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It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. <Ehe?B6j&tog The BG News 'Celebrating 75 Years of Excellence" Showers high near 50 Monday, April 24, 1995 Bowling Green, Ohio Volume 82, Issue 140 Monday feature Suspect questioned Branch campus offers Army deserter queried for bombing Christopher Sullivan Social Security office were. The Associated Press The death toll in the worst terrorist bombing in U.S. history stood at 78, with ISO people unaccoun- several opportunities OKLAHOMA CITY - An Army deserter was ted for. More than 400 were injured in Wednes- questioned Sunday in connection with the bombing day's blast, caused by thousands of pounds of of the federal building, but the Justice Department homemade explosives packed into a Ryder rental denied he was the heavy-browed "John Doe 2" pic- truck. tured in an FBI sketch. David Iniguez was picked up by military au- by Heather Cvengros As the investigation widened, some 20,000 peo- thorities in San Bernardino, Calif., on charges un- ple overflowed the state fairgrounds, where Presi- related to the attack and was questioned in connec- dent Clinton and the Rev. Billy Graham were to tion with the bombing, Justice Department lead a memorial service on what the president de- spokesman John Russell said. clared a national day of mourning. Air Force Lt. Col. Joan Ferguson, a Pentagon Hours before the ceremony, spectators lined up spokeswoman, said Iniguez went AWOL from Fort for a mile. Attorney General Janet Reno got a- Riley, Kan., on Aug. 23, and was declared a deser- standing ovation as she entered. ter a month later. "I think we all feel paralyzed," said Tamara On Friday, the FBI arrested what it said was the Meadows, of suburban Edmond. first of the two "John Does" in the agency's sket- The bombing site, where workers have toiled for ches: Timothy McVeigh, a 27-year-old former GI days in heat, dust, rain and cold, was a scene of with far-right political views. He was charged with growing misery. .Fears that the structure would taking part in the attack. crumble stopped searchers again and again from reaching the area where a day-care center and See OKLAHOMA, page eight. Cult leader stabbed The Associated Press rested. NHK reported. Hideo Murai, 36, head of the Murai, whose department has TOKYO - A man reportedly Aum Shinri Kyo (Supreme Truth) been linked to the cult's chemical out for revenge against the cult's "Science and Technology research, has appeared on televi- doomsday cult suspected in last Ministry," underwent surgery sion to deny that the cult ever has month's subway gas attack stab- for abdominal wounds. A cult produced sarin. The nerve gas bed a senior cult leader outside spokesman at the hospital said was used in the March 20 subway the group's Tokyo headquarters Murai was in serious condition, Sunday and was immediately ar- the public television network See CUIT, page three. The BG Ncwrftoss Wcitmcr Students at the Flrelands College, a branch of BGSU In Huron, Ohio, can enjoy a more intimate at- Cosell succumbs at 77 mosphere than at the main campus, with student enrollment at 1,400. "It's much cheaper to go here than [at the University]," said Lori Hosteller, a Health Information Technology major. "In most John Nelson party line. cases, the place you work will pay for you to go back and finish your four-year degree. i -..... The Associated Press "Howard Cosell was one of the most original people ever to appear on American television," Whether a recent high school the convenience of being close to strong point. NEW YORK - Howard Cosell, whose caustic said ABC News President Roone Ariedge, who was graduate, a person considering home. "The 62-mile drive is the only "tell it like it is" personality made hJm the world's head of ABC Sports during Cosell's heyday. "He college later in life, or someone Flrelands' campus, which con- separation," she said. most celebrated sportscaster and turned "Monday became a giant by the simple act of telling the just interested in expanding sists of 1,400 students, is unique The courses and programs of- Night Football" into a national institution, died truth in an industry that was not used to hearing it one's knowledge and skills, Flre- in two ways. It is one of seven fered by the college are carefully Sunday. He was 77. and considered it revolutionary." lands College may be the answer. undergraduate colleges of Bowl- coordinated to ensure a smooth Cosell, who underwent cancer surgery in 1991, Cosell was one of the first sportscasters to call died of a heart embolism at New York University's Nestled in Huron, Ohio, Fire- ing Green State University and is transition for students who wish Muhammad Alilsy his new name after he changed lands offers an affordable uni- the only branch campus. to begin their baccalaureate de- Hospital for Joint Diseases, grandson Justin Co- it from Cassius Clay. He stood up for Ali when the hanesaid. versity education with the com- Lesley Ruszkowski, director of grees at Fireiands and then con- heavyweight champion refused to enter military He was the strident, colorful voice of ABC radio forts of a friendly atmosphere, college relations, said the affilia- service during the Vietnam War and was stripped See FIREIANDS, page five. and television from 1953 to 1992. It was a period of student-faculty interaction and tion with the University is a of his title. phenomenal growth and change in America's pas- "Howard Cosell was a good man and he lived a times, spurred by television's cascading millions good life," Ali said. "I have been interviewed by and increased greed among athletes and pro- many people, but I enjoyed interviews with How- ■ moters. ard the best. We always put on a good show. I hope Hartman reaches out Cosell chronicled it that way, revolutionizing a broadcasting industry more used to parroting the See COSELL, page five. Mayoral candidate would like to emphasize University in city One-Wheeled Wonders Joe Boyle primary asset," Hartman said. The BC News "It attracts $65 million of state subsidies and another $65 million Editor's note: This is the third in student fees and housing. story in a three-part series profil- "The University is the engine ing the mayoral candidates. which drives" the community's While Jack Hartman is the lone culture," he said. "It's the reason Democrat in the hunt for Bowl- BG has been an attractive place ing Green mayor's office, he is to live." already mobilizing a campaign Hartman said he believes the while his Republican opponents current administration's policies duke it out for the May 2 pri- toward University students is mary- destructive. Howe ver, Particularly disturbing to Hartman be- Hartman is the stalemate in the lieves the dif- redistricting issue. Hartman said ferences in he supports redrawing the lines party are not in a fashion reflecting the popu- nearly as sig- lation distribution. nificant as the "I will do everything In my differences in power to see there is one person, political plat- one vote," Hartman said. forms. If elected, Hartman, a former "I think in Hartman Journalism instructor at the Uni- city races party differences are versity, said he hopes to improve less important than differences on relations by working closely on platform views and records with the University through an are," Hartman said. ambassador. Among those differences are "My first appointment will be University relations, which an ombudsman, and see if it's Tfcc BG NtwiAC dly Riga Hartman claims are in serious possible to get a city office on Chad Kinsley (left) and Andy Smith ride their onlcycles Friday ngle. "I picked It up recently," Kinsley said. Smith, on the other need of improvement campus," Hartman said. afternoon on the basketball courts across from Krelscher Quadra- hand, taught himself at a young age. "I think the University is our ■V-v-^i • l'mx'' '■• NATION SPORTS A student task force, A new study shows the Falcon quarterback designed to analyze number of children living Ryan Henry played in his problems in the Union, has without fathers has first game since been approved by quadrupled since 19S0. undergoing back surgery. University President Paul Page 7. Page 11. Olscamp. Page 4. • m # 1 I ../ Editorial The BG News page two Monday, April 24,1995 1 Carelessness hurts students I realize that it's the end of the was to write a letter to my ad- I believe that the University The BG News year and everyone is probably viser who's on leave, which I did, should be aware of these kinds of "Celebrating 75 years of Excellence" thinking about finals and what and another was to contact the problems and should take better they're going to do for the sum- Jvarla chairman of the Education De- precautions to make sure this mer, but I think this issue is an partment and explain my situa- does not continue to happen.