what you saw. And plaining and try to make things patiently. ludging from both scientists and regular users, it seems clear that to go through five extra steps I'm sure I would too, at first. better or 2) transfer out of Bowl- Every time I see someone get- marijuana is far less addictive than many drugs that arc legal or every time you want to check .How fun would it be to live in a ing Green. If it sucks so bad, then your e-mail. Everyone used to ting upset over waiting when perfect world? What would it be licensed or medical use. Alcohol, cigarettes, morphine, even coffee just get the hell out. You won't constantly complain that Pine I'm in a lab, I wish the ceiling like if everyone got along? I have been shown to be more addictive than marijuana, but yet, be missed. cannabis remains illegal. was too slow and it was too old, would fall on them. This way wouldn't be writing for this Legalization of marijuana is a very serious issue and needs to be so ITS got a.new system. Well, they would shut their mouth for newspaper anymore. treated as such. One thing that our country learned from Prohibition you got your wish. Will you two damn seconds. The thing that pisses me off leff CHI is a .columnist for The was that once something is made legal, it's nearly impossible to go never be happy? Would you like to have every- more than anything is people News. He can be reached for direc- back and make it a crime. And the same should be recognized with Speaking of computer labs, thing handed to you on a silver you are upset about something, tions out of Boivling Green at marijuana. To make a mistake and allow another harmful drug into have you ever go to one just after platter? It's a shame when peo- run their lip about how bad it is. [email protected]. society in a legal status could create more or as much trouble as alcohol has caused us. And many in law enforcement and medicine do fear this. Some- Students face more Lotus Notes problems people do find themselves strongly addicted to marijuana. Also, it is In light of recent news and attachments of substantial size ITS, instead of complying, difficult to ascertain whether someone is driving under the influ- popular request it appears that only with great difficulty. How- assured the Faculty Senate that ence of marijuana We already have problems with underage chil- an addendum is needed to my ever, one need not worry about the transition would be smooth dren buying and using cigarettes as well as alcohol, so marijuana previous article. In said article I attachments at the and the matter of merely flip- ;.could be one more problem tacked onto these. moment. reviewed some of the facts con- ping a switch. It is a shame that But it would seem that these problems exist whether marijuana is cerning the ITS e-mail transition Lancaster has decreed that no ITS would not heed the advice of ^illegal or not. People still drive while high. Marijuana is almost as and the poor judgment of ITS attachments exceeding 2 megs of others in this matter. ^available as alcohol or cigarettes in a lot of communities, and not management in the carrying out disk space are to be admitted I just inner-city communities either. of that transition. through campus e-mail. As Many could have been saved To take that venturous step and make legal a drug such as mari- such, should one wish to e-mail great trouble. ! juana so that it could be regulated and so that our prisons wouldn't In this article it is my intent to a large photograph to family ' be filled with criminals of misdemeanor crimes makes sense in make clear certain other ele- In closing, Lotus Notes has members or , more likely • many ways, which is why The News urges consideration of such an ments that seem indefensible on demonstrated itself to be an the part of ITS management. guard against said breach. than not, such will not be possi- action from our government. ble. Others who try to e-mail unreliable method of gaining e- I also left contended that In fact, because it has been these images or program files mail access. ITS management Letters to the Editor policy Lotus Notes is a buggy piece of made awkward to even keep onto campus will be met with has shown itself to be an unreli- • Do you agree with all of this? Wc doubt It. Write us and let us know where you software as opposed to Pine. headers on a given e-mail it is error messages. able managing body. Perhaps it stand. harder than ever to trace e-mail i ■ Letters to the Editor. Letters arc to be less than 500 words (less than two In this article I would like to Perhaps the most disturbing is time that both are changed. typed, double-spaced pages). These are usually In response to a current issue on clarify exactly how some of forgeries. the IK,Si > campus or Bowling Green