The BG News March 1, 1993

Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 3-1-1993 The BG News March 1, 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 March 1, 1993" (1993). BG News (Student Newspaper). 5503. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/5503 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. tf The BG News Monday, March 1,1993 The BG News Volume 75, Issue 109 SLS considers Jammin' representation of student suit by Shah L. Veteba court reporter Bakies briefly discussed the ward system compared to one op- tion, an exclusively at-large rep- The Student Legal Services, resentation. Inc. board of directors discussed "Most scholars feel a ward redistricting Friday, but did not system is a better representative decide whether SLS will repre- system," he said. sent students in a lawsuit against He suggested the possibility of the City of Bowling Green be- the city changing from the pre- cause of what some consider to sent four-ward, three-at-large be illegal ward divisions. structure to all council members Lack of a quorum precluded being elected as at-large officials any decisions from being made with four-year terms. concerning the redistricting is- However, he said with more sue at the meeting. However SLS student representation being an managing attorney Greg Bakies ultimate goal, a four-year term in presented a capsulized version of office would probably automati- the redistricting issue and where cally eliminate many students the board itself stands. from even running for a seat. Jim Davidson, board member and at-large council candidate, "I would not expect said he is in favor of redistricting. that anyone could enter "Keep the three at-large a counterargument to [seats] and the four wards," he said. He added that he did not my research [on think an all at-large council redistricting]. Legally would be a favorable solution to the residents of Bowling Green. they are obligated to "I don't think that system change - and the law is would fly," he said. Bakies added that people like on our side." having someone in their own Greg Bakies, Student neighborhood to whom residents Legal Services managing could come to with concerns, someone responsible for just one attorney designated area. Davidson, a Democrat, used In his review of the current Toledo as an example of how ward structure of the city, Ba- people view an inequity in repre- kies said the four wards are not sentation. equal in population and that a re- "East Toledo people felt they The BG NcwtAIll Dcnnody, Jr. districting plan was rejected by were not fairly represented," he the city after brief consideration said. ID honor of Bob Marley s music and Ideals, Don Morrow of Groovemaster performs In the Northeart a year ago. He added the city is Last November, voters in Commons Saturday night at the Ninth Annual Reggae Tribute. Part of the event's proceeds will go to chartered and therefore may Toledo elected to change to the the local Northwest Somalia Project operate under "home rule" which strong mayor form of govern- permits operation of the city ment, from an all at-large council however its leaders see fit. But, structure. he said, federal laws override the Bakies and board chairman state laws and the city is operat- Aaron Galbraith both said they Bomb causes explosion ing illegally. will be getting in contact with "I would not expect that candidates for city council to The Associated Press plosives experts came to that time Friday in the 110-story twin anyone could enter a counterar- find out how each person stands conclusion. "It was their opinion towers. gument to my research," Bakies on the redistricting issue. that it was caused by a bomb," he The explosion killed five peo- said. "Legally they are obligated Galbraith said remaining NEW YORK - The Federal Bu- toldWCBS-TV. ple and injured more than 1,000 to change - and the law is on our friends with the city is an impor- reau of Investigation-confirmed others. The rubble is being side." tant objective. Sunday that a bomb caused the Also Sunday, Police Commis- searched for two workers still He also said it would be a big "We don't want to kill our re- explosion at the World Trade sioner Raymond Kelly told a missing. expense for the city if the redis- lationship with the city," he said. Center. news conference that there had Kelly would not say whether tricting issue were to end up in "We've taken a long time to build James Fox, head of the New been 40 telephone calls claiming officials had any idea of a sus- court. It." York FBI office, said agency ex- responsibility for the blast noon- pect or motive. The BG News March 1,1393 Confiscation laws can Acclaimed film fund law enforcement actress, theater by Nlkkl Floras contributing reporter weapons, computers and alcohol, dence for the forfeiture hearing, if any of these have been used in which is a civil procedure, Lewis namesake dies the commission of a felony. said. People convicted of serious The campus police seized Money seized cannot be used Lillian Gish, 99, after whom the University's Gish Film Theater is crimes in Ohio may face more camera equipment several years by the convicted person to pay dedicated, died Saturday at her Manhattan home. Gish, the recipient than a jail term or fine. State for- ago that was being used to make any fine imposed for the crime. of an honorary doctorate of performing arts from the University, was feiture laws entitle police to take false IDs. In the past year, three Items of value may be sold and one of the last surviving stars of the American silent cinema. the clothes off their backs if they cars and a handgun were also the proceeds distributed to the Gish appeared in more than 100 films in a career that stretched were used to commit a crime. confiscated. agencies involved in seizing it. from silent masterpieces to the television age, according to James According to Ohio criminal The Bowling Green City Police Frasher, her manager for the last 25 years. law, an arresting officer may Division once seized a house. It However, property can some- "She was film," Frasher said. "Film started in 1893 and so did she." confiscate any property judged was being used in drug sales, times be returned to its owner. Her film career spanned 75 years, starting with one- and two- to have been bought with profits Det Sgt. Brad Conner said. For example, if a teen-ager reelers in 1912 and ending with the 1987 film "The Whales of Au- gained illegally by the person be- "We seized $55,000 in cash at uses his or her parents' minivan gust." Even before that, she was a child stage actress. ing arrested. The officer may the residence and close to a kilo to transport stolen TVs and the The large-eyed, porcelain-skinned actress often portrayed virginal, also seize property thought to of cocaine," Conner said. van is seized, the parents may childlike young women she called "gaga babies." But even in those have been used in the crime for When property is taken by ask the court to hold a hearing to roles, she displayed an indomitable spirit, as in "Way Down East" which the person is being ar- police, the owner must be noti- determine if the property should when she refused a stand-in and clung to an Ice floe as it swept rested fied within 72 hours of the sei- be forfeited. The court may de- toward a waterfall. "You seize their underwear if zure. The notice of property sei- cide that the parents had no Miss Gish showed the same dedication to her craft to the end of her you can because you want to hurt zure is a formal document that knowledge of the juvenile's in- life, working, traveling, fighting studios, battling for film preser- them as much as you can," said describes the property, tells the tention to use the van to commit a vation and scorning "talkies" in general and modern movies in par- University Police Det. Chuck owner what, if anything, can be crime and return it to the par- ticular. Lewis. "If you're going to take done to get it back and lists the ents. their clothes, empty the place and time of the court hear- Records of Clark County, Ohio, indicate she was born in Springfield drawers." ing to decide what will be done Also, if a person who is accused on Oct. 14, 1893, although she insisted in a 1987 interview that she The officer may seize property with it, Lewis said. of committing a crime can show was only 88 years old. without a warrant if he or she Property may be sold at a pub- that the property was wrongfully Her father drifted away when she was a small child, and her finds it when called to the scene lic auction where it goes to the or illegally seized or that it was mother, Mary, took her two daughters to New York City. Out of des- of the crime or during a lawful highest bidder.

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