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It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. /J I BG icers host Ferris State, see page seven The Nation ys Best College Newspaper Weather Friday High 35° Vol.72 Issue 57 Low 20° December 1,1989 Bowling Green, Ohio The BG News Trustcorp BRIEFLY job losses Campus imminent Art displayed: The University s School of Art Gallery will TOLEDO (AP) — Trustcorp Inc. present the 40th annual Faculty announced Thursday that as many as Exhibition Dec. 3 through Dec. 14. 265 employees could lose their jobs The opening reception will take place next year in a merger with Society Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Gallery. Corp. The multi-media exhibition will "The jobs being eliminated are include oils, watercolor, sculpture, primarily in staff support operation, glass, jewelry, photography, drawing not in the customer contact area, and metals. Some of the pieces said John Fuller, a spokesman with displayed will be available for sale. Cleveland-based Society. He declined Gallery hours are weekdays 9 a.m. to elaborate. to 4:30 p.m. and Sundays 2 to 5 p.m. The changes were attributed to con- solidation of some departments and Registration begins: operations as the Toledo operation Students can register for merges with the larger Society organ- 3>ring semester classes at Firelands ization. allege beginning Monday through Jan. 5. Students must register in Fuller said most of the affected em- person in the Office of Enrollment ployees have been notified and that Services in the East Building. Office the layoffs should begin by the end of hours are Monday through Thursday January. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Fridays 9 a.m. to "They (job changes) will occur as 12 p.m. we go through the year. I can't Holiday sounds: The overemphasize the fact that ... this Collegiate Choir and the A Cappella will be a continuing thing. Some peo- Choir will present a holiday concert at ple will not be dislocated until Sep- 8 p.m. in Kobacker Hall. The choirs tember," he said. will perform "Hodie Christus Natus Although Society hopes to minimize Est', "Three Carols" and "Birthday the number of layoffs, the company Carol." Traditional Christmas carols thought it best to give an estimate of will also be performed. the potential layoffs to comply with BG News/Brock Vlsnlch Tickets are $5 for adults and |3 for the federal Worker Adjustment and Homework students and senior citizens. Retraining Act, Fuller said. Santa is coming: The chubby Sophomore Rick Pizem adds a beam to a model house that he has built from pressed particle board as part of a group project elf and his wife will be in the Union The law requires that employees be for his Residential Construction 306 class. "We're supposed to show the stages of construction in a residential house," Pizem lobby Sunday afternoon 1:30 to 4 p.m. notified at least 60 days before their said. He estimated that the model took 25 man-hours to build. thanks to the Classified Staff Council. positions are eliminated. The Clauses will be here to meet children, parents, students and any other community members, said Kay Church Gudehus. chairwoman of CSC House may pass crime bill special events committee. dent was murdered in her Lehigh University residence hall in Small toys will be given to all by Lynn Gagel 1986. chosen as children attending. Photos will be staff writer According to a spokeswoman from Goodling's office, no ac- taken for $3 and will be immediately tion has been taken on the bill, which was introduced to Con- available, she said. Students are Campus crime statistics are reported to the FBI by fewer gress in September. The bill was referred to the House Com- new editor encouraged to have their picture than 4 percent of all colleges and universities receiving fed- mittee on Education and Labor and from there, turned over taken with the jolly do-gooder, she eral financial aid — a figure that includes this University. to the subcommittee on post-secondary education. The Board of Student Publications added. However, House Bill 3344, introduced to the U.S. House of Goodling is now "trying to convince the chairman of the Thursday selected Beth Church as the When asked how CSC managed to Representatives and recently endorsed by the Undergradu- (Education and Labor) committee to schedule hearings on editor of The BG News for the spring have Claus visit the University during ate Student Government, could change that. the bill" when Congress returns to session in January, the 1990 semester. his busiest time of theyear, Gudehus This Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1989 spokeswoman said. The News recently said, "When you say Classified Staff would require all institutions of higher education served by Bowling Green's U.S. Rep. Paul Gilmor has yet to take a was voted the Best Council — he s here." federal monies to not only report their crime statistics to the stand on the bill, said Mark Isakowitz, a spokesman in Gil- Overall College Daily Briton to teach: British FBI, but to current students, employees and applicants for mor's Washington D.C. office. Newspaper for 1989 guitarist Michael Stockdale will give enrollment as well. "(Gilmor) is open to all points of view, but will wait to see by the Society of a masters class Dec. 1 in the Choral If passed, the bill could "prevent the occurrence of such which way it is going to emerge (from committee) before Professional Journa- Rehearsal Room 2:30 to 4 p.m. avoidable tragedies," said senator Jennifer Afrates, who is (he) endorses it, Isakowitz said, explaining that after going lists. Admission to the class is free. sponsoring the supporting bill in USG. through committee, the bill may be amended and change Church, a junior Stockdale is the department Rep. Bill Goodung of Pennsylvania, the ranking minority form. news-editorial major, chairman for guitar at the Center for member of the House Committee on Education and Labor, In addition to requiring colleges and universities to make is currently the news Creative Studies-Institute of Music crime statistics available, the act as it stands now, would editor at The News. In modeled the bill from a Pennsylvania law passed after a stu- past semesters, she Church and Dance in Detroit and teaches at D See Crime, page 5 Wayne State University. In addition, has held positions including copy edi- he is an artist with the Wolf Trap tor, assitant wire editor and city re- Institute for Early Learning Through porter. the Arts and frequently appears USG lobbies for more funding As the new editor, she said she hopes appears with the Detroit-based Lyric to maintain good relations with the CTiamber Ensemble. by Lynn Gagel their first focus and they plan to use their connections in newspaper staff as well as the Univer- Also, he will be a featured guest at staff writer Columbus to help the University secure funding for the sity community. the Bowling Green String Quartet project, Coughlin said. "It is important to encourage posi- Dec. 10. "The University has its priorities straight on what kind of tive interaction among the students, Undergraduate Student Government officers have taken building they want next," he said, adding that a classroom administrators and the city," she said. Celloist to perform: Guest on a new responsibility — lobbying in the Ohio statehouse for building is more practical than the previously suggested Church will succeed senior news- celloist Steven Elisah will give a free additional state funding for the University. convocation center. editorial major Angela Blandina, who concert at 8 p.m. in Bryan Recital When USG President Kevin Coughlin and Vice President "We're going to put everything we have into securing the was editor during the fall 1989 semes- Hall Dec. 2. Pianist Deborah Rambo Colleen McGinty ran for office last spring, their platform in- funding for it, he said. ter. A Perrysburg, Ohio native, she in- will perform with him. cluded a promise to represent University students on cam- The University ranks second lowest in the state in terms of terned last summer at the Springfield pus, in the city — and in the statehouse. classroom space, he said, but is the second best in the state in News-Sun as a general assignment re- Sounds presented: The They are attempting to fulfill that promise through USG's terms of efficiency in using that space — a fact of which the porter. Bowling Green Philharmonia will new effort to "involve ourselves in state policy as far as how Ohio Board of Regents is aware. The daughter of Charles and Marilyn present a free concert at 3 p.m. Dec. 3 much we (the University) are allocated, Coughlin said after "I think we can count on a substantial amount of money Church, of Perrysburg, she plans to in Kobacker Hall. a day-long trip to visit legislators in Columbus Wednesday. from the Ohio Board of Regents (to fund the building)/' graduate in December 1990 and pursue The Philharmonia is under the The construction of a new classroom building on campus is D See Lobbying, page 6.