area. bug in Lotus Notes is that it Indeed, after the overwhelm- those bugs will be manifesting One might also wish to note ■ Guest Columns. Longer pieces (between 600-800 words) can be submitted as would be quite simple for an ingly positive response to my Guest Columns. Guest columns will be subject to space limitations and consul themselves. that the supposed "Notes Serv- aspiring hooligan to e-mail the previous letter and overwhelm- ■ ered based on topic relevance and quality. er" is, at the moment, nothing entire campus. The entire direc- In recent news there has been ingly negative response to Lotus To submit a Guest Column or Letter, bring a written copy to 210 West Hall and much talk of the "Melissa Virus" more than a series of Dell desk- tory is available for cutting and Notes, it speaks all the poorer for leave It In the Opinion Editor's mailbox. Or, send it on e-mail to the Opinion Edi- that is transmitted from comput- top computers. Lotus pasting. tor at taylob#bgnet.bgsu.edu and give It the subject, 'Letter to the Editor". the character of ITS managers er to computer via e-mail. Had Notes is so extraordinarily There is, however, little need Copyright ?, 1999, The BG News, Bowling Green, Ohio. Reprinting of any the university stayed with Pine poorly constructed that the serv- to worry about everybody actu- that they have not already made material from this publlcarion without prior permission of The BG News is our e-mail would have been Pine equally available as it was prohibited. er bought specifically for it ally receiving said e-mail since immune from attacks from said (which also happened to run the the slightest disturbance tends to before the Lotus Notes fiasco. The BG News is an Independent publication founded in 1920 and is pub- lished dally during the academic year and weekly during the summer semes- virus. Lotus Notes is entirely university over a quarter of a crash the Notes Server, whether Let us hope that they do not : ter. open to the Melissa Virus. million dollars) kept crashing makeshift or otherwise. dally much longer in rectifying when people attempted to run .' Opinions expressed In columns and letters to the editor are not necessarily A reason given for the e-mail On a positive note, students their collective mistake. • those of the student body, faculty, University administration or The BG Lotus Notes on said server. • News. Unsigned editorials are the opinion of the Spring 1999 BG News transition is that Pine left too ought congratulate their profes- ! staff. many holes in security. It seems This lack of a proper server sors for their marvelous fore- Louis Lomasky is a guest colum- : The BG News encourages Its readers to notify the paper of any errors in that the most common security means that Lotus Notes is sight. The Faculty Senate plead- ; stories or photograph descriptions. breach is that of sending fake e- presently running more slowly ed with ITS to delay this transi- nist. He can be reached at ; Decisions made by the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board are final. mail. Lotus Notes does not than PJne and that it transmits tion until summer. [email protected]. f. I 15 t I 1. \ website of the day PEOPLE Pacre www.cool.infi.net. on the street

the adventures of I, pronounced as eye we are looking for Hash fiction by Jason Nelson creative and impactful How many times a questions to oueru the day do you check From a distance, somewhere between two and the campus of Bqsu. your e-mail? a half million miles and seventeen inches, I look sad. if you have something It's not my fault, but rather the gnomes living on my John O'Conner Christian Wayne wacky or serious or — Undecided Freshman face. They're tiny creatures, with hairy foreheads and best of all Freshman History I haven't checked "Five times a day" three big stubby fingers. They operate a series of pul- hard-hitting and insight- it once all year." leys and a lattice work of scaffolding around my ful to asls the students of mouth. You can't see them. No, not even if you had Bowling qreen, let us know. There are people an electron microscope and a Norwegian lab assis- on the street dyincr to tant, could you see their fumbling hands yanking and Andrew Mizsak answer your questions, Freshman contorting my expressions. You have to understand, Political Science and we don't wanna let "About six times a well you don't have to, but I'd sure appreciate it, that them down! day." it's really not my fault that I look sad. Somewhere send suggestions to: deep in the bureaucratic mess of gnome society it is required by gnome law, I look sorrowful and dis- •iio west Hall Rachel Duszynski Laura Salasek Senior Junior traught. I've tried legal maneuvers, but I'd need •4'9/372-6966 Fine Arts TComm "Two times a day." "Two to three times pads and really loose hip sockets, which are expen- •rnarym@b

