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• * * * * FRIDAY March 2< 1998 * * • Volume 84, Issue 120 Bowling Green, Ohio News • * * * *

"An independent student voice serving Bowling Green since 1920" Morbury found Happy Birthday, dear Union □ Festivities are not guilty planned throughout the day to celebrate □ Art therapy students the birthday of the are concerned for the fu- Student Union. ture of the program after recent problems be- ByDARLAWARNOCK tween a student and in- The BC News structor. Lordy, lordy, look what's turning 40. ByDARLAWARNOCK The Student Union will cele- The BC News brate 40 years of operation to- day in a spirited campus-wide A University student accused birthday party. of threatening a professor was This party comes only found not guilty by a judicial months before the Student committee Thursday. Union undergoes a facelift of "It's wonderful," said Ja'Nitta collossal proportions. Marbury shortly after hearing Past, present and future sec- the news. The senior art therapy tions of the Student Union will major was accused of using art to be highlighted thoughout the threaten her instructor. day to bring out the best part of The verdict should allow her to the Union and remind students, return to class as scheduled faculty and staff of the oppor- tunities there. Monday. She declined to com- The effort is being coordi- ment further until she was able nated by Gale Swanka, associ- to read the entire decision of the ate director of the Union. The committee. Only one thing will be different plans have been in the works for the celebration since Jan- when she returns. uary. Dawn Knez, interim director of "We thought that it would be the art therapy program and the BC Nr»I Ph«« by if— Bow t n as nice to celebrate what has instructor involved in the dis- been as to look to see what will pute, will not be there. According The Student Union was built to serve about 8,000 students. Now, is planned to accomodate everyone. The Union is celebrating its with University enrollment nearing 1 B,000,a complete renovation 40th birthday today. to some students, she decided to • See BIRTHDAY, page four. take a temporary leave of ab- sense. Knez was not available for any further comment. Rocket-firing, rifle salute opened new Union in '58 Catherine Fawcett, an art ther- apy major in Knez's class, said The University went firing salute. leadership nonary and Donna Each of the dedication days began this morning with the students are worried for their □ all out for the grand The long awaited opening of Remy, president-elect of the will be known by a specific ti- cutting of the ribbon. The en- class as well as their instructor. the four-story, air-conditioned Association of Women Studens, tle, today being known as tire Union will be open for in- The class is scheduled to meet opening of the Student building was heralded by the begrn their procession at 8:35 "Campus Day," Saturday des- spection until 4 p.m. except for with Lou Kruegger, director of Union. firing of a rocket which served am. ignated as "Dedication and the gigantic and lavishly ador- the school of art, to discuss the as a signal to the campus that Other members of the ribbon Alumni Day" and Sunday as ned Grand Ballroom which will rest of the semester. The class the ribbon had been cut. cutting committee were Doug "Parents Day." be unveiled at 8:30 tonight at was supposed to take a midterm The BC News The actual ribbon cutting Eggleston, president of the In- Because so many individuals which time the doors will be exam and begin their symposium ceremony began at 8:30 am., terfraternity Council, Charlo- and groups have been involved opened for the formal all- Monday. (Editor's Note: This story ori- when members of the AFROTC tte Bliesch, president of Pun in the development of the campus dance and the appear- Now, they are not quite sure ginally ran in The News on Fri- drum and bugle corps and the hellenlc Council, Janet Dick, Union, it was felt that a specif- ance of Guy Lombardo and his where they stand - or where day, April 11, 1958, the official ROTC drill team formed an first vice president of AWS and ic day should be alloted to each Roayl Canadians. The Union their program stands. Knez is the opening of the University aisle from Prout Hall to the Richard Britner, president of of these groups so that they will, however, be reopened and only full-time instructor in the Union.) Union through which the rib- the Men's Interresidence Hall exclusively might be able to in complete operation at 5 p.m. program. The multi-million dollar Uni- bon cutting delegation passed. CounciL view the modernistic struc- Alumni and the general pub- Melissa Gabor, another student versity Union was officially Following some introductory ture. lic will receive their opportuni- in the class, said she is also wor- opened at 8:45 this morning Student Leaders In Procession remarks by Dr. McDonald, ty to tour the Union on Satur- ried because the hearing seemed when Mrs. Ralph W. McDonald Miss Remy handed a pair of "Campus Day" Highlights day during "Dedication and to turn the issue into a racial con- cut the orange and brown rib- The official delegation, con- scissors to Mrs. McDonald who Alumni Day." The Union will