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It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. fi The BG News 'A Commitment to Excellence" Friday, August 26, 1994 Bowling Green, Ohio Volume 80, Issue 3 Fewer women rush sororities Senate passes $30 Misconceptions about Greek life may be cause of drop billion crime bill byJImVlcken The BC News after heated debate The number of women par- by Carolyn Skorneck ate Republicans in the House. ticipating in fall Sorority Rush The Associated Press Clinton immediately marched has dropped by more than SO to the White House lawn to praise percent in the past six years, the lawmakers and share In the according to figures obtained WASHINGTON - Capping a glow of their work. from the Office of Greek Life ferocious six-year debate, Con- "Today, senators of both par- and Residential Services. gress handed President Clinton a ties took a brave and promising This year, 269 women partic- critical victory Thursday night step to bring the long hard wait ipated in Sorority Rush, which with Senate passage of a $30 bil- for a crime bill closer to an end," is 331 less than the number lion, more- that participated in 1988. Jen cops-for- Keck, Panhellenlc Council's America crime vice president for Rush, said MIL Senate passage she believes misconceptions The vote was about Greeks have given In- 61-38 in favor of crime bill coming freshmen the wrong of the crime Idea about the Greek system. bill. Hours ear- The bill authorizes "I did the Sorority Rush lier, a handful 4thousands of prison cells, summer pre-registration pro- of Republicans establishes new crime- gram and every night at least joined Demo- Jprevention. ■ one parent said *we never knew crats in nar- what Greeks were about until It also bans assault-style rowly blocking a GOP effort that 4 weapons and creates we came to this session.' They would have derailed the bill. more than 50 new death had seen the "Animal House" Tk* BG Ntwi/RMI Wtlu.fr However their efforts were in and "Beverly Hills 90210" de- University women participating In Rush earlier this week gather outside of the Jerome Library dur- vain as enough members voted in penalties. pletions of the Greek system," ing one of the events. The Sorority Rush had one of the lowest attendances In the past few years. favor of the bill which calls for The House passed the Keck said. several measures of protection 4measure last Sunday. It The Greek community ser- '94 269 and safety for Americans. now goes to Clinton for vice and academic focuses are 1 The legislation authorizes his signature. many times overlooked, she thousands of prison cells, estab- added. '93 380 _J lishes new crime-prevention "[Numbers] are down a little programs, bans assault-style bit from last year, but it's noth- 92 weapons and creates more than Clinton said earlier in the day. ing to be concerned about," ■ 447 i| SO new death penalties. Americans had waited six Keck said. It is also intended to help hire years for action on a major crime Changes made this year in '91 416 100,000 new police officers. bill, he added. the Sorority Rush system have The House passed the measure In that earlier vote, supporters made the program more ap- last Sunday prior to the nearly- of the crime bill won with only a pealing to the rushees and will '90 594 week long debate by the Senate. single vote to spare, 61-39. hopefully increase participa- The bill will now be sent to Republicans could have side- tion in next year's Rush, she '89 675 Clinton for his signature which tracked the bill by garnering just said. he Is expected to sign as soon as 41 votes. "It used to be a very stress- possible. Most of the Senate's 44 Repub- ful and hectic week, but I think '88 600 Senate Judiciary Committee licans wanted to block the bill, this year we saw a 100 percent Chairman Joseph Biden, D-DeL, calling It too costly and complain- turnaround," Keck said. How many women went through fall sorority rush according to Joann Arnholt called the package "a tough bill, a ing that minimum sentences straightforward bill that the cops should have been toughened. want, the prosecutors want and They said there were too many the people need." dollars for prevention and not But Senate Republican Leader enough money for enforcement Bob Dole - one who was opposed Shortly before the final vote on to the bill from the beginning - the crime bill itself, supporters GM, union reach agreement once again mustered the 60 votes countered that the measure was unduly expensive and loaded necessary to choke off speeches with ••pork." demanded by senators such as Factory workers may be back in production by Friday "When the people wake up Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, and Larry tomorrow morning. It's going to Craig, R-Idaho. by Mike McKesson lights and light control parts GM spokesman John Shea said The Anderson plant supplies be sticker shock," Dole said, ob- Both are board members of the The Associated Press made by the Anderson plant. ratification of the agreement parts to most of GM's more than viously upset over the day's National Rifle Association. DETROIT - General Motors Members of UAW Local 663 in would mean the factory could be two dozen North American car events. That vote also was 61-38. Corp. and the United Auto Anderson were to meet Thursday back in production Friday, but and truck assembly plants. If the Earlier Thursday, six Republi- Just prior to the vote on the Workers union reached a tenta- evening to hear details of the the 13 assembly plants probably strike had continued, other parts cans joined SS Democrats to GOP procedural move, a grim- tive agreement Thursday on end- agreement, said UAW spokes- would be Idle until sometime plants they buy from might have block a last-ditch GOP effort that faced Senate Majority Leader ing a parts plant strike that crip- man Bob Barbee in Detroit next week. had to close, spreading the ef- would have undone the painstak- George Mitchell declared that pled production of some of the "I have every expectation that The plants build some of GM's fects of the Anderson strike to ingly crafted bill negotiated last Congress had been gridlocked automaker's hottest-selling vehi- some of them will be going back most popular models, including companies and communities out- week by Democrats and moder- long enough on crime legislation. cles. in to work tonight to set up the full-size pickup trucks and the side the GM network. The two-day strike by 3,500 plant," Barbee said. new Chevrolet Luminas and These GM assembly plants had workers at a plant In Anderson, By Thursday, at least 13 GM Monte Carlos. closed Thursday: Ind. led to the shutdown of 13 as- assembly plants had closed and The strike occurred Tuesday at • Flint Truck Assembly, Flint, FAA continues local sembly plants in the Midwest and nearly 43,000 workers were sent the Inland Fisher Guide plant Mich.; builds full-size Chevrolet Canada. The plants closed when home or told not to report for after bargainers failed to settle and CMC vans; 4.500 employees. they ran out of bumpers, exterior duty. disputes over local Issues, Includ- • Pontiac East Assembly, Pon- ing GM's transfer of work from tiac, Mich.; full-size Chevrolet crash investigation the plant to outside contractors. and GMC pickup trucks; 2,900 Thursday's settlement was not employees. by Nicole Pankueli likely to head off additional plant • Ste. Therese at Boisbriand, The BC News closings, because it would take a Quebec; Chevrolet Camaro and couple of days to refill the parts Pontiac Firebird; 2,800 em- The FAA should have answers soon concerning Wednesday pipeline. ployees. afternoon's plane crash near the University, the Wood County "Each plant that It still operat- • Detroit-Hamtramck, Detroit; Sherif rs department said. ing that gets parts from Ander- Cadillac Seville, Eldorado and After examining the scene of the accident Wednesday, offi- son, when they run out of parts DeVille; 4,500 employees. cers from the sheriff's department were again on site with the they run out of parts," Shea said • Orion Assembly, Lake Orion, FAA all day Thursday to assess the status of the plane. "It does take time to get things Mich.; Oldsmoblle 98, 88 and Upon examination of the plane at Its original site on Dunbri- into the pipeline." Aurora, Bulck Riviera and Pon- dge Road, the FAA asked the sherif rs department to move the Ward's Automotive Reports, an tiac BonnevUle; 4.500 employees. plane for better observation. industry journal, estimated GM's "The FAA asked us to move it to the Wood County Airport production loss from the strike • Bulck City, Flint, Mich.; hangar to have a better look," said Sgt. Gonzales of the sherif rs and shutdowns would total 20,000 Bulck LeSabre and Park Avenue, department vehicles this week.