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ATLANTA (AP) — Smoking among middle school studenls in Florida dropped 19 percent in the year since the stale launched an aggressive anti-tobacco campaign limed at children, the federal gov- ernment said Thursday. The decline, which is larger than any nationally among youth since 1980, could indicate that the prevalence of teen smoking has peaked, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The number of Florida middle school students who reported hav- Associated Press Photo ing smoked cigarettes declined from 18.5 percent in February 1998 to This framegrab shows captured American soldiers on Serbian television. Lett to right, Staff Sgt. Andrew Ramirez, Staff Sgt. 15 percent in February 1999. Cigarette use among high schoolers Christopher Stone and Spc. Steven Gonzales. dropped from 27.4 percent to 25.2 percent during the same period. The Florida Legislature last year allocated $70 million to vigor- ously enforce smoking age limits and for a series of TV and radio ads Three soldiers captured during mission produced by teen-agers that poke fun at the tobacco industry. The The Associated Press trails, in their wide Humvee than NATO said it was unclear exactly Many of those who live in the program started last April. pull guard duty at base camp. where they were at the time. area are either ethnic Serbs or "It was boring in the camp, Ramirez, Stone and Gonzales ■ CLONED SHEEP ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■I KUMANOVO, Macedonia — Macedonian nationalists furious The three U.S. soldiers had and out there it was quiet and were part of a U.S. Army contin- over NATO military strikes on Dolly gives birth to 3 patrolled the hills and valleys peaceful," said Tim Baker, a pho- gent that had been assigned to a their neighbor and the presence EDINBURGH, Scotland — Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be between Macedonia and tographer for Stars and Stripes, a U.N. monitoring force sent to of foreign troops on their soil. cloned from an adult cell, has given birth to healthy triplets con- Yugoslavia many times. But their newspaper for U.S. troops. Macedonia in 1993. "You go through these very ceived the old-fashioned way, scientists said Thursday. familiarity with the rugged, ill- Baker spent time with the Last month, however, small farm villages," Baker said. defined border didn't keep them three soldiers and other members vetoed an extension of the U.N. "It was tense. When they drove Dolly gave birth to two males and one female lamb Wednesday, from being captured. of their unit Tuesday in the force and part ol the group — the the white (U.N.) cars, it was no and "we are delighted," said Dr. Harry Griffin, assistant director of In recent weeks, some inhabi- mountains along the border with 4th Cavalry Regiment of the 1st problem. Now they are green the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh. tants had begun to show anger Kosovo_, a province of Infantry Division — was and they are getting stones and It was a second pregnancy for Dolly, who gave birth to a single toward the patrols, as their mis- Yugoslavia's republic Serbia. attached to a 12,000-member dirty looks even though it is the lamb, Bonnie, last spring. All four lambs have the same father, a sion official turned from peace- Yugoslav military officials and NATO force assembled in Mace- same guys." NATO offered conflicting infor- donia In case of a peace agree- Welsh mountain ram named David. keeping to military reconnais- During the patrols, a Humvee sance. Still, Staff Sgts. Andrew A. mation Thursday about the exact ment in Kosovo, where ethnic may sometimes split off from The births of Bonnie and the triplets demonstrates that, despite location of the U.S. soldiers when Albanian rebels are battling Serbs Dolly's unusual origins, she is able to breed normally and produce Ramirez, Christopher J. Stone other vehicles in the patrol to go and Spc. Steven M. Gonzales pre- they were seized bv Serb forces. for independence. healthy offspring, the institute said. The triplets will not be named. around a small hill. That hap- ferred to travel the rough roads, A Yugoslav army announcement They changed their white Dolly was born at the institute in July 1996 after scientists cloned said the three soldiers, missing peacekeeping vehicles for mili- pened with the three soldiers, through small villages and somewhere near the border vil- her from a cell from another sheep's udder. She was named after the forests, across streams and goat since Wednesday afternoon, tary green, and that changed singer Dolly Parton. were captured in Yugoslavia. everything lage of Penince.

