Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 4-18-1994 The BG News April 18, 1994 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 18, 1994" (1994). BG News (Student Newspaper). 5690. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/5690 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 News 'A Commitment to Excellence' Monday, April 18, 1994 Bowling Green, Ohio Volume 77, Issue 133 'Doctor No easy parking answers Death9 Students still unhappy admits byTara Stuhbs Dennerll added that the ap- News staff writer pellate process makes it pos- sible for anyone to have a fine 'guilt' "We don't have a parking on a ticket suspended. problem at this University," "We do not treat students by Julia Prodis said University President Paul any differently than admin- The Associated Press Olscamp. istrators," Dennerll said. "We have a From February 1993 to Feb- DETROIT - Dr. Jack Kevor- walking ruary 1994, 2602 tickets were kian admitted it right on the problem." issued for parking in fire evening news: He helped Thomas It has been lanes. Of those, 303 were ap- Hyde commit five years pealed with 245 of the fines suicide. since Ols- either suspended or reduced. He lugged camp made "Eighty-one percent of the the canister of that com- tickets appealed were sus- carbon monox- ment. Re- pended or reduced," said Sta- ide out to his cently, he cie Schroeder, administrative old Volkswa- has said that assistant at Parking and Traf- gen van. He he is no longer Interested in fic. "Not 81 percent of the laid a mattress discussing a parking "pro- tickets given." in the back to blem" which he claims no Dennerll said the main park- make Hyde, longer produces complaints. ing problem at the University weak from the "We have a good parking is one of convenience. People debilitating nerve disorder system," Olscamp said. are upset because there are called Lou Gehrig's disease, Roger Dennerll, director of not enough parking spaces for more comfortable. He delicately public safety, said University everyone to be able to park placed the clear plastic mask administrators are allotted six next to the University. over Hyde's nose and mouth. designated parking spaces. Mike Kwiatkowski, chief of Parked in the van on Detroit's They are also permitted to traffic for Student Court, said scenic Belle Isle park last sum- park in commuter lots and he agrees that parking con- mer, Kevorkian watched the metered areas, which are open venience is a problem. He said 30-year-old man take his last to everyone. there are a number of ade- breath. quate parking spaces availa- Kevorkian's confession was on ble if you allow enough time to videotape. He gave prosecutors get to class. crucial evidence and practically Possible solutions for "Everyone wants to park begged to be arrested and parking on campus close," Kwiatkowski said. "It charged. is a matter of time manage- It sounds like an open-and-shut ment. case when the so-called suicide / Students for Students plans to Jason Jackson, president of doctor goes on trial Tuesday, Undergraduate Student charged with breaking Michi- come up with as many objectives gan's law banning assisted sui- as possible so at least one of them Government, said he agrees the parking problem at the cide. will be adopted by Parking and University is as much an Issue It's not. Traffic. of convenience as it is of The trial pits the law against </ The plan includes: consiruction space. the emotions of all those who have ever watched a loved one of a parking garage which would Jackson said every parking decal is paid for by student die a slow, agonizing death or be located off campus near the contemplated their own demise Thumin Street smoke slacks. fees, but the faculty get better parking spaces than the stu- and who believe Kevorkian rep- • Other options: freshman level dents. resents "death with dignity." student parking; a tier system "The parking plan does not "The jury can always choose, no matter how overwhelming the making parking fees for drivers make sense," Jackson said. "When you have a space right evidence is, to let a person go relevant to their distance from free," said Stephen Safranek, a campus; and area improvements. next to your office, parking is not a problem." constitutional law professor at the University of Detroit Mercy. "Faculty and staff can over- Former Students for Stu- dents officer Erin Dewerff "The jury in this case might do flow into metered areas," it." Dennerll said. said her group is one which brings leaders of all on- If Kevorkian's lawyer, Geof- Despite the wide range of frey Fieger, is right, "no jury will parking