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Bowling Green State University ScholarWorks@BGSU BG News (Student Newspaper) University Publications 2-28-1989 The BG News February 28, 1989 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 February 28, 1989" (1989). BG News (Student Newspaper). 4910. https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/4910 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. BG icers sweep into playoffs, see page nine THE BG NEWS Vol. 71 Issue 90 Bowling Green, Ohio Tuesday, February 28,1989 Chemical fire forces Akron evacuations by M.R. Kropko started at a valve on an adjacent Associated Press writer car and beneath a third car were put out, he said. Mary Noble, 83, who was AKRON — Authorities awakened by her landlord and a ordered about 2,000 people to police officer as she slept Sun- stay away from their homes day in her Akron apartment, Monday as firefighters helples- waited patiently but nervously sly stood watching a butane fire in a school cafeteria Monday as that started when a train de- two small fires continued to railed and a tank car exploded. burn. Police asked residents of 1,500 "I'm calm now, but inside I'm homes within a half mile of the worried," she said. derailment to evacuate after 21 Cathy Miglin, a Kenmore High CSX cars jumped a Conrail School employee who was help- track south of downtown, near ing the evacuees, heard the blast the B.F. Goodrich Chemical from her home two miles west of Plant, on Thursday about 7:30 the derailment. p.m. The fire spread briefly to "I heard the explosion and all the Goodrich loading dock, the sirens, and the dog next door prompting the evacuation of was howling, so we knew some- workers. thing was up," she said. "And No one was seriously injured, then we saw that the sky was all officials said. lit up. The University of Akron, as well as Akron public and paro- "The flames shot at least 500 chial schools, were closed Mon- feet in the air, just like a big day. Metropolitan bus service mushroom going up. And the was canceled because the city sirens just started coming from bus garage is near the derail- everywhere." ment site. Businesses in the area of the explosion shut down. R.L. Leckie, spokesman for A CSX crew used a crane CSX Transportation in Jackson- Monday to begin pulling de- ville, Fla., said nine of the de- BG News/Pat Mlngarelli railed cars upright, but Fire railed cars were carrying bu- Kim Haymaker (front left), dance instructor and member of the Univer- lifting Nancy Hacker, while the four prepare for a dance program to be Chief George Romanoski said tane. One of the tankers was sity performing dancers, lifts Lisa May during a practice session Mon- held in the Eva Marie Saint Theatre Thursday through Saturday at 8 firefighters could do nothing ruptured by the derailment and day. In the background, Mary Beth Chambers shadows the movement. p.m. about the exploded tank car ex- it immediately caught fire, he cept to let it burn. Fires that said. cL^nSciays Phone pranks result in penalties sex case and Procedures for disciplinary action ii Telephone calls can be traced on- Before calls can be monitored, a com- by Dennis Robaugh convicted, he said. campus through a system provided by Slaint must be filed with the police and staff reporter Telephone harassment takes a variety Telecommunications Services, said Tom le consent forms signed, he said. a 'set-up' of forms, Ray said. There are nuisance Gross, hardware support manager for "Once a student signs the consent While prank telephone calls and play- calls — which are mostly hang-ups — ob- Computer Services. forms, we can monitor the origin of all ing with the phone may seem like harm- scene calls and threatening calls, where The telecommunications system is de- incoming phone calls and all outgoing by James Hannah signed to trace the origin of phone calls. phone calls as well," Gross said. "Phone Associated Press writer less jokes to some, police are concerned the victim is threatened with bodily that students do not realize the penalties harm, he said. A phone call originating on-campus can calls are monitored maybe seven or eight for phone fraud. "With a threatening call, it's a matter be traced to its exact origin, he said. times a semester." GREENVILLE, O. - U.S. According to Inspector Jim Ray of the of priority," Ray said. "The victim "Special phone equipment is put in Some cases have been resolved Rep. Donald Lukens said Mon- campus police, a conviction for telephone should file a complaint right when it hap- place to trace the origin of a harassing through the use of monitoring equip- day he was set up and approa- harassment is a first degree mis- pens." telephone call," Gross said. ment, he said. However, Ray said stu- ched for money in connection demeanor and can carry a six month jail Once a complaint is filed, the com- Calls originating from outside the Uni- dents are very helpful when dealing with with an alleged sexual incident term and/or a $1000 fine. plainant must sign a consent form giving versity can be traced to one of the 200 harassment cases. involving a teen-age girl. For persons with a previous conviction the police authority to monitor telephone trunk lines coming into campus, but not "Students often come up with their own In an interview at his district of telephone harassment, the offense is calls, he said. to its exact origin, he said. suspects," he said. "So our job is a bit office in this western Ohio city, considered a fourth-degree felony, he "Ail the roommates must give consent The special equipment must be in easier." \ukens denied the charge of said. to have their line monitored," Ray said. Elace before telecommunications can contributing to the unruliness Students may be referred to Standards "Otherwise, I won't do it." °ace a call, he said. See Phones, page 3. and delinquency of a child, a 16-year-old girl. A Franklin County grand jury in Columbus indicted the 58-year-old Middle- town Republican on the mis- Measles outbreak may reach BG demeanor charge Thursday. shut down the university," he "I was approached for money by Shelley Banks said. on the basis of the general alle- staff reporter Free vaccinations to be administered Since the disease is highly fation," he said. "I said, 'Hey, contagious, Health Services at m not going to pay any money. Although the University has Student Health Center will vantage of the free vaccination Kent State is offering free im- Nothing happened. " by Shelley Banks administer measles vac- because it usually costs about not experienced a measles out- staff reporter munizations administered by Lukens said he was approa- break like Kent State University cinations to students not im- $20^30 per shot," he said. the State Department of Health. ched on more than one occasion and the city of Toledo, the possi- munized before the age of 15 Kaplan said this is the "We tried to immunize the for money, with the people in- bility of contamination exists, University students should months. critical time for immunization students that did not have the volved threatening to go to according to Dr. Joshua Kaplan, be aware of their immuniza- Although the vaccine for because no cases of measles immunization before they were police and the media. Lukens director of Student Health Ser- tion records to prevent an out- measles is usually expensive, have been reported at the Uni- 15 months old," he said. questioned why the police were vices. break of measles on-campus, the Ohio Department of Health versity. In addition, students who con- not immediately notified follow- A Kent State student who at- according to the director of the has donated 150 vaccines to the "We want to catch this be- tracted the disease were sent ing the alleged incident. tended the University's Leader- Student Health Center. Health Center, according to fore it goes into its first wave. home for a week. Cranston said "I believe that I was set up ship Conference last weekend Dr. Joshua Kaplan said, be- Kaplan. The reason Kent State Univer- all Kent State athletes were and I know for a fact because I was infected with the measles ginning Tuesday at 8 a.m., the ''Students should take ad- U See Immunization, page 4. immunized to prevent the was the person they asked for and contagious, Kaplan said. spread of the disease by the money," Lukens said. teams while traveling, Cranston He would not specify who ap- "The fact that Kent is exper- dents, it is cause for concern." contracted the disease and I ex- the number is not large enough said. proached him for money. iencing a measles outbreak may Dr. Jay Cranston, coordinator pect several hundred more to to cancel classes. Although Toledo is not exper- or may not have affected the of Health Services at Kent State, get it," he said. "Only about four or five per- iencing as severe an epidemic as In an interview with students here," he said. "But, said the outbreak has "reached Although a portion of the stu- cent of the entire student body Kent State, 30 cases of the meas- WDTN-TV, in Dayton, Lukens since the student from Kent ex- an epidemic scale." dent population has been afflic- came down with the disease, denied having sex with the girl.