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Continued from page one. student," Weiss said. "Every university needs funds said. "That's what I'm trying to to write to their legislators to "It's not just President Ribeau Weiss lobbies for the Universi- for technology transformation," do." affect policy, or just to keep in and myself lobbying in Colum- busy this month, when the edu- ty in Columbus and returns to he said. Weiss also tries to maintain a touch as an active participant in bus," he said. "It's voting con- cational budget will be debated. Bowling Green to update the Weiss also serves to inform good working relationship with the democratic process. stituents in the district." Weiss began his interim tenure as administration. legislators and state executives the legislative aides in Colum- "It's a good way to say 'thank But for now, Weiss is the Uni- the state evaluated its mode of "It's really a two-way flow of about various programs at bus. He said knowing the aides you,'" he said. versity's man in Columbus. school funding through property information I'm carrying," Weiss BGSU. He cited as an example is key, especially after term limits State Rep. Randy Gardner (R- "I think he'll do a great job," , taxes. The State Supreme Court said. Ohio Reads, the project institut- are established. There are 132 4) appreciates the feedback, but : Latta said. "I think BGSU needs a. ruled it unconstitutional, and Many legislators are informed ed by Taft to increase literacy in members of the Ohio legislature, is reserving judgment on the voice in the Statehouse." legislators scrambled to find a by Weiss. Bob Latta (R-2), the Ohio. Weiss said a similar pro- and 59 will leave in 2000 because effectiveness of the advocate pro- Weiss has settled into his post new, fairer way to fund educa- state senator for the district gram has been in place at the of term limits. gram. as director of governmental tion. encompassing Wood County, "It's very early, so I can't say University since the fall of 1998, "There are people leaving the affairs. He feels more comfort- They came up with a state said he was especially surprised albeit on a smaller scale. there are tangible results," he House and Senate for other state able in Columbus and is being sales tax, which went on the bal- to leam about computers and Literacy Serve and Learn is a or local jobs," Weiss said. said. "It is a program that most recognized by legislators and lot as State Issue 2. It was to be technology on campus. partnership between BGSU and A trend becoming more com- universities haven't done." Only their aides as "that guy from used as a stopgap, and it was "Where the universities are the Toledo Public Schools where mon is the searching for a state Ohio State University has a simi- endorsed by the BGSU Board of and the students are, they've 125 education students provide job and leaving an elected post lar program in Ohio. Bowling Green." He is amazed Trustees, and most other univer- passed by most people by at least assistance to Toledo elementary early, according to Latta. There an? already 60 alumni by the helpfulness of the people sity trustees. However, it was a decade," Latta said. school students. Weiss informed "I think people will be staying who are participating in the there, and although he admits he defeated in the general election. Technology transformation legislators and the governor's in the legislature for only three to advocacy program, and Weiss doesn't know it all, he is willing" Weiss said the issue of school funding is one of the issues office about the University's five years," he said. hopes to have an advocate in to learn. funding is still very important, Weiss informs legislators about. active role in student literacy. Weiss also is trying to institute every legislative district to give "There's not a week down especially to college students. It is an issue that is common to "These kinds of things send a an alumni advocacy program, BGSU a presence throughout the there that I don't learn some- "It will affect every college all universities. positive message about BG," he encouraging University alumni state. thing." E-MAIL^ SERVICE

Continued from page one. land and he wanted to call his Not everyone relies on e-mail Continued from page one. from cities within 200 miles of would buy plane tickets and parents four times a week that though. April Day, a junior Bowling Green including Toledo, have no transportation to the air- much easier and is a less costly could be expensive," he said. apparci merchandising major, and to the airport," she said. method of communication. "You could e-mail them 100 said she has lived without e-mail Ann Arbor, Detroit, Lima, port. He said he would sell tick- "I use it quite a bit, but as a "There would need to be adver- times and it would be free," he for 20 years and has only recent- Columbus, Cleveland and Find- ets to people and they would tool," he said. "I would have dif- said. ly started to utilize e-mail. She tisements- and lots of them -to let ficulty communicating with Shadburn, an admitted e-mail checks it three times a week. people know about the service so lay. Those interested must make need a ride to the airport. friends at other schools, and list- junkie, said she e-mails her par- "I'm not crazy about e-mail," that it would be utilized. Most a reservation and pay a fare of Those interested in taking procs would be significantly ents every day and it saves her a she said. "I find it impersonal $25 for Toledo, $65 for Detroit, advantage of the service can call more challenging." lot of money. and annoying." importantly, it would need to be Singer shared similar "E-mail is a lot