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April 12, 1991 Friday Vol. 73 luue 108 Bowling Green, Ohio The BG News An Independent Student Voice BRIEFLY Campus Inside battling Collegia? • convention: The University will be the host site for the 10th annual recession Ohio College Democrats convention. Students from 15 Ohio colleges will be con- by James A. Tinker verging on the University editor this weekend. ►•See page 5. HURON — As higher education shudders in the midst of an eco- Sporti previewed: nomic recession, the University This is a busy weekend for Board of Trustees is formulating the Bowling Green sports ways of riding out the crisis and teams. The baseball team moving forward with develop- and women's tennis team ment. are home for action this University administrators ad- weekend. Meanwhile, the vising the board at Firelands Col- men's tennis team, both lege said they have little doubt track squads, Softball and the penny-pinching measures will golf teams will see action of hurt, but advanced planning has the road this weekend. sheltered the campus from cute ►•See SPORTS pages 748. that could be more severe. University President Paul Ols- camp said he could not publicly Campus reveal budget-cutting options be- ing considered, since the Ohio General Assembly has yet to an- Ethnic forum given: nounce the 1991-92 higher educa- The Ethnic Cultural Arts tion subsidy. Program (ECAP) is pre- Clearly, the trustee's Finance senting an educational Committee meeting Thursday forum on April 2010 a.m. to had a somber tone as cuts Ols- 4:30 p.m. in the Amani camp has predicted since August Room. The forum will focus loomed nearer on the horizon. on the second issue of the Of the impending budget slash- Crucial Roots Journal and ing, Trustee John Mahaney said, will highlight Women and "It'll be as bad as Paul [Ols- Reggae, Black Exploitation campl thinks and, unfortunately, Films and Ethnic Invisibi- probably worse." lity. Chair By Mother Nature i»mm»mnmi»imm The administration is planning For more information to raise tuition 8 percent (the contact Gisela Alvarez at Taking a break between classes, sophomore Annie Melzger leans against a tree and reads a book In front ol Prout Chapel. maximum state law will allow) 372-7122 or 372-7123. See BUDGET, page 6. Free reggae party: The Progressive Student Organization with GSS, the Ethnic Cultural Arts Pro- Trustees to talk tenure Faculty Senate gram and the Caribbean Association will have a reg- gae party Saturday to honor Nelson Mandela. The party is at 9 p.m. in at Firelands conference focus of series the Northeast Commons appointments. The Business Ad- Bowling Green State Universi- Faculty Senate is frustrated. and will feature the Colum- by Jeremy Stone Weber ministration, Education and Al- ty," Chase wrote. "From his first It cannot get the University Board of Trustees to vote on its re- bus based-band ADDIS. staff writer lied Professions, Firelands and days as a student and through his solutions, has no legislative power of its own, and often spends It is free and open to all. Health and Human Services col- tenure as teacher, administrator much of its meetings in tangled debates. Firelands College hosts today's leges are also asking for promo- and ultimately dean, Dave has It is still mending from the sores caused by the "no confiden- University Board of Trustees tion and/or tenure appointemts, been a symbol of service and ded- ce" resolution proposed last year, trying vainly to get a bigger Local meeting — a meeting which as is Libraries and Learning Re- ication. piece of the shrinking budget pie for faculty salaries, and gen- should greatly interest several sources. The trustees also will consider erally attempting to figure out where it fits in the University's faculty members. The board also will be asked to changes to the academic charter power scheme. Grand flam show: Thirty-one faculty members approve a proposal renaming the regarding retired faculty that the But it is trying to improve things. Grand Slam Collectors are expected to University s Educational Memo- Faculty Senate has recom- It is a group with a fascinating history, members who are not Shows is sponsoring a base- be approved for rabilia Center in honor of David mended. University President afraid to speak out, and who have a million ideas on everything ball and football card show tenure and/or Elsass, a professor emeritus and Paul Olscamp agreed with from the University's