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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 3-24-1999 The BG News March 24, 1999 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 March 24, 1999" (1999). BG News (Student Newspaper). 6469. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/6469 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. The BG|«|HaMBMMMj NewsmHi p Ob'Jt A daily indei >ress Wednesday jnostly :loudy Artists come to BG 2 ceramics masters showcase their abilities alumni group. John Balisteri, a are Japanese small dumplings. By CARRIE ceramics instructor, was respon- However, these are not small DAMSCHRODER sible for bringing the two artists pieces of artwork because they The BG News to BGSU. stand about five to six feet tall. Kaneko, originally from Working their minds and Voulkos has also been busy Japan, traveled to Bowling Green hands, ceramics artists Jun creating large plates that are from Nebraska and Voulkos Kaneko and Peter Voulkos are at "earthy and very gutsy." hails from California. Both are the University this week demon- Ceramics students at the Uni- Natalie Miller plays the known worldwide. Voulkos is versity are very excited about strating their skills. the number one ceramics artist The ceramics and monoprint Kaneko and Voulkos' visiting. ' name game. in the nation. workshop began Monday and They hope to learn and be Throughout the week stu- continues through Saturday. A inspired by them. dents have been observing slide lecture will be presented "The artists will be making Kaneko making art, particularly tonight at 7p.m. in Olscamp their work, while others look on Guest Columnist Andy dangos. Hall, room 111. to get tips and inspiration," John Shotwell says jewelry According to Ree Schonlau, is simply over-priced The workshop is sponsored Zimmerman, president of the BG News/KEVTN VOORHEES by the Student Ceramics Organi- from the artist residency pro- rocks. zation and the Medici Circle, an gram in Omaha, Neb., dangos I See CERAMICS, page eight. Jun Kaneko practices his craft at the ceramics workshop. d nation 4 NATO ■ NATO calls for airstrikes Students advise faculty calls for on Kosovo after i Milosevic rejects STUDENTSPEAK project works to improve relations airstrikes peace offer. ter dialogue would help the From wire reports J By BRANDI BARHITE will open channels for commu- around several common themes The BG News University become a premiere nication between faculty mem- that will allow faculty to take NATO leaders ordered learning environment. bers and students; and that the steps to improve student intel- airstrikes against Yugoslavia 1 A jury views tape of Three University students "One of the University's core students' insights will con- lectual growth. Tuesday. It is not known when are creating a booklet for faculty values is cooperation, which tribute to creating better , the lethal injection of Gonsalves-Pinto said only a the operations will begin. that will provide suggestions on means working together," she teacher/student relations. "All efforts to achieve a nego- few students have expressed Thomas Youk as enhancing the classroom envi- said. "As a result of STU- Since the implementation of tiated, political solution to the - Jack Kevorkian's mur ronment. DENTSPEAK, students want to the project, the University has uncertainty about the project. Kosovo crisis having failed, no Roschell Ashley, Gabiel Mar- , der trial begins. work with faculty to enhance expressed its interest in the "Some students have alternative is open but to take quez and Afwandi Shumann teaching styles." booklet. In a show of support, military action," NATO Secre- recently implemented their pro- expressed skepticism, but oth- Gonsalves-Pinto, who is the Senate Executive Commit- ers feel that STUDENTSPEAK tary-General Javier Solana told ject STUDENTSPEAK with the reporters in Brussels, Belgium. overseeing the project said the tee recently endorsed the pro- is a great way to channel infor- help of Lorna Gonsalves- Pinto, The decision came after a last- project was started because the ject. mation to teachers," she said. University director of diversity ditch effort by special American STUDENTSPEAK team wanted Veronica Gold, chair of Fac- initiatives. The booklet will con- "While individuals are envoy Richard Holbrooke, who to encourage students to freely ulty Senate, said diversity is an sist of suggestions from Univer- responding, students hope that conducted several hours of talks exchange ideas. important factor in higher edu- sity students on how to improve more student organizations will with Yugoslav President Slobo- cation and believes STU- the student/teacher relation- She said they went to great become actively