flict. Marbury is black and the bon strung across the front en- sisting of Dr. and Mrs. McDon- cut the ribbon; thus beginning "Campus Day," which is re- be open from 8:30 am. until 5 trance amidst a roll of drums, a ald, Edward Ward, president of the three dedication days of the served exclusively for stu- • See STUDENT, page five. flourish of bugles and a rifle- Omlcron Delta Kappa, men's Union grand opening. dents and faculty members. •See UNION, page six, Dance Marathon folks ready to trip the light fantastic a The third annual been preparing for this, the are special In their own way. I Dance Marathon is largest student-run philanthropy was so lucky to have this posi- at the University, for an entire tion" Dance Marathon has been scheduled to begin Sat- year. an event in the making for the urday at 10 a.m. and This year, there are 32 miracle past year. Kristen Nlcholl, com- children and last weekend, the munications chair for Dance will be host to 170 peo- children and the organizations Marathon, said planning Dance ple dancing to raise who sponsored them met for the Marathon has been a lot of work, first time. Nicole Gleblewski, but she is ready to have some fun money for the Chil- chair of family relations, said the this weekend. dren's Miracle Network. children are what make a differ- "Once you do It once, it gets in ence to the dancers. your blood," Nlcholl said. By BRANDI BARHITE "They are our honored guests. There will be 170 dancers from The BC News We wouldn't get through it with- approximately 50 University or- out them," said Golebiewski. ganizations. Each dancer had to The countdown is on and Uni- She said the kids help the dan- pay an initial $50 and had to raise versity students, faculty, organi- cers and when they begin to lose an additional $250. Much of their zations and the patients of Chil- motivation, they will play with money was raised through fun- dren's Services at the Medical the kids to regain their energy. draisers and donations. College of Ohio are putting on Throughout the event, families Every organization sponsors their dancing shoes and gearing will also be speaking to the dan- one child from Medical College up for an entire weekend of danc- cers telling them their stories. of Ohio (MCO). All of the families ing. Golebiewski also said there will and children are Invited to the The third annual Dance Mar- be a kid's corner with toys for the event. athon will kick off Saturday kids to play with and a family Carrie Zimmer, chair of morning at 10 am. and will end room with couches, food, movies finance, said there were between Sunday at 6 p.m. and video games for the families seven and eight weekends of Pbolo Pravldrd All of the funds raised will stay to retreat to. canning in Toledo, Bowling in Northwest Ohio to help local "You look at our complaints Green and Flndlay in order to Last year's Dance Marathon raised over $100,000 for Children's Miracle Network at the Medical College children suffering from diseases and then you see kids as young as raise the money. She said can- of Ohio in Toledo. The third annual Thon takes place in the Rec this weekend. Dancers will be dancine such as leukemia, cancer and two fighting for their lives," ning, which is soliciting money in from 10 a.m. Saturday until 6 p.m. Sunday. " * muscular dystrophy. A fifteen- Golebiewski said. 'Honestly, member steering committe has every one of these families • See DANCE, page five. 1 I page 2 The BG News Friday, March 27, 1998

Opinion Editor Natalie Miller f OPINION 372-2604 The BG News Prison struggles race, class After visiting the Sing Sing in less time than they are sentenced for other crimes. This way we could Correctional Facility in New York for? Of course they could - with look at not only the fact that some- Slate, I wrote about Ihe need for the proper programming. Take that one committed a crime, but more education to remain in the prisons, away and give a drug dealer 15 importantly, why they committed as they are a key in the rehabilita- years with no parole, and there's the crime. This is not to say that tion process. This week, I would one you don't have to worry about someone who committed a robbery like to touch briefly on race and for a while. In the meantime, dig should not have to be punished class issues as far as prisons are into his file and pull out some other because they were trying to iur- concerned. unsolved crime and add 3 more vive. They should also be helped. As I stated last week, in New years to his sentence. Aiding that offender would mean York, 28 percent of the population The thing that gets me is that the to look at societies economic divi- is of color, while 85 percent of their (in my opinion) worst violent sions, and we don't want to do that. prison population is of color. I'm crimes, murder, can be beaten in Unfortunately, violent and non willing to bet that the percentage of court, while these nonviolent violent offenders are receiving the poor people in prison is in the high crimes can't. What I mean is that "An independent student voice serving beatings, cruel and inhumane pun- same punishment which is cruel 90s. you can be guilty of murder and and unusual. It's hard to be sympa- First off, let's look at race. While