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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 1-27-1993 The BG News January 27, 1993 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 January 27, 1993" (1993). BG News (Student Newspaper). 5480. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/5480 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. Weather Campus Local Today: Variable cloudi- The University's mock trial Howard's Club H is sponsoring ness with chance of team is on its way to national a benifit concert tonight. flurries. High in the competition. low 30s. G The BG News Wednesday, January 27,1993 The BG Nevus Volume 75, Issue 86 Attacks Voinovich encourages bipartisan unity by Robert E. Miller that included the environment, both houses, thanking them "for referring to the Democrat- Riffe and Senate President prompt criminal justice and others that your knowledge, for your wis- The Associated Press controlled House and GOP- Stanley Aronoff, R-Cincinnati, he said must be solved. dom and for your guidance." dominated Senate. worked with the governor last Voinovich, a Republican, spoke But he said much work re- House Speaker Vem Riffe, year to pass a $1 billion tax in- advice COLUMBUS - Gov. George under the glare of television mains because the state is com- D-Wheelersburg, stopped short crease that wiped out a state Voinovich said Tuesday bipart- lights in a House chamber filled peting in a global marketplace of praising the speech but said budget deficit. by Melanie L Kralewskl isan cooperation is vital if Ohio is with lawmakers. Cabinet mem- that demands high-quality educa- Voinovich - with whom Riffe Aronoff said the speech had police reporter going to meet the economic and bers, state officials, judges and tion and business opportunities often feuded early last year - has substance and wasn't intended to educational challenges it faces family members. that will create jobs. come to recognize the impor- prompt applause. But Voinovich heading into the next century. The governor said through bi- "We absolutely must maintain tance of the Legislature. was interrupted 10 times by ap- Bowling Green police said the The pitch for unity came in a partisan efforts, the state has the new spirit of cooperation that "I think he woke up to the fact plause during his 34-minute two homosexual rapes reported State of the State speech to a made progress in education and we forged to keep Ohio's ship of that he was getting some bad ad- speech. last week are evidence that rape joint session of the Legislature. other areas in the past year. He state sailing as we head into the vice. He changed, and I'm glad he can happen to anyone, anytime. He also stressed problem areas had special praise for leaders of 21st century," Voinovich said. did," said Riffe. See Voinovich, page five. And they are encouraging all vic- tims of sexual assault to report the crime and press charges to The Art Of Concentration try to prevent the suspect from Forces see attacking again. In the first report, a man said Wednesday he was sexually as- sniper fire saulted by another man about three weeks ago. The second in- cident involved a woman who re- in Somalia ported Thursday she was sexual- by George Esper ly assaulted by another woman. The Associated Press Police said they were not able to investigate the two reported attacks because the victims, who MOGADISHU, Somalia - The both knew their alleged attack- death Tuesday of a Marine shot ers, did not want to file charges. by a sniper while on a nighttime "Although it is extremely valu- foot patrol comes as the U.S. mil- able to report being sexually as- itary appears to be deepening its saulted and where the attack oc- involvement in this lawless east curred, it doesnt help us prevent African nation. a suspect from doing the same The soldier, hit in the capital's thing again if he is not pros- dangerous northern sector just ecuted," Bowling Green Police before midnight Monday, was the Chief Galen Ash said. second Marine and the third Ash said rapes reported and American killed in Somalia since investigated by the police are American forces landed in the confidential. He added that pros- country Dec 9. ecutors are understanding to the Earlier this month, U.S. mili- victims' needs and handle the tary spokespeople said they sexual assault very professiona- hoped to rum over control of their mercy mission to the lly. "It's not like reporting a rape United Nations by month's end. in a big city," he said. "The vic- But U.N. officials are in no tim is not just a number; she or hurry. They want the U.S.-led al- he is comforted and may speak to lied force to make the famine- wracked country safer first. an officer of the same sex if de- On Monday, U.S. army helicop- sired." Victims can also receive emo- ter gunships and Belgian troops tional support from counselors at took action in a region of the country that has become increas- The link, 31S Thurstin Ave. Link ingly lawless, attacking a clan counselors are trained to help militia that was advancing victims who wish to report a rape toward the southern port of Kis- or would just like to talk. They mayu. will also go with a victim to a They destroyed seven vehicles, hospital, pregnancy center, several artillery pieces and police station, or prosecutor's of- wounded at least 40 Somalis. No fice if they wish to file charges. allied casualties were reported. According to Laura Barned, American and allied troops coordinator of the Victim's Ad- from 21 other countries are pro- vocacy Program at the Link, vic- viding security for relief tims are not pressured to report a workers trying to feed and care rape if they don't want to. Tie BC Ncwi/NIck DIFMZO for the hungry in the midst of "We are there to make the vic- Putting the finishing touches on his piece, Junior metals major class Instructs students on how to make a printing plate and then clan warfare and widespread tim feel better. We like to make John Derby works on an assignment In his printmaking class. The create a print. banditry. See Aruda, page four. But the troops are increasingly going beyond their original mis- sion and critics say that risks getting bogged down in the coun- try's civil war. Hydroelectricity may save BG money Marines make up fewer than 9,000 of the some 25,000 U.S. troops in Somalia but have been Projected Power Costs by Chris Hawley assigned the most hazardous local government reporter jobs, such as patrolling northern Mogadishu at night. Spokespeople said the Marine Hydroelectric power in the Black Swamp? killed Monday was hit by one of Yes, strange as it may seem, power customers here in the heart of several shots a sniper fired from the Northwest Ohio lowlands may soon become part owners of a $150 a building at his patrol west of million hydroelectricity generating plant. the soccer stadium where more The Bowling Green Board of Public Utilities unanimously agreed than 1,000 Marines are encam- Monday to recommend the city council take the final steps toward ped. joining an American Municipal Power - Ohio, Inc. venture to build The patrol returned the fire the plant on the Ohio River near Belleville, West Virginia. but it was not known if the sniper The cost of financing the plant's construction would raise local was hit, spokespeople said. The power customers' rates about 2 cents per kilowatt-hour in 1993. By Marine, who was not identified the time the plant is operational in 1996, customers will be paying an pending notification of next of estimated one-half cent more per kilowatt-hour than if they were not kin, died less than two hours later receiving the hydroelectric power. in a Swedish field hospital. However, by 2001 the cost of the hydroelectric power is expected Marines have regularly been to be lower than electricity generated by other means and rise less the targets of snipers in the area over the next 42 years. and it is where the other Marine "The engineering reports that I have seen indicate it will be was killed - one week ago while cheaper in less than 10 years," Bowling Green Public Utilities Direc- on night patrol. tor Daryl Stockburger said. "With an agreement for SO years, that's In the space of an hour on Fri- 1993 1994 1996 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 pretty attractive." day, bandits in northern Mogadi- Because Bowling Green's electric rates, which are considerably Source: J.S. Sawvel and Associates With Belleville Hydroelectric Project shu attacked aid workers five With Standard Power Supply See Hydro, page four. See Somalia, page three. The BG News January 27,1993 The BG News T«& vem PENALTY -An Independent Student Voice- Editorial Board CHRISTINA WISE Editor-in-Chief TOorAUOiOFA KIMBERLY LARSON EILEEN MCNAMARA Campus Editor City Editor CONNELL BARRETT J.J. THOMPSON Opinion Editor Associate Editor KIRK PAVELICH Insider Editor Lifting gag rule is constitutional WTith the signing of five executive orders last Fri- VVday, President Clinton managed to uphold one of his many campaign promises.