involved in dan Milosevic to no avail Mon- DENTSPEAK will be an effec- ship atBGSU. lengths to present this project as supporting the project." day night and Tuesday. tive way to educate faculty. an initiative that is seeking stu- More than 2,000 people have "The goal of STUDENT- The STUDENTSPEAK team dents' ideas about what works "The booklet will not be a died and hundreds of thousands SPEAK is to allow a safe avenue is asking that students e-mail for students to share their con- and what needs to be improved collection of complaints, but have been driven from their them specific suggestions with cerns, but also to recom: lend in BGSU's classrooms. principles and guidelines estab- homes in nearly 13 months of i Senior gymnast Christi- possible resolutions to their "STUDENTSPEAK is not lished by students for faculty," an example to illustrate their conflict in Kosovo, a southern she said. main point. They can be province of Serbia, the main na Treiber will compe- issues that they are addressing," about complaining and it is not Ashley, a senior gerontology only about issues of race," she She believes the booklet has reached at rashley© republic in Yugoslavia. te in her last regular se- major, said. said. "Instead it is a forum for the potential to serve as a con- bgnet.bgsu.edu, gabiel® More than 90 percent of Koso- vo's 2 million inhabitants are ason meet Saturday. Ashley said the idea to all students to provide feedback stant reference for the Universi- bgnet.bgsu.edu and ethnic Albanians and most want improve the dialogue between about positive and negative ty- [email protected]. The experiences they have had in responses can also be sent to independence, a solution that faculty and students is not a Thus far, many students have Milosevic has rejected. new initiative, but just a more the classroom." sent in suggestions for the 305A McFall Center. The For in-depth coverage, see aggressive attempt to improve She said the students are booklet. Ashley said the responses should be limited to World and Nation, page four. Opinion 2 the situation. She believes a bet- hoping that STUDENTSPEAK responses have been centered SO words. Page Three 3 World and Nation 4 Sports 9 Sports Agate 10 Alumni network lobbies for higher education "Our goal is to have legisla- provide a strong and targeted Dr. Thomas' Stellers of "Several of u • maintained By VINCE GUERRIERI tive advocates in every district," campaign toward legislators. Youngstown was one of the orig- contact with our legislatures," he The BG News Weiss said. Advocates recently received a inal alumni involved with the said. "We tried hi dn what we The largest concentration of training manual, and with the program, which ultimately fell could, not just foi BG, hut for • (STUDENTSPEAK) is A network of University alumni is in the Cleveland area. biannual budget being drafted, by the wayside as Mason became higher education in general." alumni has been formed to lobby a forum for all stu- But while there are many advo- their voice will soon be heard. involved with a sexual harass- State Rep Kami'. Gardner (R- the Ohio legislature in the inter- dents to provide cates throughout Cuyahoga, "They will be getting into ment scandal, which was ulti- 4), who represents Wood County, ests of the University and higher Lake and Lorain counties, there action before long," Weiss said. mately settled out of court. said he had alrvad) heard from feedback about pos- education in general. are no legislative advocates in Several state legislators have "I was involved seven years many University alumni during Last fall, Larry Weiss, the new itive and negative already heard from the same ago when they had an abortive the stale's efforts to revise school director for government affairs, the city of Cleveland. Weiss is also hoping the dormant alumni University alumni who are now effort," Stellers said. "Phil funding. He said advocates experiences they began to assemble the statewide advocates. Mason got into his trouble, and show a greater involvement in network of legislative advocates chapter in Cincinnati will be have had in the The idea of a network of advo- the whole thing died." governmental affairs. to communicate support of high- revived. classroom." cates originated in the early Stellers kept in contact with "That help-, raise the aware- er education. There are already "Now all of a sudden, we'll 1990s, while Phil Mason was the his legislators, including state ness across the --i ite," Gardner more than 60 advocates through- have a legislative voice across vice-president of university Senator Bob Hagan and Repre- Lorna Gonsalves-Pinto out the state, but Weiss hopes for the state," Weiss said Weiss said the network will advancement.