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The 3*5 Slews Vol. 61, No. 102 Bowling *Green *3tote Universily Friday, May 12, 1978 SGA escorts could strike By Cindy Leise VoU said he will meet with the SGA Staff Reporter executive council to discuss the strike threat and said he is not sure how he About 10 University students will resolve the problem. He said he is managing the escort system for "hurt and concerned" that the escorts University women announced chose to threaten a strike. yesterday that they will strike begin- However, the escorts said they want ning Monday unless the newly elected the coordinating problems solved so Student Government Association they do not have to strike. The service, (SGA) assists them. planned and administered by the for- The escorts and women dispatchers mer SGA and manned by screened and claim that SGA, and specifically SGA trained volunteer escorts, has been used President Michael C. Voll, has not kept about 150 times. the campaign promises to continue the WOMEN WHO need an escort to escort system. anywhere on or off campus may call Shirley Drew, dispatcher and co- University police who refer the request founder of the system, said former SGA to a dispatcher. A waiting escort is president Bob Wolf and a few escorts assigned to walk or drive the woman to have "kept the service going, but her destination. According to Drew, the they've had to put in a lot of hours." She service, available from 8 p.m. to said she has made repeated attempts to midnight, has answered requests involve Voll in the service, but he would within 10 minutes. not promise to help. Although most escorts and dispatchers charged that Voll has done Newsphotoby Karen Borchers "EITHER HE PROMISES to help or nothing for the service but stop in for gets some SGA people involved or we'll five minutes one day, SGA did allocate find another organization who will," about $100 for publicity and ad- THIS YOUTH WAS caught hanging in the web- that the youngster was more concerned with she said, adding that fewer escorts, vertisements about the service and like grasp of the monkey bars at the Kenwood enjoying the cool spring weather and getting sagging publicity about the system and supported a plan to reimburse escorts Elementary School yesterday. It was obvious back to class before his recess was over. lack of another coordinator has en- who drive their cars with $2.50 a night, dangered the system. to be paid at the end of the quarter. Capital improvements to be projected By Jane Musgrave supervises the use of the funds each university will receive, McGeein explained that following World War II the birth In 1976, the University requested $30 million for the W77- Staff Reporter McGeein explained. rate increased, but since then has been rapidly decreasing. 1983 period, McGeein said. Of that amount, $18 million was THIS YEAR the board has asked the University to make targeted for use for 1977-79, he reported. When the Ohio Board of Regents set guidelines for the projections through 1990. "BY 1983 THE bulge of people of college age will University capital improvements plan that must be sub- "It's not a plan as such, it's more an attempt to help the decrease. This will affect universities' enrollments," AFTER REVIEWING the requests, the board allocated mitted by July 1, perhaps it should have supplied University regents understand the positions universities find themselves McGeein said. $5.5 million to the University to be used for the construction administrators with a crystal ball. in," McGeein said. Although the enrollment at many universities may suffer, of a physical sciences building and power plant emmission Every two years, the board, which plans and coordinates McGeein said the board requested the extended forecast McGeein said he is confident Bowling Green will be able to control equipment, McGeein said. Ohio's higher educational system, asks the University for a because it is concerned about "the potential impacts of maintain Its enrollment. He explained that after the board receives requests from report outlining the physical changes needed in the sub- projected decline in student populations." "The University has a unique set of characteristics. colleges and universities throughout the state the funds are sequent six years and cost factors involved, Ben McGeein, By 1990, the board expects university enrollments to Bowling Green continues to enjoy a good reputation. The "distributed based on the subjective value of priority." director of facilities planning, said. decline by 34 percent, according to a report it released April student base we draw from is a more stable group of people," The fact that this year's request is half of the amount The board uses these reports to recommend how much 21. In the report the board asks universities to "assess the McGeein said. requested two years ago "reflects the fact that we no longer money state legislators should appropriate for higher differential impact of the decline on its resources and view the need for additional construction," McGeein said. education. Once the state determines the amount, the board develop sound strategies." HE SAID students attending the University recognize the advantages of acquiring a college education. McGeein MCGEEIN INDICATED that there are three categories of described the University as having a "stable environment." capital improvements: new construction, renovations and He admitted he could not define exactly what he meant by improvements mandated by external agencies such as the stable, saying, "I know it when I see it and I see it here." Environmental Protection Agency. The thrust of the capital improvements plan through 1990 "Whatever, new construction will be a result of well- is renovation of existing facilities, McGeein said. justified need. I can't say we won't need new buildings, but The specific costs of the improvements projected through the number of new buildings built will be modest," McGeein 1990 have not been determined, McGeein said. said. So .'ar the University has only analyzed the budget con- This year's capital improvements plan includes a fund siderations from 1979-1980, according to McGeein. request to be used for construction of a biological sciences laboratory annex and a fine arts building, McGeein said. HE ANTICIPATED that the University will submit a request for $15 million for the next six years. The actual THE BIOLOGY ANNEX will be attached to the Life amount the University will request from the board will be Sciences Building, McGeein said. The Fine Arts Building will finalized at next Thursday's meeting of the University Board be located adjacent and probably attatched to the present of Trustees. Fine Arts Building. McGeein emphasized that the amount represents only an Most of the capital improvements package covers estimation of presumed costs over the next six years and far maintenance of existing buildings and installation of energy exceeds the amount the University eventually will receive. conservation devices. "Statewide requests always exceed available funds," Th energy conservation measures include improving McGeein explained. "The concentration is on the first two building insulation, controls on heating and ventilating years of the six-year period." systems and sealing windows, McGeein said. Prout given meal option By Mary Dannemlller Knurek also said that if she had "A LOT OF girls were willing to Staff Reporter known about the change, she would make concessions." Knurek explained, have probably moved off campus. such as bussing their own tables, Prout Hall residents returning to the About fifteen residents formed a shorter dining hours and eating at the dorm next fall will have the option of committee and circulated a survey. Union on weekends. Newsphoto by Greg Smestad buying two meal coupon books as a Every person in the dorm received a to page 3 A patrolman checks to be sure this car Is locked In Lot G. compromise to confusion about the survey asking their opinion on the mandatory board plan that was to be mandatory meal plan. initiated. Students living in Prout this year OF THE 127 residents who planned to Inside have an optional board plan that was to live in Prout next year, 124 wanted an Sfudenf patrol fights crime accommodate the change from a coed optional rather than mandatory meal By Terri Dumont the problems at Albion and the how well they communicate and their to women's dorm, last year. plan, Knurek said. the News University)" he said. He felt his ex- common sense, although this was a bit "This year was a transitional year," Robin R. Brenneman, junior, called If you have noticed men in red perience could benefit University harder to measure," Nicolaisen said. James R. Corbitt, assistant director of Corbitt and he talked to concerned jackets with flashlights wandering Police. "Also, grades were considered." auxiliary services, explained last week. Prout residents. On April 26, Corbitt around the University in the wee hours met with about 60 women in Prout's ENTERTAINMENT...What is of the morning, don't be alarmed.