less expensive Shadburn finds e-mail far offered at a very reasonable $80 for Cleveland and $120 for 35-DRUNK for rides to and from thoughts. He said e-mail is more than the phone," she said. "It is from annoying. price." Columbus. the bars or (419) 353-7865 for ser- convenient for students who are also convenient, because you can "Every time I hear that beep, I not locals. save messages. You can't record check it, unless I'm sleeping," Emahisen also runs a service Emahisen began this service vice to surrounding cities and "If a student is from Cleve- phone conversations." she said. that offers drop-off or pick-up after he realized that people airports. Utah tribe fights state for right to build nuclear waste dump The Associated 1'iv.ss waste dump, a hazardous waste ing to find work. worried ■the dump will become chain of dirt roads around the 'We just don't want it," Leav- incinerator, an Army chemical permanent. They also shudder at reservation. itt said. "The drawbridge will be So the tribe decided to make a SALT LAKE CITY — For Leon and biological testing range, the the thought of waste being raised to the waste storage utili- Bear and 27 other members of nation's largest storehouse for virtue of its desolation. It con- shipped along Interstate 80 and That would allow the state to ties and permission to cross the Skull Valley Band of Goshute chemical weapons and an Air tracted to temporarily store high- fear the site's proximity to the block waste shipments on paved refused." Indians, home is an 18,000-acre Force bombing range. level nuclear waste shunned by bombing range. roads or rail lines that cross the Lawmakers have also patch on the parched alkali flats every other state. roads if the Nuclear Regulatory of Utah's desert. Those unsavory neighbors Legislators have backed stripped the proposed dump's make it hard for the tribe to The plan has divided the tribe Republican Gov. Mike Leavitt in Commission approves the dump owners of protection from law- The reservation is tucked attract jobs, and more and more and placed it in conflict with opposing the proposed dump, and it begins operating, which suits that could result from an between a low-level nuclear of the band's members are leav- state leaders, who say they're voting for state control over a could happen as soon as 2002. accident there-. What do you think? Tell everyone what's on your mind and find out what the person next to you Is thinking on 1ho Opinion Page. Monday through Friday In The BG News. He're nuua Hr Come see why Charlesiown Apartments - 710 Scotl Hamilton A and 730 Scott Hamilton A,B,C, & D Spacious two bedroom units with patiolbalcony. central air. garbage disposals, full batbs. private parking, on-sitelaundry, and lots of storage Landlord pays hot & cold water, sewer & waste disposal. $525lmo. unfurn., $575ltno. furn. Ashdon Apartments - 850 Scott Hamilton #2 Our last giant fully furnished, two bedroom unit...totally remodeled newcarpet. linoleum, blinds &fresh paint! Lots ofstorage both in andoutside the apartment.greatfor4 people. $600lmo. + electric

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i t I * • ' ' page 6 The BG News Friday, April 2, 1999 DISABILITY Continued from page one. Matt Harkins, a freshman con- life. Problems she faces are wait- cation. Again, there are more struction management major, ing for a taxi, reaching fountains similarities than differences. disability office informs her pro- has dyslexia. Harkins believes and sinks, her wheelchair getting They have the same hectic stress- fessors of her conditions. the office of disability services stuck and accessing doors on es, hectic schedule and responsi- Petrisko has had profound to meets his needs. campus. bility as the 'non-disabled.'" severe hearing loss since compli- "They [Disability Office] are "Either the doors don't work One myth is that disabled stu- cations in her inner ear devel- doing a good job," he said. "I or don't totally work," she said. dents are less intelligent. Other oped when she was 7 years old. highly recommended BGSU for "Oftentimes, if they are sup- myths are that a blind person She was deaf for some time, but learning disability students. posed to access both outer and needs to be talked to more loud- retrieved some hearing after They try to help students the inner doors, one of them will not ly and mentally ill people have numerous surgeries. In order to best they can." work." no hopes for improvement, he get by she uses hearing aids and Accommodations that Lecture classes in Olscamp explained. reads lips. Despite her disability, Harkins have been able to get are Hall are also a problem. Since Petrisko said many people she considers herself normal. extra timing on tests, the option she can't get to the front of the believe she is not intelligent Accommodations that the of having his test read, books on room, she uses a tape recorder. Office of Disability Services was because of her disability. tapes and tutoring. The office of disability does go "We [the disabled) put forth able to provide her include a "I didn't get tutoring directly out of its way to provide accom- more effort into studying," she "shake-awake" alarm, which is from the office," he said. "But modations for students in wheel- said. an alarm attached to a vibrator they connected me with chairs. For example, in Moseley Petrisko advised to carefully that is placed under a pillow. The resources that could better help Hall there is no elevator, so the pronounce and articulate words alarm vibrates when either the me in that area." Writer's Lab will come to them, when they talk to hearing- phone rings, a person comes into Cunningham said some dis- Cunningham