ishment. Could it be the reason that still not go to prison. Of course, Bowling Green since 1920" more people of color are in prisons; thetic, especially to violent offend- at the prison, I saw lots of white there's self defense and all but even ers, but we say to ourselves that faces. They were mostly guards. the reason they are building more in those cases the crime is judged prisons despite a decrease in crime; they deserve to be there and don't There were some white inmates, behind your reasons for your think twice about it. As I said last 210 West Hall but all of the ones in my group the reason people of color are get- actions. I'm not a lawyer or any- ting longer sentences with less week, we all commit crimes and we were of color. It could be very easy thing, but I am not aware of too are all criminals. Our activities are Bowling Green State University chance of parole is because of this many courts bothering with why to say that this is because people of fueled by our environments. This Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 color are just bad people, but let's legal institution of slavery? No, someone sells drugs or steals. America wouldn't do that. does not make us bad people. It look deeper. This gets into the class issue. makes us as much a victim as the Phone: (419) 372-2601 According to the Bureau of Automatically, people start to Lifetime chances of a person people we commit crimes against. Justice, serious violent crime levels, assume that people who steal and E-mail: [email protected] going to prison are higher for This is why we, the criminals, need property crime rates and the sell drugs are bad people. They blacks (16.2 percent) and Hispanics education, rehabilitation and, yes, (9.4 percent) than for whites (2.5 Federal criminal case load have never find out why. I know people even rights. We all do. percent). Based on current rates of declined, while the number of who deal drugs because they have DARLA WARNOCK first incarceration, an estimated 28 adults in the correctional popula- been able to find no other way to We are lazy when it comes to the Editor-in-Chief percent of black males will enter tion has been increasing. Over 40 support their families. I've known prison inmate. We lock them up State or Federal prison during their percent of the increase in the prison of people who have committed and forget about them. We joke population since 1980 is due to an about them, and we dehumanize BRANDON WRAY NATALIE MILLER lifetime, compared to 16 percent of embezzlement out of greed. Who's Hispanic males and 4.4 percent of increase in the prisoners convicted the bad person? them. We become immune to their Associate Editor Opinion Editor white males. of violent offenses, plus, the incar- I would feel better about our problems. It shows in our society, ceration rate and the number of and it definitely shows in the SARAH BEDNARSKI The 13th Amendment to the U.S. judicial process if they gave motive ELIZABETH KERBY Constitution states, "Neither slav- prisoners on death row has been as much attention in these cases as employees of the prison. I heard News Editor Copy Chief ery nor involuntary servitude, increasing. Can somebody say they do in murder. But, if they did them constantly crack jokes saying except as a punishment for crime "contradiction?" that, I'd guarantee they'd see a that there's always enough cells for JEREMY MARTIN JASON McMAHON whereof the party shall have been I don't want anyone to think trend where crimes like robbery or us to come back to. As I stood at the Photo Editor Sports Editor duly convicted, shall exist within that I don't think people should be drug dealing are high among poor main entrance of Sing Sing prepar- the United States, or any place sub- punished for their crimes. I think people while embezzlement ranks ing to leave, one officer said to me, SCOTT BROWN JOHN WENZEL ject to their jurisdiction." they should. But I also feel that the high among the more financially "Next time you come back, bring a Graphics Editor Entertainment Editor What is this saying? In prison, judicial system is biased is regards stable. If they saw this, they would lawyer." I wanted to say, "I am a slavery is still legal. to race. In Sing Sing, one of the men know that a change has to be made. lawyer," but that would have been A prisoner is a "slave" to the stated that in New York, there is no Ignorance is bliss. a lie, so I just gave him the finger. prison. Failure to do as you're told such thing as time off for good Just as people are punished in Derrick A. Jcnes is a columnist for leads to some time in the hole, so behavior. Is this to say that these murder due to the nature of the The News. Comments can be sent to LETTERS we are told. It also leads to severe men cannot rehabilitate themselves crime, so should they be punished dajones@bgnet or 210 West Hall. True Collegiates by Jason Lady This is a response in regards to Lahna Bronston's •"'Baffled by the Rules of Tipping." This is one of the |ALVIW ANP AfiS HOM 0>NT\NKJB TWltX 'OVK. e>F •..Vow, STuleurs, o6*«€ THE bE6*At>moN ynost ridiculous pieces of opinion ever. I've always FLsu-.-f— tried to respect the opinion of others, even if they dif- OF7r|E ALLWIAL PLAWAS THE Svf*.ovM>\H