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I ■ .'- - MONDAY,The Oct. 19, 1998 A BGdaily independent studentNews press Volume 85* No. 36 FORECAST HIGH: 63 LOW: 40 ■ The Bowling Green football team falls to 1-2 in the MAC with a close loss to rival University of Toledo. ■ The men's soccer team shut out both Eastern Michigan and Michigan State this weekend. ■ The Falcon hockey team splits with with Northeastern over weekend action. Fire devastates ■ Storms throughout downtown store Texas kill 10. □ A fire located above the Village "This fire was particularly difficult because of the age of the building and the amount of remod- Preacher bookstore caused eling that had been done," said Bill Moorman, fire- ■ Nato sends spy flights considerable damage Saturday fighter for the BGFD. "There are lots of hiding spots in old buildings." over Kosovo. morning. According to the fire department, the state fire marshall will be arriving today to investigate. By NATALIE MILLER Moorman confirmed that the fire caused an exten- sive amount of damage, but that it did not spread The BG News to any other apartments. ■ A pipeline explosion in No injuries were reported, but considerable Those residents received an alarming wake-up Nigeria kills over 250 damages were caused in a three-alarm fire on call. South Main street Saturday morning. "We woke up to the police banging on our door, people. The blaze apparantly started in the apartment telling us to get out because of the fire in the morn- above the Village Preacher bookstore, 133 South ing," said Scott Havericak. who lived in the apart- Main St. The cause of the fire is still under investi- ment next door. INDEX gation. "I'm sure everything in our apartment will be Opinion 2 According to Mark Slates, the eyewitness who covered in smoke and damaged from all the called 911, smoke began billowing from the apart- water," said Mike Swanbeck, Havericak's room- Page Three 3 ment around 10:30 a.m. mate. World & Nation 4 "It smelled like wood burning, and smoke was The area of South Main street was closed, affect- Sports 8 coming from the vent at the top," Slates said. "The ing other downtown stores. Smoke damage was Agate 9 woman who lived there came out of the garage reported throughout many of the neighboring and opened her door. Smoke came out and she was stores and apartments. screaming." "I think it's very sad to see an old building burn- He tried to battle the fire with extinguishers, but ing," said Kay Roth, who was working across the QUOTE it had already grown too big. street at Styles & Creations. "The firemen were on "How many cares "I went to the store (Stage department store) the roof with a chainsaw, cutting holes for the and got fire extinguishers," Slates said. "But the smoke to escape. This seems to be a very stubborn one loses when one smoke was too thick, I called the fire department fire — It's very sad about losing the merchandise decides not to be again- and a business." Bowling Green, Weston and Central Joint Employees of the Falcon House moved mer- something, but to be (Portage) fire departments fought the fire. It was chandise to another location to protect it from the someone." under control by early afternoon. smoke damage. A ladder truck was stationed in front of the Down at the corner of East Wocster and South BO Newi Photot/JASON SUGGS store, pumping water from above. The water Main, merchants were sweeping up the debris as it drenched the storefront, and rushed out the front washed down the street toward the sewers. The The Bowling Green Fire Department (above) attempts to con- door. Another truck in back sprayed the building. massive amounts of water poured on the fire Coco Chanel tain the (ire that started in an apartment above the Village Large clouds of smoke billowed blocks away from washed cinders and assorted goods, such as pic- Preacher bookstore. A river ot debris flows out the door of the the source. WEBSITE store and into the street. • See FIRE, page seven. Vis t our new website for crossword puzzles from the past week and inter- Campus community unites in tragedy Candlelight active reporting: □ Bowling Green Two men stood with their A candlelight vigil sponsored students to mourn and to sign a arms around each other. A pro- by VISION, the University's gay, condolence book for the Shepard vigil WWW. students and fessor cried. A student talked lesbian and bisexual organiza- family. * It was held in memory about her family rejecting her tion was held Thursday in reac- Jane Rosser, VISION adviser, bgnews.com community gather of Matthew Shepard. together to mourn the after coming out of the closet. A tion to the death of Matthew said the vigil was a time for peo- woman sang. A preacher con- Shepard. Shepard died in a hos- ple to gather and extend love death of Michael demned hate crime. A communi- pital Monday after he was found and support to those who are •Over 150 attended the •TORY IDEA? ty came together. pistol-whipped and lashed to a grieving. She said it was a time Shepard at a candlelight vigil. If you have a news tip or In a University community fence post on Oct. 7. Police said to honor tht.se who have died of candlelight vigil last where the predominant attitude robbery was the main motive, hate crimes. She also said people have an idea for a story, Thursday. is "it cannot happen here," 150 but Shepard was apparently cho- must unite to fight against hate. * Community members call anytime and ask to students, faculty and community sen because he was gay. "We will not be silenced by shared stories. speak with an editor. members lit candles to mourn Since his death on Monday, hate and fear," Rosser said. By BRANDI BARHITE the death of a University of the University community has Throughout the vigil, stu- and MIKE WENDLING Wyoming college student and to come together to fight hate on * See related story and The BG News unite against hate. campus. The vigil was a time for 372-6966 • See VIGIL, page six. photo on page six. page 2 The BG News Monday, October 19, 1998 Opinion Editor Natalie Miller Opinion JHfttW* 372-2604 This page is only a small representation of the numerous letters we have received on the topic oi homosexuality and hate crimes. It is intended to be an open forum in which all sides can be heard Speaking out on hate and represented. \ Unfortunately, all of the letters we received on' this issue could not be printed in their entirety. Campus responds to hate crimes, sexual discrimination Look on www.bgnews.com this week for complete, letters. As humans we find a need to hate, coupled with society taboos, religous beliefs, and per sonal preferences; one migh become so engrossed in his or her own views that any one wh< falls outside the lines they set ; auotomatically labeled "bad" < "sinner". If one has faith in Gi and follows the Bible one mi be aware of the passage "Do i judge, or you too will be judg For in the same way you jui others, you will be judgi Matthew 7:1-2. We all have s and judge anyone for any reas is going against what the Bi sets forth. To judge and give c. icism takes no effort, no edu. tion, nothing but a blind sc and an insecurity. Think abo the amount of time our sociei spends on criticism and imagir. if society spent just half of th. time praising and building oth ers up. Until then 1 plead wit! you to think twice before yoi judgeanyone for any reason. Jud Laipply Graduate Student HMSLS With the Bible being God's word and truth, Jesus Christ taught I accept gay rights just the same as I accept our rights as Americans. Even I, a heterosexual, can conceive that homosexuality is not so unconditional love and acceptance toward others, including homo- We live in America, a country based on freedom. I do not see any- much a choice as it is a natural inclination. The logic is fairly simple. sexuals. He counted homosexuality as a sin like anything else, and thing wrong with being homosexual. Everyone has the right to I am a heterosexual. 1 did not consciously make a choice to be het- gives homosexuals the choice to turn away from it. Since human choose what they want to be and who they are. What do we accom- erosexual, 1 am just naturally more sexually attracted to those of the nature is fallen, hate and prejudice against homosexuals unfortunate- plish by discriminating against them? If we do we are no better off opposite sex. This innate inclination of mine is strong enough that ly occurs as those being discriminated against.