said. impaired people. She also said the room or when the fire alarm abled students feel apprehensive In order to further accommo- get their attention by making a The University offers students with disabilities many services, goes off. She also uses the FM about coming to a college cam- date students in wheelchairs, system, which is an amplifica- gesture of tapping them. one of them includes handicapped parking. pus. They worry about the they will work with the Office of He advised people to consider nature of different types of dis- tion device that she uses to hear "I don't mind getting tapped friendliness of the environment, Registration and Records to the fact that everyone learns dif- abilities." in classes. Furthermore, she has a on the shoulder," she said. what reactions will they get from make sure these students are not ferently. Brian Niedzwiecki, a senior volume controller on the phone other students and how they will She emphasized that people on a fast-paced schedule. "No two people learn the social humanitarianism major, and a fire alarm with flashing shouldn't assume that just get along on a day-to-day basis. Derda said the University is same," he said. "Everyone has a had similar thoughts. He said lights. Petrisko perceives the teach- because a person wears hearing very supportive and compas- learning disability, it's just some the University needs to improve In addition, she receives aids, they hear everything. ers at the University as very sionate. are more extreme than others." in accommodating individuals extended timing on tests and cooperative and understanding. "People here are nice and Furthermore, she advised the Despite all the office of dis- in wheelchairs, help with scheduling. "They Students are also helpful and willing to help me," Derda said. "non-disabled" to give the dis- ability services offers, Cunning- "Some of the buildings on [Disability Officel make sure I even have offered her help in "They offer advice and help me abled a chance and have ham said they can do more. campus do not have ramp access receive teachers who are cooper- note taking. with schooling." patience with them. "We can do better and will do or they have ramps in inconve- ative," she said. There are some problems, Cunningham believes that "You never know, it might better in the future," he said. nient places," he said. "They also Lisa Derda, a sophomore art though. She admitted she is exposure to disabled students is happen to you," she said. "We can improve access to tech- do not have doors thai are acces- major who uses a . wheelchair, often frustrated when using the beneficial to the University. Harkins said the general nology/computer educational sible, especially in Hanna Hall. said the University has helped phone. Furthermore, she has to "They [the disabled) can be stereotype that learning disabled programs, have a clear under- The University Hall's elevators her a lot with her disability. adjust to people's voices. successful," he said. "They create students face is that they are not standing of rights and responsi- often will get stuck and are unre- She receives counseling, tutor- Derda also said that she does awareness and dispel a lot of suffering from a disability, but bilities and inform others of the liable." ing and extended time on tests. confront problems in her daily myths about the disabled in edu- are just lazy. COMPUTERS "The hardware was slow," she nienced, Lancaster understands, Continued from page one. "We lost two weeks of time," with user problems, but we did- the fall and have problems, espe- she said. "People were working n't expect all the technical prob- cially when many people forget said. "It was all it was going to be yet said the problems were a and that is no good in technolo- "We changed the system to from 7 a.m. to midnight." lems," she said. their passwords over break or result of bad luck and an unfore- gy That is a dead end." make it better for students," he Additionally, another problem For the most part, Lancaster don't even have an account. seen virus. said students and faculty have "We needed the users here," Jeff Hawley, junior English Singer also said people need said. was that e-mail users who use been patient during the prob- she said "We needed people lo and computer science major, said According to Lancaster the their first names or last names as to realize that e-mail is a compli- logins could not access their e- lems, yet there were a few people leave a week the32n come back." while the e-mail problems were cated program that is not as easy initial problem was that there inconvenient, it was tolerable. mail because of another Lotus who took their frustration out on Another complaint was that as clicking a mouse. were software bugs within the the University did not need an "Some people legitimately Notes bug ITS. "E-mail doesn't just happen, Lotus Notes program that ITS One common complaint was updated e-mail system. couldn't gel stuff done without On top of all that, she said there is a lot of hard work behind did not anticipate. These bugs many users misread their initial that ITS should have waited until Lancaster disagreed. it, yet I don't feel that it crippled caused the gateways, systems password, which intensified the the summer to implement the She said Pine could not be the campus like many people are it," he said. "E-mail seems magi- that route the e-mail, to malfunc- situation. change. Yet Lancaster said they used with any other applications claiming," he said. cal to some people, but it is not tion. "We were prepared to deal did not want people to come in and it was not a secure system. For those that were inconve- magical to us."