budget picture to the American educa- 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at fromotion at former dean of the College of Ed- several of the recommendations, tional system. the Days Inn. he meeting. ucation. but did not endorse other changes It has passed resolutions attempting to improve cultural Dealers from three states Trustee Secre- Elsass has a bachelor's and because of cost. diversity, handicapped accesibility, and part-time faculty work- will be buying, selling and tary Lester master's degrees from the Uni- Among points Olscamp agreed ing conditions. trading baseball, football, Barber said the versity. were appropriate: retiring facul- Starting with Tuesday's edition, administration reporter basketball, hockey, soccer r e c o m - In a letter to Patricia Cunni- ty should be honored with dignity Jeremy Stone Weber begins his eight-part series on Faculty and other sports-related mendations will ngham, chairperson of the Hon- upon retirement, receive an on- Senate, "Faculty Frustrations: The story behind the senate's cards. be one of the Barber orary Degrees and Commemora- campus mailbox, a free parking actions." Admission is $1. meeting's sig- tives Committee, Associate Dean permit, the chance to compete for In the articles, readers can explore the absorbing history of nificant agenda items. Don Chase said naming the build- research grants and the right to the senate, which was formed in 1963 during the height of con- Rugby player sought: "Certainly from the faculty ing (commonly known as the teach graduate courses. troversy over former University President Ralph McDonald. Police have issued an point of view, it's important," he Little Red School House) would The president did not recom- Readers can find out what faculty senators themselves think is arrest warrant for a Kent said. be an honor recognizing Elsass' mend other changes, such as wrong with the senate, and how things must change to strength- State University rugby The College of Arts and Scienc- commitment to education. payment for unused sick leave, a player accused of smashing es is asking for 18 faculty mem- "[Elsass) has provided a permanent ID card and some See PREVIEW, page 6. a beer bottle in the face of bers to be promoted and 13 tenure professional lifetime of service to □ See TRUSTEES, page 4. another rugby player at a local bar. Russell Green, 27, of Kent, has been charged with Earth Day focusing on atmosphere felonious assault. BG races He allegedly hit Ryan ide, Aim said, while most acid Fitzpatrick, 18, of Noblesvil- rain east of the Mississippi is le. Ind., with the beer bottle. to rescue Depletion of ozone affects us all «jtH ty+, caused by sulfur dioxide. Fitzpatrick is a rugby Of the more than 200 utility player for Ball State. than 125 nations gathered in Mon- companies targeted nationally by The incident occurred fol- by Greg Watson the act, Aim said 41 are in Ohio. lowing a weekend rugby the Earth staff writer treal in 1984 and agreed to reduce tournament in Bowling the use of ozone-depleting chemi- Aim said there are two ways to Green. by Grefl Watson cals, Schumacher said. reduce industry pollutants which staff *nt«?i With Earth Day, there is not The provision, the Montreal cause add rain — installing only concern about the Earth, but Protocol, called for 50 percent re- scrubbers and using low-sulfur also the entire atmosphere. duction of ozone-depleting chem- coal instead of high-sulfur coal — Weather The University Environ- Depletion of the ozone, air pol- icals by the year 2000, but was re- but both propose problems. mental Interest Group is lution and the "greenhouse ef- vised last year and called for "Installing scrubbers would planning to help people be- Showers likely: fect" are among the largest con- complete reduction, Schumacher cost a lot of money," Aim said. come more aware of Earth cerns about the Earth's air and said. "The cost would be put on the Today, partly cloudy. A Day by sponsoring a "Run slight chance of showers or atmosphere. While there are growing prob- consumer for 10 to 15 percent for the Earth" Saturday. According to Joe Schumacher, lems in global warming, there .more than present billing thunder- Michelle Linet. an envi- storms associate professor of environ- are also problems with creating rates]." ronmental policy and mental programs, ozone is a topic legislation to curb the problem. Wliile using low-sulfur coal late in the analysis major, said while day.