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Green State University TUESDAY February 21, 2006 ROUGH RIDE: Falcons improve but fall at MOSTLY CLOUDY Western Michigan; HIGH 36 LOW 23 PAGE 8 www.bgnews.com independent student press VOLUME 100 ISSUE 105 Parking fees, shuttle route Rally unites, divides students top talk at USG meeting Congressman's time on campus creates mixed responses from campus WMf r ^BPr\>^^\> feS-. ., By Jacqueline Rabe legeIcgc more available toeveryonito ewryoiu Senators discuss REPORTER lie blames the tax cuts thai BGSU was on the campaign have taken place as bring ihe extra student costs trail for Congressman Sherrod reason why college is so expert with transportation Brown yesterday as he partici- stVe. pated in the College Democrat's "They give tax cuts to theii By Candice Jones Rally for Awareness on the War wealthy friends," Brown sail! REPORTER in Iraq and also talked to a polit- "It's a question of choices, and Talk of transportation costs ical science class. assa ,i result we don't have mimev for students fueled last night's Brown said thai the United tor education,i I here's enough Undergraduate Student States needs to adopt a winning money, hut the question is Government meeting. exit strategy with a time table where do you spend It." Senators presented two and that Condolee/.a Rice's No Child Left Behind, the fed different issues concerning estimate that the United States era! education program, has too University transportation: first, could be involved for another 10 many tests and is undei funded considerations for raising the years is not acceptable or help- by billions n! dollars Brow n said money for an off-campus bus ing the United states In anyway, who voted for the program. route, and second, concerns "It's just causing the Iraq and Brown disagrees with the about students being charged U.S. people to be less safe." he government's international to park in University lots. said. trade initiative as well. Sen. Ben Mossing discussed At the rally signs read "All these trade agin the plans for a possible off- '32,041 dead Iraqi's, ments have allowed campus bus route. The idea 2,266 dead U.S. sold in-. corporation to pull is to implement something $250 billion spent. I he down the standard ol called a "transportation fee" for signs also displayed the living in the developing all students. If the University names of all the U.S. world," he said. "In the decides to put this idea into soldiers killed in action. u.s. ii causes losi jobs action, all students on campus the rally inspired and hurls the safer) ol would be charged about S10 both negative and posi- our food." each semester. tive responses Matt SHERROD The initiative to The fees would go towards Bertke said, secretary of BROWN privatize social security the shuttle system. The fees College Democrats. But US REP is a big mistake Brown would provide the shuttle sys- these responses were said tem with enough funding to not what the College "Social security is run on its own. Democrats were looking for. actually in better shape than it "The most important part "We just wanted to i nform pen was in the 80's but by around of this is that it would make pie and remember all the people 2029 the government will star' the shuttles self-sufficient," who have died." Bertke said. "By to pay out more than it brings Mossing said. putting all these names on signs in." Brown said. "Privatization As of now, the shuttles are it allows people to see what that will not fix this problem. If social run by the money earned looked like. The signs speak for security Is privatized then there from parking tickets and park- themselves" would be no survivor or disabil ing tines collected by campus The Iraqi War isn't the only ity benefits. police. James Wiegand, chief government decision that Education and health cue of campus police and director Brown is against. are Brown's top priorities ii he of Public Safety, brought the Brown disagrees with how the gets elected. idea of the transportation fee to education system is currently Brown, a democrat who rep USG last week. being ran by the government. resents the Akron area In the The goal is to make the shut- He said that higher education is 13th district of Congress, is run tle system self-sufficient and Elizabeth Squire BGNews too expensive and more money ning for the U.S. Senate. I he SMALL TALK: Congressman Sherrod Brown chats with Maria Khouri, the College Democrats president, and needs to be invested by the fed- primaries are in Ma) and the USG,PAGE 2 her friend outside the Union oval. eral government to make col- elections is in early November. Sandwich sparks Five Ohio Funds baffle groups cities get Recommended SBC ExptnsesSSOO WHAT THEY GET fire, empties Union According to Clint Stephens, numbers confuse a faculty advisor to the SBC, the Top five largest amounts ol money bad marks Presidents Day crowd, ed than usual because of the few student groups words "allocation" and "allot- recommended by the Student Budget Admissioas Preview Day that the ment" are similar but have dif- Committee on asthma students evacuated by University hosts every year on By Dan Myets ferent meanings. microwave mishap Presidents day. REPORTER The "allocated" money is how ■ WBGU-fm 88.1 Radio Report says Toledo, The University estimated that Members of some student much a group actually receives $22,475 By Jacqueline Rabe about 2,000 prospective students groups wonder how much while "allotments" are caps on ■ Cm Cleveland among REPORTER would come to the University money diey might get next year how much of the "allocated" $20,106 worst 15 locations A large number of students and for the campus tours yesterday after receiving budget recom- money can be spent on each ■ BG 24 News prospective students were told — which made die fire alarm at mendation letters from the activity. $16,673 By Lisa Halvtistadt REP0RIER while eating their meals yester- the Union even man hectic than University that they say used "In the past, SBC's said, 'here's ■ College Republicans day to leave the Union usual according to confusing language. where to spend this $14,550 Ohioans with asthma ma) be immediately — a fire "The David Rice, assistant The letters, sent "It's like money."' Stephens ■ Latino Student Union suffering more than those in had broken out. director of admis- last week by the said. "Now die SBC's $12,442 other states. The fire alarm went evacuation sions Student Budget when ...your saying, here arc the In a report released In off after an alumi- wasfairly Rice said diat if die Committee, say mom gives different ways you Lowest live amounts ot money rec- the Asthma and Allergy num foil wrapped alarm would have how much money can allot your alloca- ommended by the Student Budget Foundation of America, sandwich — placed orderly even sounded at nine in each group is "allo- you 10 bucks tion.' That protects a Committee (dollar amounts of zero five Ohio cities — includ- in a microwave by a though there the morning then it cated" and list dol- and she says group from pouring notwithstanding]. ing Cleveland, Voungstown student employee would have been a lar-amount "allot- all dieir monies into Cincinnati, Toledo and — began to smoke, was a lot of huge inconvenience ments" for events not to spend a single event." ■ Society for Human Resource Canton — were ranked in the causing an evacuation people..." but since it was later and activities the it all on 1'or example, while Management $24 top I", worst lines lni those of the Union on one in the day fewer organizations Omega Phi Alpha ■ International Careers Network with asthma. TERI SHARP, MEDIA of its busiest days of potential students requested money candy." was allocated S534 $158 Chris Keil, an associate the year. RELATIONS DIRECTOR from the Admissions for. — the amount of professor of environmental STEVEN BARRIE, ■ College of Technology "The evacuation Preview Day were in For example, one money SBC recom- health at the University, said PRAIRIE MARGINS Ambassadors $173 was fairly orderly even the Union. letter says: mends they get next ■ Association lor Operations die number of asthma-relat- though there was a lot of people It was a better day for the alarm Omega Phi Alplui year — they can only Management $180 ed hospital visits has a great impact on the ratings there from out of town,"Teri Sharp because on any other day it might lias been allocated $534. spend up to $200 of that money ■ Creed on Campus $224 said, director of media relations at have been "bli/zatding" Rice said. Based on the following on Army care package supplies. "If you have an area that will the University. Allotment Jbr National And they can spend up trigger more asthma attacks, it's more likely to make the The Union was more crowd- FIRE, PAGE 2 Contention: S1.750.