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By JAMES ELDRED Ed (Matthew McConaughey) is The BG News 'EDtv' chosen. First things first, The show begins, and at first "EDtv" is nothing j Starring: Matthew McConaugh- it is horribly boring. The high- like "The Truman ey, Woody Harrelson, Sally Kirk- light of the first day is Ed check- Show." Don't listen land, Ellen DeGeneres ing his own butt out on the tele- to people that tell The Newt says: Funny, unpre- dictable, and not The Truman vision. Things don't really pick you that it's a cheap rip-offt of it. Show.' up until later in the week when They were both written at the he begins to fall for his brother's same time, and the fact that they *•* girlfriend Shari, played by Jenna came out so closely together is 1 Mar: jua go lo Irw bag Elfmann. just a coincidence (like 2 tun: oo lo »* bar tm 3 stare: movie, Irian bar "Armageddon" and "Deep 4 atari: movto. Ken movie again Their relationship has its problems, however. First of all, Impact"). The only thing that the that they have lower ratings than Ed's brother (Woody Harrelson) films have in common is the the gardening network, they was watching EDtv at the time basic idea, and that both are very decide to try something differ- and saw them kiss, so he now good movies. ent. They will record one per- hates Ed. The public does not son's life 24 hours a day, unedit- "EDtv" begins at a meeting of think Shari is good enough for executives at the fictitious True ed, uninterrupted and uncen- sored. After a nationwide search, Ed, and as Ed gets more and TV network. After discovering more popular, it's hard for them Photo Provided to go anywhere safely. Campus Radio Top Tens, Week Ending 3/28 Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson play the Pekurny brothers in Ron Howards new The show also causes havoc in comedy EDtv. his family, including tension most of the laughs don't come about the celebrity-obsessed room unless Ed does, so he does- between his mom and stepdad, from Ed, they come from Ellen society that we live in. n't miss a moment. played by Martin Landau, who DeGeneres and Rob Reiner as © People idolize Ed, even It's a comment on how reliant is excellent. He steals every the two programming executives though he's no better than them. we have become on the televi- 1. Built to SPill 1. Frank Black scene he's in with his hilarious responsible for EDtv. DeGeneres They just like him because he's sion in recent years. It also shows attitude. This is the best role he's plays Cynthia Topping. The 2. The Roots 2. The Crash Test Dummies on television. It shows what it a great representation of college had since 1994's "Ed Wood." show is her idea, but she regrets must be like for some celebrities guys getting drunk watching 3. Smog 3. Buck-O-9 it later, and Reiner is Whitaker, But the entire family is funny, to get absolutely no privacy. television. 4. Sleater-Kinney the president of the company. 4. Built to Spill not just the stepdad. Woody Har- He's the closest thing the film 5. Sam Prekop 5. The Revelers relson is hilarious as the angry It also showcases our obses- This film is highly unpre- has to a villain because he won't older brother. He plays it as the sion with the television. dictable and very funny. It's also 6. Reach the Rock 6. TheSkalars let Ed quit, no matter how much role he's best at, an angry hick. Throughout the movie you are a great comment on society 7. Muslilmgauze 7. The Rentals the show destroys his life. Also, his hyperactive and some- treated lo glimpses of people today. This is definitely watching EDtv. One couple 8. Frank Black 8. Big Rude Jake times bizarre-acting mother, This movie, like "The Truman McConaughey's best film, and starts watching it at dinner, and 9. Kitty Craft 9. Simon Says played by Sally Kirkland, is Show," also has undertones in its one of Ron Howard's best come- they don't stop watching it until hilarious. In fact, everyone but plot. While "The Truman Show" dies. Hopefully it won't go down 10. Portishead 10. The Dropkick Murphy's they go to bed. Others plan their Ed seems to have the best lines. was a comment on the media in history as .1 clone of "The Tru- today, "EDtv" is much more days around it. One viewer says This movie is very funny, and that he doesn't go to the bath- man Show." OJllMMilM&MM^ AftBECKLEY CARDY Un-join the BG News ftGROUP* Everything for School DIXIE DRIVING RANGE Looking for a Summer Job in Mansfield? 19001 N. Dixie Hwy • Bowling Green, OH (2 miles north of BGSU) Beckley Cardy Group has been in Mansfield, Ohio for 35 years. Each summer we Open 7 Days A hire several hundred students to work in our state of the art distribution center. We offer an exciting work environment, the opportunity to meet lots of new Week friends, multiple shifts, 40 plus hours per week, and competitive wages. Weather Permitting

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