areas available to campus organizations together. She said the parking ever convict Jack Kevorkian." faculty, staff and administra- "When they have a videotape tors, Olscamp's car was tick- problem is a problem most students are interested in. of Jack Kevorkian saying, 'I as- eted April S, 1993, for parking sisted Thomas Hyde in a merci- In a fire lane In the metered Dewerff said the organiza- ful suicide,' there can be no doubt Union lot. tion has devised a plan for im- proving parking at the Uni- about that," Fieger said. "Those When asked about the ticket words ring in my brain. And Olscamp said he was not versity. She said their goal is to come up with numerous ob- nevertheless, no one could ever aware of the incident. say that's a crime - ever." "Somebody else must have jectives so at least one will have to be adopted. Assistant Wayne County Pros- been driving my car," Ols- ecutor Timothy Kenny says he camp said. The plan includes: construc- tion of a parking garage which must persuade jurors to follow The fine on the ticket was the law, not their emotions. suspended by officials at would be located off campus Parking and Traffic - a prac- near the Thurstin Street "It is not a trial that is a debate Tk« BG NmflUu WtMntr tice which Dennerll said stu- smoke stacks; freshman level about whether or not people dents have the same chance of student parking; a tier system A Unlvenity Parking and Traffic officer Issues a parking violation to a vehicle outside Founders Res- agree with the wisdom of the receiving as University facul- idence Hall. The citation was Issued because the parking meter where the vehicle was parked had ex- law," Kenny said. "The question ty and administrators. See PARKING, page 3. pired. is whether or not Jack Kevorkian is above the law." Fay's chances sUm Student's residence destined by Julie Tigllifarro the room he now calls home. Arrowsmiths resided in the hall. months and then moved to an assistant managing editor Nate's mother Kathy, an aca- Kathy said Nate's birth was apartment in town. demic adviser in the College of also unusual because she went Nate's situation is amazing to Some people might say Nathan Arts and Sciences, believes it has into labor within an hour after Kathy because, at the time, she SWGAKHUS-Uhiarta.il "Nate" Arrowsmith, the son of to be destiny that her son is once conducting a hall program about never thought they would stay two University administrators, again living In the hall. Lamaze. She had been teaching longer than a year. a baaa^a* on n»eatteai grounds. was destined to live in Prout Hall Nate was born during the time the residents so they would bet- "If anyone had told me then when he chose to attend Bowling Kathy was the hall coordinator of ter understand what she was go- that 18 years later my son would krtuttkm lai*i*m*t*emmmtbm.QHottm*r la tomtit Green State University. Prout Hall and her husband, ing through, but she did not ex- be living in Prout, I would have Nineteen years ago Tuesday, Robert, who retired earlier In pect him to be born for at least thought they were crazy," Kathy when he was four days old, Nate September as vice president for another 10 days. said "It never occurred to me MMY,| was brought home to their Prout student affairs, was a doctoral After he was born, the family - _____ Hall apartment directly below student Because of her Job, the remained in the hall for two See NATHAN, page 5. University students dem- Computers dont neces- The national leader in Monday, becoming onstrated that there are no sarily improve students' saves a year ago showed cloudy with a 30 percent easy solutions to the racial grades, but they are still what she could do as a chance of showers and tensions on campus in a worth the high cost, accord- starter this weekend versus thunderstorms. High 65 to panel/open forum discus- ing to some local educators. Akron. Junior Lisa Mount- 70. Southwest winds S to IS sion of racism last week. •■ PageS. Joy baffled the Zips on Fri- mph. Monday night, varia- --Page 4. day and Saturday helping ble cloudiness with a 40 BG take three out of four percent chance of showers games. and thunderstorms. Low •Page7. around SO. d> The Editorial Page The BG News page two Monday, April 18,1994 The BG News "A Commitment to Excellence" KirkPavelich Glen Lubbert editor-in-chief managing editor Julie Tagliaferro Eileen McNamara assistant managing editor news editor Sharon Turco Michael Zawacki Scott DeKatch city editor editorial editor Insider editor AKVONE" OUGHT SPRAY INMMP Price of peace IfrSWALL Will-BERrMiSHED a worthy cause IN SINGAPORE Last week, two U.S.